Vince Peterson
Artistic Director
Vince Peterson is the founding Artistic Director of Choral Chameleon. In addition, he currently serves as Director of Choirs and Coordinator of Ear Training Studies at Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music. He holds the BMus in Composition from The San Francisco Conservatory of Music and a Double MMus from Mannes College The New School for Music in Manhattan where he was the sole recipient of the 2007 Music Teacher’s League Award upon his graduation. His principal composition teachers have included celebrated composers Conrad Susa and David Conte of SF Conservatory as well as Dr. Philip Lasser of The Juilliard School, among others. He studied conducting under Dr. Mark Shapiro, a critically acclaimed champion of new and obscure music as well as Sonja Neblett. His work has been profiled in The New York Times, The Brooklyn Eagle and several notable arts blogs. He also previously served as Assistant Conductor and Principal Accompanist for The Golden Gate Men’s Chorus of San Francisco, under the direction of Grammy® Award-Winning conductor Joseph Jennings, a position to which Jennings appointed him. His thriving music program at The Union Church of Bay Ridge, a church community known for its commitment to the arts, has caused the church sanctuary to be named by The Brooklyn Eagle as Bay Ridge’s “premiere performance hall”.
Vince has worked in multiple capacities as a musician and within multiple genres of music. He has appeared all over the world including concert tours to Italy, Austria, Hungary, Slovakia, France, The Philippines, Canada and throughout the United States. As a hybrid composer / conductor, he has not only worked diligently to champion the works of many of his composer colleagues, but also actively maintains his own catalogue of work. He has received performances and commissions from the likes of The San Francisco Arts Education Project, The DeLaSalle Institute (Napa, CA), his alma mater - Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory (SF), The Monmouth Civic Chorus of Red Bank, NJ and Cantori New York who will premiere his new work “Arizona DooWop” next season. Additionally, his arrangement of Chameleon Soprano Erika Lloyd’s song “Cells Planets” will be premiered and taken on world tour next season by the Grammy®-award winning ensembleChanticleer.
Vince works actively in cabaret and musical theater in NYC as well, currently serving as Music Director / Arranger for the MAC® award-winning performer Cait Doyle in her hit show, “Hot Mess In Manhattan”, which has been nominated for MAC® awards in multiple categories for two seasons in a row.
