Meet Nicole Taylor Peters
“Just choose the one that fits in your backpack,” she was told, and thus began Nicole Peters’ flute career at age seven. In these seventeen years, Nicole has been a part of a wide variety of ensembles including various sized orchestras, bands, klezmer groups, and pit orchestras. She has worked as an orchestra member with the College Light Opera Company where she played principal flute for nine different operettas and musicals. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, Nicole also participated in numerous virtual music projects with this opera company. She earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Colorado Boulder with Professor Christina Jennings and has recently graduated with her Master’s degree at SUNY Purchase in the studio of Tara O’Connor. She is now pursuing a doctoral degree at Stony Brook University with Ms. Carol Wincenc. She continues to teach students of all ages, constantly expanding her private flute studio. Beyond flute playing, Nicole finds great joy in caring for animals. Her mother runs a wildlife rehabilitation non-profit, Wild by Nurture, with which she has become increasingly involved.
“My name is Nicole Taylor Peters, and I have a deep passion for music and, more specifically, the flute. I feel strongly that music is a crucial aspect of society and I share this art form through performance as well as education. I have a particular interest in participating in theater productions that are relevant to modern society through their dealing with complicated conflicts and conversations through music. When participating in the pit orchestra, I become a part of something larger than anything possible as an individual. As an educator, I introduce students to the study of music, through which they gain a healthy emotional outlet whilst developing crucial life skills (discipline, time management, etc). “