Peter Voith is a member/co-founder of Jackson Miles Music, Quarter Life, and The Bourbon Brothers Band and has earned a living working as a professional musician for the last 11 years. He has performed on many stages around the world from clubs of all sizes, to weddings and corporate events, to various festival stages and has charted over 1000 performances during his career thus far.  

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS FROM 2007-PRESENT: 

- Performed at 19 weddings and 11 corporate events in 2011
- Performed at To Write Love On Her Arms with speaker Jamie Tworkowsk in spring of 2011
- Performances in Beijing "Meet In Beijing Festival" in China in March of 2010.
- Performances at the 2010 Vacouver Olympics.
- Performing 4-8 shows a week in live music venues around the Ottawa region since 2002.
- Performing yearly since 2005 at The Ottawa Bluesfest.
- Founding member of "Jackson Miles Events" (2009) Entertainment Agency.
- Co-Founder of classic rock cover band "The Bourbon Brothers Band" 2001-2009.
- Founding member of 5 piece, southern rock- funk- folk original band "Quarter Life" 2004-2008.
- 2009 Performance at Dancing In The Streets - Max Keeping invitational.
- Released "All Of My Heart" EP in May 2008.
- Performances in Slovakia in 2008.
- Released Hands On Today with Band Quarter Life in June of 2007.
- 2nd place finish in 2007 106.9FM THE BEAR regional songwriting competition.
- Performances at the Havana Jazz Festival in 2007.
- 3 trips to Havana in 2007 to work with Cuba's premier guitarist Elmer Ferrer.
- 2007 Performance after winning competition for Ottawa's HOPE BEACH festival. Opened for Thornley and Three Days Grace

Peter Voith has recorded with numerous Ottawa artists namely Shane McEwan (drums), Anders Drerup (Silver Creek, Grievous Angel, lead guitar, vocals), Jason Leen (bass vocals), and Tyler Kealey (Cooper Brothers, Charlie Major, keys, vocals) who were part of Peter's first group "Quarter Life" with whom he released 2 recorded works, Quarter Life "EP" in 2005 and "Hands On Today" in 2006.  He has also worked/performed with Ottawa's Jeff J.Rogers (Cooper Brothers, Silver Creek, piano, and sax), Steve Boudreau (piano and vocals), Kiko Garcia (guitar), Ana Miura (singer/songwriter), Sarah DeLuca (singer/songwriter), Shawn Tavenier of Silver Creek (singer/songwriter), Amanda Rheaume (singer/songwriter), Stuart Watkins (Canadian Tenors, David Foster, bass), Ross Murray (Great Big Sea, drums) Dan Loach (Loudlove, drums), Tony Raybould (Charlie Major, drums), and most recently on Peter's latest recording "All of My heart" EP released in 2008, Jake Von Wurden (upright and Electric bass), Ben Cooper  Stone Melodies (singer/songwriter), Brian Asselin (Funk Brothers, saxophone) and Jeff Asselin (drums and percussion). Peter Voith plans to continue searching for talent, especially Ottawa's wealth of it, and continue to release hard-worked-on projects and organize events such as "Wailing For Wheels" that showcase the great Ottawa artists he has come to love.

Internationally, he has established a friendship and working relationship with world renowned Cuban jazz/blues guitarist Elmer Ferrer on who's album "Fango Dance" Peter appears as well as Ferrer's latest release "No Guitars Allowed" on which 2 of Peter's compositions are featured. He has made 3 trips to da

te to Cuba to collaborate with Ferrer and the Elmer Ferrer Band and has performed 3 shows at the 2006 Havana Jazz Festival.

 

Peter was born in Zilina, Slovakia on July 16th, 1980 emigrating to Canada with his family when he was 3. He listened to his mother sing and play piano in their small Montreal apartment while growing up in a very multicultural school typical of immigrant regions. He was thus exposed to all kinds of music, dances, cultural events, and languages. It was there that the seed of wanting to actively participate in arts and culture was planted.

Peter started to play guitar and sing more seriously at the age of 17 in high school in Kanata, where he began crafting his skills as a writer and musician with long time friend Shawn Tavenier. He played in school events, various bands and explored blues, funk, folk, and alternative music styles. His best effort to marry his love for performance art and entertainment led Peter to attended Carleton University to get his degree in English and a minor in Music.  

His guitar influences include: John Mayer, SRV, Eric Clapton, Dave Matthews, Ben Harper, and Billy Corgan.
Vocal influences include: David Gray, Dave Matthews, Ben Harper, Ray Charles, and Johnny Cash.

The Peter Voith Trio is currently Peter’s most serious effort at providing an outlet for his original music.