Peter Mayer Concert
Peter Mayer Concert at UUFD
7 PM Friday, November 20, 2015
Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Tickets: $25 per person, $20 for seniors and students
Tickets available online from from DeKalb County Tickets (https://dekalbcountytickets.ticketforce.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=14) or at the Egyptian Theater Box Office in DeKalb (815-758-1225, 135 N. 2nd Street, Dowtown DeKalb IL 60115). (Concert will take place at the UU Fellowship of DeKalb, 158 N. 4th St.) A limited number of tickets will also be sold at UUFD during Sunday coffee hours (contact Tom Stamatakos or Beth Schewe).
Peter Mayer writes songs for a small planet—songs about interconnectedness and the human journey; about the beauty and the mystery of the world. Whimsical, humorous, and profound, his music breaks the boundaries of "folk", and transcends to a realm beyond the everyday love song, to a place of wonder at the very fact of life itself.
Peter began playing the guitar and writing songs when he was in high school. He studied Theology and music in college, and then spent two years in seminary. After deciding that the priesthood wasn't for him, he took a part-time job as a church music director for 8 years, while performing at clubs and colleges, and writing and recording his music. In 1995, he quit his job and started touring full-time. Since then, Peter has gradually gained a dedicated, word-of-mouth following, playing shows from Minnesota to Texas, New England to California. He has nine CDs to his credit, and has sold over 70 thousand of them independently.
