JENNIFER PETERSON, conductor, vocal coach curriculum vitae

+1 917 520 3163, operajen@yahoo.com operamission.org

853 Seventh Avenue, Suite 2A, New York, NY 10019 @gaspsiagore

Currently director of operamission, founded in New York City in 2008. Produced and conducted operas, concerts, and annual cabaret evenings. Presentations to date:

2015 'To Lie With Him' – music of Clint Borzoni: workshop reading of When Adonis Calls (chamber opera) and world premiere performance of the song cycle Earth, My Likeness

Artist Recital Series – series of three art song recitals: music of Mozart, Schubert, Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms, Grieg, Strauss, Wolf, Berlioz, and Debussy

A Countertenor Cabaret (14 countertenors) at the Duplex Cabaret Theatre 2014 Workshop and recording of Bruce Wolosoff's The Great Good Thing (full-length opera) G. F. Handel's Agrippina 'FURIOSO: an Evening of Handel Opera' in Bloomington, Indiana 'Handeljam' – ornamentation workshops, at the Gershwin Hotel 2013 G. F. Handel's Rodrigo (North American Premiere) 'New Cabaret' and Cabaret Song Composition Contest held on Twitter Workshop with orchestra of Clint Borzoni's Antinous and Hadrian (full-length opera) 2012 'Pierrot 100' at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, Bruno Walter Auditorium G. F. Handel's Almira, Königin von Castilien (North American Premiere) 'a Poulenc Cabaret' at the Gershwin Hotel 2011 Figaro al fresco, a comic cliffhanger – Acts I & II of Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro, Bryant Park Fall Festival Puccini's La Bohème: Assembly Required Defining classics – Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire and Stravinsky's L'Histoire du Soldat 'kurt weill uncovered: in cabaret' at the Gershwin Hotel 2010 Franz Schubert's Winterreise Così fan tutte: Some Assembly Required OPERA IN FLIGHT: new scenes & one-acts – music by Clint Borzoni, Edward Ficklin, George Flynn, and Stephen

Andrew Taylor, at the Gershwin Hotel HANDEL at the Gershwin 2009 'Keith Jameson / Cabaret Songs' at the Gershwin Hotel HANDEL at the Gershwin it is my song that's flown... all new music

Previous engagements as conductor, chorus master, vocal coach, pianist, harpsichordist, guest clinician:

American Lyric Theater, American Opera Projects, Anchorage Opera, Austin Lyric Opera, Bay Area Summer Opera Theater Institute, Berkshire Opera Festival, Boheme Opera New Jersey, Bronx Opera, Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, Center for Contemporary Opera, Chautauqua Opera, Connecticut Opera, Delaware Valley Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, Dicapo Opera Theatre, Eastman Opera Theatre, Eastman School of Music, Eugene Opera, Galileo's Daughters, Gotham Chamber Opera, Greater Miami Opera, Hunter College, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University Opera Theater, Inspiration Point Fine Arts Colony, International Vocal Arts Institute, Kentucky Opera, Lake George Opera Festival, Luther College, Memphis Symphony Orchestra (violinist and keyboardist), Metro Lyric Opera of New Jersey, Metropolitan Opera Council (judge, Arkansas District), Mississippi Opera, New Opera Theatre Ensemble of Scotland, New York City Opera, New York Repertory Ensemble, Oberlin Baroque Performance Institute, On Site Opera, Opera Idaho, Opera Manhattan, Opera Memphis, Opera Noire of New York, Opera Northeast, Opera on Tap, Opera Orchestra of New York, Opera Theater of Connecticut, Opera Theatre of Rochester, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, operamission, Rochester Chamber Opera, Seagle Music Colony, Skidmore College, St. John's College (Annapolis, MD), Téâtro Grattacielo, Toledo Opera, University of Arkansas, University of Connecticut, University of Memphis, University of Mississippi, Virginia Opera, Vertical Player Repertory, Virginia Symphony (violinist and keyboardist), Vital Theatre Company.

Education:

Bachelor of Music, Oberlin College Conservatory of Music, 1988 Double Major: Piano and Violin Performance Master of Music, Indiana University School of Music, 1990 Major: Piano Performance; Cognate Field: Music Theory Doctor of Musical Arts, Eastman School of Music, 1990-'92 (in progress) Major: Piano Accompanying and Chamber Music; Minor: Opera Coaching

Languages:

English, French, German, Italian, Spanish – Language and Diction familiarity with Czech and Russian

Biography:

Conductor, pianist, and harpsichordist JENNIFER PETERSON is the director of operamission, an arts organization bringing opera, chamber music, art song, and cabaret to audiences in inventive new ways, as in its laboratory-style presentation of 'Così fan tutte: Some Assemby Required,' a chronological cabaret of Kurt Weill's vocal music, and up-close and live-streamed production of Schubert's Winterreise from the autograph manuscript with tenor Adam Klein, a radio-style presentation of Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire paired with Stravinsky's L'Histoire du Soldat, several operatic world premieres, and the ongoing series of G. F. Handel's complete operatic output with historical instruments.

operamission's ongoing Handel series has to date included two North American premieres, Almira (HWV 1) and Rodrigo (HWV 5). Critcs have raved, "Saturday night's baroque fans were lucky to be treated to one of the best local Handel productions in years by this new and ambitious group, led by conductor Jennifer Peterson." And, "I've rarely attended a local show with such integrity and one that radiated a stirring belief in the work's musical worth." (Parterre Box, May 28, 2012)

Future operamission presentations and plans can be followed at operamission.org. Currently underway are productions of the complete œuvre of Handel's 39 Italian operas, along with workshops and development of new operas, annual cabaret evenings, and all varieties of repertoire.

Ms. Peterson has appeared at over fifty opera companies in the United States and internationally, including the New York City Opera, Opera Memphis, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Des Moines Metro Opera, and the International Vocal Arts Institute in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Having received her musical training at the Oberlin College-Conservatory of Music, the Indiana University School of Music, and the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY where she co-founded the Rochester Chamber Opera, Ms. Peterson has been actively involved in historical performance as a harpsichordist and chamber musician, as well as being an avid purveyor of new opera to new audiences.

Born in Anchorage, Alaska, Jennifer grew up on the west coast and has been residing in Kew Gardens Hills, Queens, since 1997 while maintaining an active vocal coaching studio in midtown Manhattan.

Repertoire and References available upon request.

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