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Peyton Nelesen (age 16) is a composer and pianist who grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and currently lives in New York City and Branford, Connecticut. She has been honored by ASCAP three times in both the Herb Alpert and Morton Gould Young Composer Awards. She studies composition with John Syzygy and studied piano with both Penka Rodeva and the late Amonte Parsons. Equally facile in jazz, concert music and other genres, Peyton has scored many student films. Working with her mentor, Grammy nominated producer, Randy Emata, she has had the great fortune to have her music performed and recorded by outstanding Grammy winning and nominated musicians. Peyton attends Northwestern University where she is working on dual degrees in Music Composition at The Bienen School of Music and in Radio/TV/Film at The School of Communications.