Vashon Island and Seattle Music Teacher
Peter Cramer is a professional musician teaching piano, voice, saxophone, clarinet, and flute in Vashon Island - Seattle, Washington.
“Peter’s teaching is personal, versatile, and simply masterful! ”
“Peter knows and loves music – he thoroughly “gets” people – and his teaching reflects both of these exceptional gifts. Peter’s teaching is the patient, intuitive “unlocking” of both youth and adults who want to master their own musical expression, whether instrumental or voice. He can “grow” a six-year-old with just the right pacing and success, inspire a young teen to more playful confidence, and help a 70-year-old to relax old patterns for the joy of creating new ones.
My eight-year-old granddaughter and I have been his students for the past two years, and we both feel the magic as we are growing in our own ways.”
“We’ve had the privilege of working with Peter for the past two years. Peter is truly a master at teaching music. He possesses the perfect combination of competence, organization, and passion for music united with an easy, laid back manner and exceptional ability to read his student. Invaluable! Our son’s skills and confidence thrive under Peter’s instruction. ”
“He is an effective communicator and teacher. He has a great deal of knowledge, education and training in the subject matter. He has a deep understanding in various aspects of music and musical performance. He has a good classical foundation coupled with great understanding and experience in jazz.
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“Our daughter has been taking piano and clarinet lessons from Peter for 5 years. With Peter’s mentoring she has been able to reach a level of proficiency that is truly amazing. He is patient, caring and able to give her confidence in her ability to become a successful musician.
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“Peter has been working with our son for just about four years and we can confidently say that there is no one else we would want to teach and guide our son through the world of music. Peter brings both an atmosphere of learning and growth in every lesson and we’ve really seen our child improve greatly under his teachings.”
Peter Cramer music teacher in Seattle and Vashon, Washington.
Born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Peter Cramer has been playing piano, woodwinds, and singing since early childhood. The son of professional musicians, Peter began singing in local choirs and toured Europe by the age of eleven.
Later, Peter’s music studies led to performances in Chicago, New York, and Midwest tours with the University of Minnesota's Men's Chorus under the direction of Kathy Saltzman Romey. While actively singing in the Minneapolis area, Peter also studied classical saxophone under local notable Nancy Truchinski, performing regular recitals at local concert halls.
Moving to Seattle in 2000, Peter performed in local venues and studied privately while continuing his music studies at Seattle's Cornish College of the Arts in 2003. While receiving scholarships in each successive year at Cornish, Peter studied and performed with jazz notables Julian Priester, Hans Teuber, Chuck Deardorf, Randy Halberstadt, Denney Goodhew, Jim Knapp, Dawn Clement, Hans Brehmer, Jeff Johnson, and Chris Symer. He also performed in master class with Kevin Mahogany, Matt Wilson and the Bill Mays Trio. Peter graduated Cum Laude in spring of 2007.
All throughout, Peter has actively performed around the Seattle area, including performances at Cornish's PONCHO recital hall, Tula's jazz club, Seattle City Hall, Benaroya Hall, and every Monday night for 2 years at the Capital Club, among many others.
Peter has also arranged music for big bands, including the Jim Knapp orchestra, with other arrangements having been performed by the orchestra at the Seattle Drum School. He also performs with his own quartet and in collaboration with various top talents of Seattle's music community, and composes for numerous genres.
Throughout his extensive performance and educational history, Peter has also been teaching privately since 2007. His teaching experience includes the Half Note Studio in Bellevue from 2007 to 2011, and Plateau Music in Issaquah from 2010 to 2017.
Currently Peter teaches from his home studio on Vashon Island and visits students homes in the Seattle Area.
Vashon, WA, 98070
United States
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