Peter Isaacson

Peter Isaacson, Music Director and Conductor of the Abilene Collegiate Orchestra is also Assistant Professor of Violin at Hardin-Simmons University. He recently earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Kentucky and holds a Master of Music degree from the Juilliard School and a Bachelor of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music. As an active performer, he has performed with the Craftsbury Chamber Players, the Lennape Chamber Ensemble and the Abusolute Ensemble in New York City. He has also performed on the Musica Viva concert series, the Focus Festival, and the Wednesdays at One concert series in Alice Tully Hall. His performances have been broadcast on the Woodsongs Radio Hour and WRGV Public Radio in Georgetown, Kentucky.

Dr. Isaacson has held faculty positions at Southwest Missouri State University, Cumberland College, Camp Encore/Coda and the American Festival for the Arts in Houston, Texas and the Abilene Summer Music Festival. As a member of the Niles String Quartet, he was a semi-finalist at the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition and was selected to participate in the Audubon String Quartet Seminar at Virginia Tech. Dr. Isaacson has collaborated in performance with members of the Audubon String Quartet, Meliora Winds, Phil Ying, and folk-singer Michael Jonathan. His conducting studies have been under the direction of Dr. Robert Baldwin at the University of Kentucky. He is also participating in a recording of chamber works by Josef Rheinberger due to release in 2007 for the Centaur Records recording label.