Leadership

The Summer Singers is led by a volunteer board and our conductor, Vicki Peters.

Board Members

Dave Nickel, President
Jeff Tunseth, Vice-President
Linda Neuman, Secretary & Treasurer

Anne Hage
John Hanson
Kim Johnson
Kirk Nelson
Libby Nickel
Renee Spicka

Vicki Peters, Conductor

Vicki Peters enjoys an active career of conducting, teaching, and singing. Vicki is now in her fifth year as the artistic director and conductor of The Summer Singers. She has directed the choir at the 2008 MN State ACDA conference and will direct at Orchestra Hall in March 2010 for the North Central Division ACDA conference. Vicki has taught choral music at Fridley High School, and developed and led excellent church choirs, handbell choirs, and orchestral groups at various churches for sixteen years. In addition, she was the assistant director for the Two Rivers Chorale under the direction of Bruce Phelps and the North High Alumni Choir under the direction of Carl Lipke, and a soloist on European tours with both directors. Vicki is a private voice teacher, was a project singer for the Dale Warland Singers, and currently is a singer and soloist for The Singers, Minnesota Choral Artists, under the direction of Matthew Culloton.

Vicki graduated from St. Cloud State University in Music Education receiving choral, vocal and opera scholarships and Phi Kappa Phi membership, and is listed as an Outstanding Alumni of the music department. She studied voice, choir and opera with Charles (Chuck) Peterson. Vicki is also a choral and vocal clinician and judges State Large Group and Solo/Ensemble contests, is a member of ACDA, and serves on the State High School League Contest Music Selection and Review committee.