Peter Mark

Panelist

As a child Peter Mark sang in the Metropolitan Opera Children’s Chorus, appearing as the Shepherd Boy in Tosca in 1955. He later studied violin and viola with Joseph Fuchs and Walter Trampler at Juilliard, and upon graduation won the post of Principal Viola at the Chicago Lyric Opera. His viola career included a period as Assistant Principal of the Los Angeles Philharmonic and multiple performances in the chamber music and Viola Concerto of his wife, Thea Musgrave, many of whose acclaimed operas he has also conducted. From 1975 to 2010 he was the Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Virginia Opera Association, and he has guest-conducted opera worldwide, as well as holding teaching posts at the University of California, Santa Barbara and the Royal Northern College of Music (Manchester).