Peter is a guitarist and composer from Orange, Virginia. He attended Christopher Newport University where he studied classical and jazz guitar. After graduating, he moved to New York City, where he performed in jazz clubs, art spaces, improvisational theater productions, restaurants, converted auto-body shops, and the occasional subway station. While in the city, he studied with numerous world-class guitarists including Brad Shepik and Peter Bernstein. His favorite guitarists are Wes Montgomery, Jimi Hendrix, Derek Trucks, and Jim Hall, and he listens to just about any song with instruments in it, from John Coltrane to Taylor Swift to Buck Owens or Beethoven. He has taught aspiring guitarists of all ability levels, including beginners from ages five to seventy-five, and looks forward to teaching many (many) more.