Peter Prosser

Peter Prosser, formerly the cellist of the Royale Trio and winner of the Manogue International and National Arts Club competitions, has had a multifaceted career, working as a soloist, chamber musician, teacher, record producer and conductor. Highlights include recording the Saint-Saens, Lalo and Dvorák concerti for Alabama Public Television, the Haydn D major Concerto for Kentucky Educational Television, producing CDs for the Paragon Ragtime Orchestra, making his Broadway conducting debut in 2003 with the production of Gypsy starring Bernadette Peters, and conducting the Paragon Ragtime Orchestra at the Centennial Gala for the Philadelphia Orchestra. Radio and television appearances include The Listening Room and Young Artist Showcase on WQXR (New York), Around New York on WNYC, West Coast Weekend on KQED (San Francisco), the Today show with Bernadette Peters, The View and Good Morning America with Patti LuPone, the Today show (weekend edition) with Eartha Kitt and Saturday Night Live. Having joined the faculty of the Mannes College of Music in 1991 he has also taught at the Aspen Music Festival and the Meadowmount School of Music. His teachers include David Cowley, Bernard Greenhouse, Alan Harris and William Pleeth. Mr. Prosser is also inordinately fond of eating breakfast out.