Peter Sovitzky - Choir

I am very excited to join the staff at St. Peter and to share my passion for music with the students. I have been a cantor and music coordinator at St. John Lutheran Church in Wheaton since 2011 and have been teaching private voice lessons at Glenbrook South High School (Glenview) since 2004. I have a Bachelor of Music degree (Vocal Performance) from Northwestern University. I graduated magna cum laude with Departmental Honors in the Voice & Opera Program in 2000. I earned my Master of Music degree (Vocal

Performance) in 2003 from the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music. I recently completed the LCMS Director of Parish Music Colloquy program through Concordia University Chicago and look forward to my installation at St. John this coming Fall.

I grew up in Southeastern Wisconsin and moved to Arlington Heights in 2008. My wife works as a Speech-Language Pathologist and I have two children, Jack & Mia. I sang for 15 seasons with the Grant Park Chorus in downtown Chicago and have performed at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Chicago Opera Theater, Opera Theatre of

Saint Louis, Glimmerglass Opera, and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and others. I still perform in occasional oratorio concerts throughout Chicagoland. Martin Luther once wrote, “I place music next to theology and give it the highest praise.” I hope to instill a love and appreciation for God’s wonderful gift of music amongst the students at St. Peter Lutheran School.