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Troy C Peters

Conductor of the Orchestra

Mahaney Center for the Arts

Phone: (802) 443 - 5975

Email: tpeters@middlebury.edu

In addition to his work with the Middlebury College Orchestra, Troy Peters has been Music Director and Conductor of the Vermont Youth Orchestra since 1995. Equally respected for his work with professional orchestras, he has been a guest conductor with many groups including the Vermont Symphony Orchestra, the Northwest Mahler Festival, and the Vermont Mozart Festival Orchestra. Peters has also gained international attention for his orchestral collaborations with Trey Anastasio, guitarist and composer from the rock band Phish. Acclaimed as a composer, his honors include awards and grants from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Meet the Composer, and the Rockefeller Foundation. He holds degrees from the Curtis Institute of Music and the University of Pennsylvania, where his composition teachers included Ned Rorem and George Crumb. A versatile instrumentalist, Peters not only plays the viola, but has also performed on tenor banjo and electric guitar with symphony orchestras.

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