School of Music

Bio

Peter Barton, baritone, trained in opera, music and drama at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Texas at Austin. He recently obtained his Master of Music from Winthrop University and completed his doctorate in voice performance at the University of South Carolina in fall 2011. His voice teaching background includes many years of private voice studio teaching and an institutional position with Georgetown University.

Barton was involved in recital work, musical theater and opera in the Washington D.C. area for 15 years. He performed with the Washington Opera Society for five seasons, the Maryland Opera Studio for four seasons and has given recitals at Georgetown University and American University. He has been active in the southeast region for the last five years, performing Dr. Falke in “Die Fledermaus,” Count Almaviva in “Le Nozze di Figaro” and the title role in “Gianni Schicchi.” Recently, he sang as the baritone soloist with the USC Chorus in their performance of the Brahms Requiem.

Other major roles include: Figaro in “Il Barbiere di Siviglia,” Malatesta in “Don Pasquale,” Germont in “La Traviata,” Michele in “Il Tabarro,” Ravenal in “Showboat,” Tommy in “Brigadoon,” Billy Bigelow in “Carousel” and the Pirate King in “The Pirates of Penzance.”

At Georgetown University, he directed all performing arts programs and was instrumental in establishing an Artist in Residence program that brought prominent musicians and artists to the university community. For the last eight years, he has been the director of the vocal program for the Amalfi Coast Music & Arts Festival in Italy.

Barton worked for Price Waterhouse, The Export Import Bank of the U.S. and Fannie Mae in the business, technology and finance world. In higher education, he worked for George Washington University and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte where he was director of enterprise information management.