Episode 16 - PETER ELDRIDGE - Singer Songwriter, Founding member of NEW YORK VOICES, Educator

I am really excited for this interview. My guest this week is Peter
Eldridge. Peter has remained at the forefront of both the
singer-songwriter and jazz realms as a vocalist, pianist, composer,
and arranger. His new album MY MUSEUM was released on March 15 and
is available on his website petereldridge.com Peter is a founding
member of internationally acclaimed vocal group, NEW YORK VOICES.
The current line up of New York Voices is Peter Eldridge, Kim
Nazarian, Darmon Meader, and Lauren Kinhan. The group continues to
tour internationally and has performed in some of the world's most
preeminent venues and festivals, including Carnegie Hall, Avery
Fisher Hall, The North Sea Jazz Festival and the Kennedy Center.
They have also been involved in two Grammy-award winning projects
with Paquito D'Rivera and the Count Basie Orchestra. Some of
Peter's notable collaborations include Bobby McFerrin, Fred Hersch,
George Benson, Michael Brecker, and David Byrne. Peter was head of
the Manhattan School of Music's jazz voice department for eighteen
years and is now part of the voice faculty at Berklee College of
Music in Boston. He is regularly in demand for workshops and
masterclasses both domestically and internationally, in topics
ranging from vocal technique and song interpretation to songwriting
and arranging. Peter is also involved in a vocal super group called
MOSS. The members are Theo Bleckmann, Peter Eldridge, Lauren Kinhan
and Kate McGarry Follow Peter on Instagram at
https://www.instagram.com/petereldridge/ Follow New York Voices at
https://www.instagram.com/newyorkvoices/