Vashon Island and Seattle Music Teacher
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Peter Cramer is a professional musician teaching piano, voice, saxophone, clarinet, and flute in Vashon Island - Seattle, Washington.
Vashon Island and Seattle Music Teacher
Peter Cramer is a professional musician teaching piano, voice, saxophone, clarinet, and flute in Vashon Island - Seattle, Washington.
Born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Peter Cramer has been playing piano, woodwinds, and singing since early childhood. The son of professional musicians, Peter began singing in local choirs and toured Europe by the age of eleven.
Later, Peter’s music studies led to performances in Chicago, New York, and Midwest tours with the University of Minnesota's Men's Chorus under the direction of Kathy Saltzman Romey. While actively singing in the Minneapolis area, Peter also studied classical saxophone under local notable Nancy Truchinski, performing regular recitals at local concert halls.
Moving to Seattle in 2000, Peter performed in local venues and studied privately while continuing his music studies at Seattle's Cornish College of the Arts in 2003. While receiving scholarships in each successive year at Cornish, Peter studied and performed with jazz notables Julian Priester, Hans Teuber, Chuck Deardorf, Randy Halberstadt, Denney Goodhew, Jim Knapp, Dawn Clement, Hans Brehmer, Jeff Johnson, and Chris Symer. He also performed in master class with Kevin Mahogany, Matt Wilson and the Bill Mays Trio. Peter graduated Cum Laude in spring of 2007.
All throughout, Peter has actively performed around the Seattle area, including performances at Cornish's PONCHO recital hall, Tula's jazz club, Seattle City Hall, Benaroya Hall, and every Monday night for 2 years at the Capital Club, among many others.
Peter has also arranged music for big bands, including the Jim Knapp orchestra, with other arrangements having been performed by the orchestra at the Seattle Drum School. He also performs with his own quartet and in collaboration with various top talents of Seattle's music community, and composes for numerous genres.
Throughout his extensive performance and educational history, Peter has also been teaching privately since 2007. His teaching experience includes the Half Note Studio in Bellevue from 2007 to 2011, and Plateau Music in Issaquah from 2010 to 2017.
Currently Peter teaches from his home studio on Vashon Island and visits students homes in the Seattle Area.
Vashon, WA, 98070
United States
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