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 Voice Department Chair
Mr. Peters is a faculty member in the College and Precollege for the following department(s) and division(s):
| Telephone | (212) 749-2802 x7785 | | E-mail | mpeters@msmnyc.edu |
| | | Maitland Peters is currently in his sixteenth year as Chairman of the Voice Department at Manhattan School of Music. He is one of New York City’s most prominent and sought-after voice teachers, maintaining a studio of well over 100 professionals, while directing one of the largest and most prestigious faculties of voice in the world. His students sing on the stages of the Metropolitan Opera, the New York City Opera, the opera companies of Berlin, Munich, Paris and Glyndebourne, in leading opera companies across the United States and Europe, as well as on the Broadway stage. Notable singers from the Metropolitan Opera with whom Maitland Peters has worked include Brian Schexnayder, Pamela Coburn, Carol Yahr, Michael Sylvester, Allan Glassman, Mechthild Gessendorf, Wira Banyewich, Stephen West, Douglas Perry, Mark Lundberg, Marc Heller and Paul Frey. Stars from the Broadway stage include Stockard Channing, Stacey Logan, Burke Moses, Sherry Boone, Schuler Hensley, Martin Vidnovic, Steven Anderson, Jessica Grove, and Rebecca Eichenberger, as well as many young American professionals on the verge of major international careers. His students from Manhattan School of Music have sung at the Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, Santa Fe, San Francisco, Seattle, and Houston and have participated in every major apprentice program, including Merola, Santa Fe, Central City, St. Louis, Chautauqua, Glimmerglass, Sarasota, Seattle, Portland as well as all the major vocal competitions in the U.S. and Europe. Mr. Peters was recently featured as one of three outstanding vocal technicians from the United States on the acclaimed DVD, You Are Your Instrument, recently released for international distribution. An award-winning baritone himself, with years of in-depth study of the human voice, Mr. Peters has had notable success in master classes as a creative innovator throughout the United States and Europe in the field of vocal technique. He has served as the artistic director of the Spoleto Vocal Arts Symposium in Italy, on the faculty of the National Opera Center, and frequently adjudicates for many international and national competitions, including the Metropolitan Opera National Council, National Youth Foundation, and the International Contemporary Opera. He is proud to be the father of two beautiful children, Preston and Olympia.
Mr. Peters has been on Manhattan School of Music’s voice faculty since 1990.
Manhattan School of Music Precollege faculty since 2004.
Precollege surcharge applies.
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