Peter Durwood

About Peter Durwood

Peter Durwood is an award-winning composer, sound designer, and audio engineer with a long-standing career in digital media. Chief among his clients has been Sesame Street, where he has created a broad body of work in a variety of media for over 20 years.

Experience

1. Composer Sound Designer Audio Engineer

   Sesame Workshop

   Mar 1994 — Present · New York, NY, US

   Compose, arrange and record music; mix and edit audio and dialog; create sound design; direct recording sessions; perform voice-over.• Composed \"Little Red Monster in the Mirror\" song, sung by Elmo in \"Elmo Through the Looking Glass\".• Composed music for “Making of an Episode” documentary for NY Public Library exhibit at Lincoln Center.• Created sound design for OK Go!\"Primary Colors\" game.• Composed theme music for \"Elmo\'s Underwater Adventure\".• Composed music for \"Elmo\'s Alphabet Challenge\" DVD.• Created sound design and music, edited audio and dialog for Sesame\'s award-winning \"Grover Old Spice\" video.• Composed music, created sound design, edited audio and dialog for long-running Muppet Home Page movies.• Composed music and edited dialog and audio for Sesame\'s popular HTML5 games.• Composed music for the hit \"Elmo Calls\" and \"Cookie Calls\" apps.• Edited audio and dialog for groundbreaking \"Big Bird\'s Words\" app.• Performed voice-overs in numerous projects, including lead vocal in the \"Brush Your Teeth\" song for Sesame Street TV show.

Education

• Wesleyan University

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

  1982 — 1986

• Phillips Exeter Academy

  HS

  1979 — 1982

Skills

• Sound Design
• Composition
• Voice Over
• Pro Tools
• Sound
• Television
• Recording
• Multimedia
• Audio Editing
• Final Cut Pro
• Video
• Film
• Music
• Logic Pro
• Entertainment
• Editing
• Video Production
• Post Production
• Video Games
• Production
• Html 5
• Css3
• Javascript
• Digital Media
• Css
• Html5
• Audio Recording
• Music Composition
• Video Post-Production