About Peter
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In addition to teaching, Mr. Maleitzke is a vocal coach, recording pianist and producer for many of the major networks and studios in Los Angeles, most notably with Laura Karpman on the series Taken, whose executive producer was Steven Spielberg. This past spring Peter worked on Tyler Perry's A Jazzman's Blues slated for release on Netflix- Spring 2022.
Other studio projects include producing, arranging, and performing on a CD, Invitation To Dream, available on iTunes and Amazon. He began working with Tan Jing, one of China’s most successful and respected singers, to begin developing and recording material for international audiences. In previous years, Maleitzke helped to develop Rivets, a new musical about World War II home front soldiers in the Bay Area. He taught “Art Song and Acting” at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and he was Music Director of a pre-Broadway workshop of The Geeks (Retitled “In The Beginning”). These projects overlapped with his work as Musical Director of the first San Francisco performances of Adam Guettel’s Myths and Hymns and the completion of an eleven-year residence at the American Conservatory Theater as Associate Artist, Music Director and Master Singing Teacher in ACT’s acclaimed M.F.A. actor training program. Previously, he was the conductor of the first national production of Phantom of the Opera. His regional credits include Gypsy (for which he won a Dean Goodman Award), A Little Night Music, Rags, and The Most Happy Fella and Closer Than Ever. |
Maleitzke has bachelors and masters degrees from the University of Michigan, where his principal instructors were Leon Fleischer and Martin Katz. He was musical assistant to Michael Tilson Thomas, and conductor of the Tuscan Music Festival.
Mr. Maleitzke studied Bel Canto Technique and Vocal Pedagogy with Dixon Titus in San Francisco.
Maleitzke currently is focusing his attention on teaching the wonderful, dedicated students that comprise his private studio
and writing his first book, Acting and Singing in the 21st Century, as well as several recording and performance projects.
Mr. Maleitzke studied Bel Canto Technique and Vocal Pedagogy with Dixon Titus in San Francisco.
Maleitzke currently is focusing his attention on teaching the wonderful, dedicated students that comprise his private studio
and writing his first book, Acting and Singing in the 21st Century, as well as several recording and performance projects.