Peter S. Shin, PhD (Composition, 2024) has been awarded the 2025-26 Hodder Fellowship from Princeton University's Lewis Center for the Arts, along with artists from other disciplines including sculpture, visual art, and literature.
With the Hodder Fellowship, Shin has shared that he will create his second work for the vocal band Roomful of Teeth in collaboration with the modern music collective Wild Up. His first work, Bits torn from words, was recorded on Roomful of Teeth’s 2024 Grammy Award-winning album, Rough Magic.
A brief biography for Peter S. Shin is below. To learn more about the Hodder Fellowship, visit this link
Peter S. Shin is a composer from Kansas City, Missouri, based in Los Angeles, California. Described by The New York Times as “a composer to watch” with music that is “entirely fresh and personal,” Shin notes he is drawn to understanding how his music folds into the broader conversations around human connection, representation, and belonging in the United States. In its citation for the Charles Ives Fellowship, the American Academy of Arts and Letters observed that Shin “has already established an individual voice,” singling out Hyo, a work commissioned by the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. In the work, Shin reflects on his family’s immigration story from South Korea, exploring themes of genealogy and life’s impermanence against the backdrop of anti-Asian sentiment during the COVID-19 outbreak. The Academy praised the work for “a sophisticated wide range of beautiful orchestral sounds that unfold within a strong narrative,” calling it “honest, clear, heartfelt, original music.”
Peter's website is https://peter-shin.com/.