Peter Thoresen Vocal Studios: Voice Lessons in Washington Heights

Peter Thoresen is an award winning voice teacher, performer and music director. His students appear regularly in national tours and productions on and off Broadway, including Matilda, Something Rotten, Kinky Boots, Les Misérables, Flashdance, and Liberty: A Monumental New Musical. His students record regularly for the Columbia and Broadway Records labels, and have performed at the Tony Awards and at venues from Manhattan to New Zealand. Active as a music director, Peter collaborates regularly with his students and other performers in Manhattan and regionally throughout the United States. Recent credits as music director include engagements with Lake Dillon Theatre Company (Lake Dillon, CO) and Columbia University in NYC, and he recently returned from Turkmenistan, where he worked as a teaching artist with American Voices.

In demand as a performer, Broadwayworld.com has described Peter's singing as ‘spellbinding' and his recent New York performances in Heartbreak Express (world premiere) and The Fairy Queen were critically acclaimed by the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Opera Magazine, Opera News, and the New York Observer. Peter grew up in Chicago, where he was a child actor and performed in over 500 performances of musicals and operas. This grew into a love of performance that has ultimately led to solo engagements with Lyric Opera of Chicago, the American Opera Theater, Monterey Symphony and Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble. He serves as a coach for a variety organizations in New York, including the Manhattan Girls Chorus and American Symphony Orchestra. Peter is the founder of a thriving private voice studio in Manhattan, and serves on the faculties of Broadway Kids Auditions (BKA) and Musical Theater College auditions (MTCA) as a vocal techniques coach and music director in New York. He holds a doctor of music degree from Indiana University, and his articles are regularly featured in trade magazines including Classical Singer Magazine. For more information, visit www.peterthoresen.com | @DrPetesTweets | Facebook.com/voicelessonsinwashingtonheights