Peter is a graduate of Illinois Wesleyan University, where he received his Bachelors of Music Education in May of 2000. He has taught as an assistant band at Lopez High School in Brownsville, Texas, and served as interim director at Prospect High School in Mount Prospect, Illinois. Peter is currently completing his graduate degree in conducting at the University of Houston Moores School of Music.

Peter's drum corps experience includes six years with the Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps of Rosemont, Illinois: four years in the brass line and two years as the drum major. After graduating from the corps in 1998, he returned as a brass instructor for portions of the 2000 and 2004 seasons. Since then he has designed drill for the 2002 Colts Drum and Bugle Corps, and the 2005 Madison Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps. Pete is currently the drill designer for the Santa Clara Vanguard Drum & Bugle Corps. He has been designing drill and coordinating visual programs for nationally recognized programs since 1995. When not teaching or performing, Peter is active as a designer, consultant, and adjudicator for high school bands throughout the United States.

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