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Peyton Becton

Peyton Becton

On Stage

Principal percussionist Peyton Becton grew up in Morehead City and is one of the very few native North Carolineans in the Charlotte Symphony. He was interested in the drums from a very young age and began playing at the age of eleven. Music was always a very strong interest for Peyton, but it wasn't until college that he really began to develop an interest in symphonic music. Peyton earned his Bachelor of Music Education degree from East Carolina University. He has been the CSO's Principal Percussionist since 1977. Other orchestras with which Peyton has performed include the Eastern Philharmonic, the Greensboro Symphony and the North Carolina Symphony. His favorite composers include Mahler, Prokofiev, Stravinsky and Copland. In his free time Peyton enjoys astronomy, cycling and tropical fish.