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Jamie Dahman, tenor, and Jeffrey Peterson, piano, in Recital
February 28, 2019 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
| DSU Faculty member Dr. Jamie Dahman, tenor, will perform a recital with guest collaborative pianist, Dr. Jeffrey Peterson, Associate Professor of Vocal Coaching and Music Director of the Opera Theater at Baylor University in Waco, TX.
Dr. Peterson earned the doctorate in Vocal Coaching and Accompanying at the University of Illinois, where he was the assistant to the renowned pianist and coach, John Wustman. Dr. Peterson has taught at several summer programs, including the Corso Estivo per Cantanti Giovani and The Italian Operatic Experience, both in Urbania, Italy; the New York Vocal Institute, of which he was co-director, and is currently in charge of Music in the Marche, a program in Mondavio, Italy, which he founded and for which he is artistic director. Dr. Peterson also serves as the resident conductor for Louisiana Opera. With his colleague Rebecca Hays, a professor at Texas Tech University, he recorded a CD of music for voice and piano, by composer Libby Larsen, released on Albany records in December 2017. They will be recording a disc for the same label, of songs by French composer Charles Marie Widor, scheduled for release in the spring of 2020. Dr. Peterson has appeared in recitals and master classes on five continents, with such important operatic artists as Martina Arroyo, James King, and Teresa Kubiak, in venues as far-reaching as Hoam Hall in Seoul, the Marian Anderson Festival and Competition, the Manaus Opera House in Manaus, Brazil, and venues in Paris, Venice, Florence, and Bologna. He has performed throughout the United States with flutists Francesca Arnone, Valerie Potter, and Tadeu Coelho. Dr. Peterson has taught at Indiana University, the University of Illinois, the University of Akron, and served for five years on the Opera Studies Faculty at Northwestern University. |
