Peter Wilson:
CLASS OF 1986
Morgantown High SchoolClass of 1986
Morgantown, WV
Suncrest Flatts Junior High SchoolClass of 1983
Morgantown, WV
North Elementary SchoolClass of 1980
Morgantown, WV
Chestnut Ridge Elementary SchoolClass of 1979
Morgantown, WV
Flatts Elementary SchoolClass of 1978
Morgantown, WV
Peter's Story
LIFE:
Married to Katie (since 1999)
Â3 sons: Brad (9), Gregory (7), and Tommy (3)
ÂLiving in Fairfax, VA (just outside DC)
OCCUPATIONS:Â
Master Gunnery Sergeant, United States Marine Corps
ÂWhite House Violinist; Commander, String Section,
"The President's Own" U.S. Marine Band;
"The Voice" of Marine Barracks, Washington, DC (Official Ceremonial Narrator & PA Announcer for ceremonies the "Oldest Post of the Corps")
Music Director, Waynesboro Symphony Orchestra (Waynesboro, VA)
Performing and recording with musical duo
"Bridging the Gap" with fellow Marine Bandsman (and West Virginian!), Aaron Clay (double bass)
CONTACT ME FOR OUR CD!!! Visit "bridgingthegaponline.com"
POST HS EDUCATION:
ÂBachelor of Music, Northwestern University (1990)
Master of Music, The Catholic University of America (1995)
Doctor of Musical Arts, The Catholic University of America (2007)
CONCERT BIOGRAPHY:
Peter Wilson is an engaging and multifaceted American violinist and conductor whose musicianship has been noted as "first-class" by The Washington Post. He currently serves as Music Director of the Waynesboro Symphony Orchestra and has conducted the National Symphony Orchestra as well as the National Gallery Orchestra. Highly respected throughout ou...Expand for more
r Nation's Capital, he has served as a violinist of The White House for nearly two decades and is an active chamber musician, concertmaster, recording artist, and performance clinician throughout the United States. He holds music degrees from Northwestern University and The Catholic University of America where he earned a Doctor of Musical Arts.
Dr. Wilson began his professional career as Concertmaster of the Walt Disney World Orchestra. He has appeared as soloist with Renée Fleming, Bernadette Peters, and composer/conductor John Williams. For 12 years he served as a lecturer at Catholic University where he was Resident Conductor while teaching courses on podium conducting and string techniques. Dr. Wilson was the first musician ever to receive the Governor's Award for Exceptional Achievement in the Arts in his native West Virginia and he has appeared in international magazines to include The Strad, which stated, "[Wilson] made music that had the stamp of quality." In 2008, Dr. Wilson was one of only nine conductors selected to work with Leonard Slatkin in the acclaimed National Conducting Institute in Washington, DC. In 2009, he performed with Stevie Wonder at the Library of Congress in the World Premiere of Mr. Wonder's "Sketches of a Life."
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