Peter Kupfer

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Peter Kupfer, Music History & Theory Teacher, a 1997 MYA alumnus, is currently in his third year of the Ph.D. program in historical musicology at the University of Chicago. A native of Highland Park, IL, Peter attended Amherst College, graduating in May 2001 with degrees in music, computer science and German. Before beginning his studies at the University of Chicago in the fall of 2002, he spent a year studying and researching in Berlin, Germany on a Fulbright Fellowship. His research project concerned the interpretation, reconciliation and treatment of Richard Wagner in the GDR. His current plan, however, is to concentrate on the music of Dmitri Shostakovich. In addition to his studies at the University of Chicago, Peter is director of the music theory program at MYA during the school year. An accomplished bassoonist, Peter has played with various orchestras and chamber music ensembles since his MYA days. He is currently the principal bassoonist of the University of Chicago Symphony Orchestra.