{"id":10894,"date":"2025-05-23T10:11:21","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T14:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/community\/?page_id=10894"},"modified":"2025-09-09T17:34:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T21:34:19","slug":"peters-kyle","status":"publish","type":"ecms-faculty","link":"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/community\/ecms-faculty\/peters-kyle\/","title":{"rendered":"Peters, Kyle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Kyle Peters<\/strong> is the percussion instructor at the Eastman Community Music School and member of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. He received his Master\u2019s of Music in Performance and Literature, as well as the prestigious Performer\u2019s Certificate, from the Eastman School of Music and his Bachelor\u2019s of Music in Music Education from the Crane School of Music, SUNY Potsdam. His principal teachers have been Michael Burritt, James Ross, Chip Ross, Jim Petercsak, Sean Ritenauer, Ross Karre, Catherine Meunier and Ed Reifel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kyle has been a featured clinician at both the NYSSMA conference and New York State Band Directors Association symposium and presented masterclasses at the Eastman School of Music and the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam, and many schools in the Rochester area. He was recently a featured performer in Beijing, China at the National Centre for the Performing Arts for a sold out performance playing alongside Professor Michael Burritt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the Eastman Community Music School, Kyle runs a studio averaging 30 students each year. He is the director of three percussion ensembles, and coach of the New Horizons percussion section. He is the percussion instructor at the Summer Classical Studies at Eastman, and a featured artist for their Summer Percussion Program. Other education credits include teaching at undergraduate and graduate level at SUNY Potsdam and director of percussion at Crane Youth Music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a composer, Kyle has released a book of 18 Marimba Etudes titled&nbsp;<em>Soundscapes: Concert Etudes for Marimba<\/em>, which he uses as part of his curriculum at Eastman, and is used in conservatories and music preparatory schools around the US and worldwide. Other compositions have been premiered at the Brevard Summer Music Festival, SUNY Geneseo, SUNY Potsdam, and the Eastman School of Music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education Credentials<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Performer\u2019s Certificate, Eastman School of Music<br>MM, Eastman School of Music<br>BM, Crane School of Music, SUNY Potsdam<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Introduction and Performance Videos<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Charm - Two-Mallet Vibraphone Solo\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zLpsbAPDSr8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Taking Flight - Marimba Solo\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AT-BusuHuxk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Educational Content<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Quick Technique: Loose Hands - Marimba Exercise\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gQ-oZkXo8OU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Quick Technique: Rocking Laterals - Marimba Exercise\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/noWsxwQw3TE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Quick Technique: Four Stroke Ruffs - Snare Drum\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lhXpqzPs-0o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tambourine Technique: Ending a Finger Roll\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IfU3MKHIK2M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Testimonials<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background\"><em>\u201cKyle Peters is truly world-class. He imbues all his students with the passion for music needed to achieve their goals through his knowledgeable and inspiring teaching. My lessons with him were the highlight of every week!\u201d <\/em><strong>-Daniel<\/strong>, <em><strong>Percussion Performance student at Northwestern University<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background\"><em>\u201cAs an American living abroad, options for serious percussion lessons in English were limited, but ECMS opened the door to top-tier instruction that ultimately prepared me to attend a world-class music school in the U.S. I initially thought that a virtual experience would be inferior to in-person instruction, but Kyle Peters\u2019 care, experience, and insight were crystal clear even though we were over 6,000 miles and 13 hours apart. Without Kyle and ECMS, I would not be the musician I am today.\u201d&nbsp;<\/em><strong>-Matthew,&nbsp;<em>Percussion major at Vanderbilt University<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":140,"featured_media":27522,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"faculty-category":[140],"faculty-instrument":[179],"faculty-department":[149],"faculty-ensemble":[4180,4170,4173],"faculty-type":[4160,150],"faculty-tag":[2012],"class_list":["post-10894","ecms-faculty","type-ecms-faculty","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","faculty-category-world-camp","faculty-instrument-percussion","faculty-department-woodwinds-brass-percussion-faculty","faculty-ensemble-advanced-percussion-ensemble","faculty-ensemble-beginner-percussion-ensemble","faculty-ensemble-intermediate-percussion-ensemble","faculty-type-chair","faculty-type-instructor","faculty-tag-world-campus"],"acf":[],"mb":[],"featured_img":"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/community\/files\/Kyle-Peters.jpg","coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/community\/author\/kristijan-bogdanovski\/","display_name":"Kristijan Bogdanovski"},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 11 months ago","modified":"Updated 7 months ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on May 23, 2025","modified":"Updated on September 9, 2025"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on May 23, 2025 10:11 AM","modified":"Updated on September 9, 2025 5:34 PM"},"featured_img_caption":"","tax_additional":{"faculty-category":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/community\/faculty-category\/world-camp\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">World Camp<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">World Camp<\/span>"],"slug":"faculty-category","name":"ECMS Faculty Categories"},"faculty-instrument":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/community\/faculty-instrument\/percussion\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Percussion<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Percussion<\/span>"],"slug":"faculty-instrument","name":"ECMS Faculty Instruments"},"faculty-department":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/www.esm.rochester.edu\/community\/faculty-department\/woodwinds-brass-percussion-faculty\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Woodwinds, Brass &amp; 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