A truly multi-faceted musician, Peter Himmelman is an Emmy-nominated TV composer, an acclaimed creator of children's music and a critically lauded rock troubadour.

After getting his first electric guitar - a red Fender Duo Sonic - when he was 12, Himmelman soon started a rock band and began writing songs. During his high school years, he would venture over to North Minneapolis to play R&B with a circle of musicians that included future soul singing star Alexander O'Neal. In twelfth grade, he also became the guitarist (and one of only two whites) in Shangoya, an otherwise all-Trinidadian reggae/calypso band.

Himmelman is also known for his raucous, unpredictable stage shows. USA Today has hailed him as "one of rock's most wildly imaginative performers." Among Himmelman's personal favorite concerts was one in Chicago where he led several hundred audience-goers to a restaurant Says Himmelman, "On one hand it was a bit of a joke, but there was this strangely comforting sense of community being formed that evening." At a show in Aspen he pulled everyone out of the club and onto a mountainside to enjoy the rest of his performance -under a moonlit Colorado sky. "The club owners were furious," Himmelman confesses, "because people left without paying their drink tabs." However, the good publicity this incident received forced the club to ask him back. "The ticket price to my show doesn't guarantee a field-trip, but I always strive to reach a place where time is suspended for me." Himmelman admits.