Peter Thoresen
Adjunct Professor - Voice
Individual Voice Lessons - BFA Musical Theater
Dr. Peter Thoresen, is an award-winning voice teacher, countertenor, music director, and life coach. His students appear regularly on Broadway (& Juliet, Aladdin, Back to the Future, Beetlejuice, Dear Evan Hansen, Jagged Little Pill, The Great Gatsby, Hamilton, How to Dance in Ohio, Oedipus, Once Upon a One More Time, Moulin Rouge! and more), in national tours, and on TV and film. He’s worked internationally as a voice teacher and music director in the Middle East and Southeast Asia with the Association of American Voices.
Thoresen is an Adjunct Associate Voice Professor at Pace University, and also serves on the BFA MT faculty at Northeastern University (formerly Marymount Manhattan College). He maintains a thriving private studio in New York City, and also serves as music director and vocal coach for Broadway Star Project, with whom he’s had the pleasure of working with students in the rehearsal hall, onstage, in the recording studio and in music videos.
Thoresen has served on the voice faculties of Interlochen Summer Arts Camp, Musical Theater College Auditions (MTCA), and Broadway Kids Auditions (BKA) and holds a DM in voice from the IU Jacobs School of Music where he served as a visiting faculty member. His select NYC performance credits include Purcell’s opera The Fairy Queen, about which Broadworld.com wrote: “Thoresen’s singing of these parts is spellbinding.” Thoresen is a features writer for Classical Singer Magazine, for whom he also pens the popular column, Crossover Corner. He’s also the founder of Peter Thoresen Life Coaching. He performs throughout the U.S. and abroad. Visit his website and follow Peter Thoresen on Instagram.