ThompsonStudios.com

Music Division

Peter H. Thompson - Professional musician

Violin and Viola ---Performing, Conducting & Teaching

Peter H. Thompson, 1355 Saratoga Ave., #1, San Jose, CA 95129 

408-931-6805

Send email to Peter@ThompsonStudios.com

Current Positions and Activities

Teaching---Violin, Viola, Music Theory:

• Currently enrolling private violin and viola students in Path A and Path B MTAC Certificate of Merit Program at Levels 1 -10. For info see: http://www.mtac.org.
• Concert Master, Mission City Opera, 2004-2005, http://www.missioncityopera.org/pages/1/index.htm
• Member, Music Teachers Association of California (MTAC), Santa Clara Co. Branch.
• Vice President Santa Clara Co. Branch (MTAC), 2004 -2005. For info see: http://www.mtacsantaclara.org.
• State Chair MTAC VOCE Competition. For VOCE Competition Guidelines and Applications see: http://www.mtac.org.
• The Polyphony Music Academy, faculty, violin and viola (http://www.polyphony-ma.com)
• NYC private students: 30 children and adults; recommended by Mannes College of Music, William Kroll and Frederick Werle (1974-1976)

Performance:

• Noontime Concert Series, May 2003, Solo Viola Recital at St. Patrick's Cathedral, San Francisco, with Marta Cuadra Gonzalez, pianist. For more information about Noontime Concerts, visit: http://www.noontimeconcerts.org/
• Thompson-Bostan Duo (Peter H. Thompson Violin & Viola, Andrei S. Bostan Guitar & Violin)
• Thompson Duo (Violin or Viola & Piano): Recitals, San Francisco Bay Area
• Thompson Trio (Violin), piano trio
  • Festival of the Arts, Foothill College
  • Over 40 performances in schools and libraries
• Terry Summa Orchestra (Violin, Viola): Back-up for (SF Bay Area); Johnny Mathis; Page & Plant; Smokey Robinson; Kenny G; Kenny Rogers; Natalie Cole; Clay Aiken; Sarah Brightman.
• Starlite Strings (Viola): San Francisco
• Bohemian Club Orchestra (Principal Viola): San Francisco
• Various Social Occasions

Grants Awarded

• Cities of Saratoga and Cupertino; MPTF Funds; Cupertino Education Endowment Funds--for Thompson Trio and Thompson Duo

Business Administration

• Thompson Trio: Programming, public relations, concert management, grant writing (current)
• Thompson Studios Gallery: Artist representative (current)
• West Box Office: Ticket sales and event coordination (1986-1989)
• San Francisco Symphony Forum Vice Chairman: Managed ticket sales of 2,500 seats to students in over 40 Bay Area colleges and universities and escorted/introduced international artists at Symphony receptions (1972-1973)
• Cohesive Chemicals: Vice President, Research and Development (1979-1986)

Professional Affiliations

• American Federation of Musicians, Local 153, San Jose, CA
• Music Teachers Association of California
• Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Professional Fraternity

Education & Studies

• Post-Graduate Study in Violin/Viola, Mannes College of Music, New York, NY (1974, 1975, 1976) with William Kroll
• Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance and Strings with Honors, University of Pacific (1973) with Warren Van Bronkhorst
• Viola Studies with Gennady Kleiman, San Francisco Symphony, Leningrad Philharmonic
• Graduate Teaching Assistant, UOP Dept. of Theory & Composition (1973)
• Scholarship in William Kroll Chamber Music Class, Mannes College of Music, New York, NY (1974-1976)
• Chamber Music: Ira Lehn, UOP; Lotte Bamberger/Paul Doktor, Mannes
• Musicology (Theory) Masters Candidate, Comprehensives Passed, Queens College, CUNY (1974-1976)
• Composition Studies: Queens College, Henry Weinberg; UOP, Stan Becker, Mary Bowling; Mannes College of Music, Frederick Werle
• Master Classes, Violin: Ander Toth; Frederick Balazs
• Violin Studies: Charles Giskin, Los Gatos, CA

Previous Positions & Activities

• Symphony and Orchestra
  • Hidden Valley Opera, Carmel, Concertmaster
  • San Jose Symphony (Viola) Brian Farnon and George Hernandez Orchestras, Lake Tahoe (Violin)
  • Goldofsky Opera Orchestra (Violin)
  • Stockton Symphony (Violin)
  • Santa Cruz County Symphony (Viola)
• Chamber Music
  • String Quartet: Leader, performing in schools with grant from Music Performance Trust Funds, Local 153, Santa Clara Valley
  • Monterey Symphony Quartet (First Violin)
  • Taos School of Music, New Mexico
  • Hawaii Institute Summer Festival
  • Chamber music with Honolulu Symphony members
  • Orpheon String Quartet: New York, NY (Viola)
  • Mannes College of Music: New York, NY (Viola)
• Conducting
  • Children's Philharmonia: The Music School at the Presbyterian Church, Sunnyvale, CA
  • Musical Theatre Productions: The Music School
• Soloist:
  • Los Gatos Saratoga Symphony (Violin)
  • University of Pacific Orchestra (Violin)
• Solo Recitals:
  • Bohemian Club: San Francisco (Violin)
  • Music School faculty concerts: Presbyterian Church, Sunnyvale (Violin/Viola)
  • Quinlan Center: Cupertino (Violin)
  • Los Gatos History Club (Violin)
• Teaching---Violin, Viola, Music Theory: The Music School faculty, Sunnyvale, CA

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