Singing with Peter L.

The Voice Studio, NY

I've had a studio in New York for over twenty years. I served on the faculties of the 92nd Street Y School of Music, LaGuardia High School of the Arts (the “Fame” school), and taught workshops and MC’s for singers and actors in Greece. At LaGuardia HS, I taught singing and directed the Opera Workshop; students have gone on to leading conservatories, and to distinguished performing careers at the Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera, on Broadway, and other venues. I’m a graduate of the Juilliard School (BS) and NYU (MS), and studied privately with Antonia Lavanne, Edvin Sazamosi, Richard Torigi, Renato Capecchi, and others. I attended the Oberlin College Vocal Pedagogy Institute, Centro Studi Italiani (Urbania, Italy), and Montclair College Voice Science Workshop. I am a NYSTA Distinguished Voice Professional, having completed the Oren L. Brown Professional Development Program core curriculum of Vocal Anatomy, Voice Acoustics, Developmental Repertoire, Vocal Health, and Comparative Voice Pedagogy. I worked intensively with Dr. Alma Thomas, learning techniques of performance enhancement. Affiliations NATS (National Association of Teachers of Singing) NYSTA (NY Singing Teachers’ Association) NOA (National Opera Association) OA (Opera America) The Voice Foundation Performer I graduated from the Juilliard School, and was a Finalist in the competition of the Center for Contemporary Opera. I’ve sung principal roles with Vineyard Theater, Encompass Theater, Stonington Opera Arts, VPR Opera, Pensacola Opera, Chattanooga Opera, Rockland Opera, Bronx Opera, and others. Soloist at Carnegie Hall (Stern Auditorium and Weill Recital Hall), the 92nd Street Y, Austrian Cultural Forum, the Actors Studio, and other venues in the United States, Italy, and Switzerland. I have performed in nine world or US premieres. Press reviews have cited my "warm and persuasive singing,” and described me as "a wonderful singing actor."

New York University

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