Music/Stage Director/Dialect coach
Professional /Stock/Community Theater
The Mikado Oct 2008 & Jan 2009- Director/Producer/Dialect & Mannerisms Coach
Is There Life After High School - Orchestra Director
Cabaret- Orchestra Director - Red Barn (RBBS)
Guys and Dolls- Orchestra Director – Red Barn
The Student Prince- Director – Shawnee Summer Stock
Damn Yankees – Director – Shawnee Summer Stock
The King and I – Director – Shawnee Summer Stock
Camelot – Director – Shawnee Summer Stock
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Stage Director
The Sound of Music – Stage Director
Oliver – Stage Director-Frankfort
Annie Get Your Gun – Stage Director- Frankfort
Anything Goes – Stage Director- Frankfort
A Funny Thing Happened (Forum) – Stage Director
Man of La Mancha – Stage Director- Frankfort
Kiss me Kate – Stage Director- Frankfort
The Man Who Came to Dinner– Frankfort
Harvey – Director- Bloomfield
Fiddler on the Roof – Director- Bloomfield
You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown – Frankfort
South Pacific – Director- Bloomfield
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Acting / Film-TV /Vocal –Music Work
Shattered People – Church Singer ‘12-13 projected
The Stage – Indy film lead – PJ Roberts FRENCH ACCENT – 2011
The Departure Lounge – featured extra July 2010
Relaunch-Indy film lead –Jennings- EAST COAST ACCENT April 2010
"Relaunch" won several awards at the 2011Envision Film Festival, - Taylor University. Best Picture, Audience Choice, and Best Liberal Arts Film
Away in a Manger-Featured Film Extra – NY 2009
Footloose-the Musical–Rev Moore-July 2007
Lend Me a Tenor February ITALIAN ACCENT 2007 CCCT
Lend Me a Tenor – 1992 ITALIAN ACCENT Red Barn Theater
– Midwestern Premier – Role of Tito Merelli –
Disorder in the Court – Judge Titus Clapham SOUTHERN ACCENT CROCHETY OLD AGE- CCCT
Wonderful Town – - Orchestra Director RBSS
Children of Eden –Footlight Musicals (Piano 3) Indy
Brigadoon – Mr. Lundy SCOTTISH BROGUE ACCENT – Orchestra Director RBSS
Guys and Dolls - Orchestra Director RBSS
Jesus Christ Superstar - Orchestra Director RBSS
I’ll Be Back After Midnight – SOUTHERN ACCENT MIDDLE AGE - George – RBSS
On Golden Pond – The Postman NEW ENGLAND ACCENT - RBSS
The Boys Next Door – Incidental Characters VARIOUS ACCENTS AND CHARACTERS- RBSS
A Thousand Clowns – Leo Herman, “Chuckles” NEW JERSEY ACCENT - RBSS
Barefoot in the Park – Mr. Velasco - ITALIAN ACCENT - RBSS
Never Too Late - Harry Lambert – MIDWESTERN ACCENT Shawnee Theater
Indianapolis Arts Chorale – Tenor / Soloist
Dick Wolfsie A.M. Indiana –Soloist
Zone 3B Chairman for HS - ICDA & ISSMA 7 Years
Regency Advanced Vocal / Advanced Champion
Theater-In-The-Woods – an Evening with Sondheim
Regency International Competition –Adv. Winner
Mooresville Comm. Music Society
Gospel Jubilee Recording
Musical Setting of Local Residents Lyric
Clinton County Children’s Theater Dir. 1997 – 2003
Mousetrap – Christopher Wren – Shawnee
Handel’s Messiah – Tenor Soloist (Multiple concerts)
South Pacific–Emile de Becque–Jackson /Lafayette
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Indianapolis Opera Chorus 1998-2004 Seasons
2003 – 2004 Season- Rigoletto
2002 – 2003 Season -La Traviata, *Die Fledermaus (Chorus, ballroom dancer & soloist), La Boheme
2001 – 2002 Season -Aida (High Priest), Samson & Delilah
2000 – 2001 Season -Don Giovanni, Il Trovatore
1999 - 2000 Season –Tosca, Faust
1998 - 1999 Season - The Barber of Seville, The Flying Dutchman, Macbeth
PERFORMANCES IN ENGLISH, ITALIAN, GERMAN, FRENCH
*EDUCATION*
Masters Degree – Indiana University Choral Vocal Concentration
Bachelors Degree – Indiana University BME Choral / General Music, Japanese, German, Music Theory, Orchestration, Theater, Arranging and Composition, Piano, Conducting, Voice, General Music Methods, Opera Theater, Singing Hoosiers, Arts Administration, Music Education and Theater Major. Choreography and Choral Techniques. Opera Direction with: Nathaniel Merrill, Ross Allen, Hans Busch & Jack Eddelman, Study of Boris Goldovksy - Opera Staging Vocal Studies: Dist. Prof. Margaret Harshaw / Marcia Baldwin. Recent study (2010) with Roy Samuelsen, emeritus professor of voice / Indiana University
Work with John Jacobson – Choreographer, Mac Huff – arranger and composer.
Ballroom Dance with Larry Schmidt, Lafayette, Indiana
Work with Peterson Studio of Dance (owned and operated by my wife – Susan J. Peterson), Ballroom dance workshops
*ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES *
Vocal Coach & talent scout for Talent-Fusion Agency - Indianapolis, Indiana (2009 to present day)
Peterson Studio of Voice – Frankfort, Indiana Studio (1988 to present day)
Coaching with Roy Samuelsen – Indiana University Professor of Voice – Spring 2010
WORKSHOPS IN NEW YORK - the Classical Singer Convention – May 2010:
Dr. Todd Queen of Colorado State & Opera Fort Collins
Dan Montez – General Director of Taconic Opera in New York
Ken Benson - vice-president at Columbia Artists Management
Kristene Wallis & Wally Burr Agencies – voice over workshop Chicago 2009
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Coaching Musical Theater, Pop, Jazz, Country and Classical Styles – Garcia Method of Voice
Languages coached: German, Italian, French, English – fluency in Japanese and an instructor in the language
East Asian Studies Center - New Japanese Language Standards PRESENTER - IUPUI, Indianapolis 14 July 2007
University of Wisconsin – Madison – Workshop PRESENTER 2007 – Using Film, Manga and Anime in a Japanese Classroom.
University of Missouri – St. Louis - Workshop PRESENTER 2007 – Strategies for Teaching Japanese to Teenagers
Purdue Extension Services / Ivy Tech / IU Kokomo – Japanese instructor as contracted
The Japan Foundation – Grant committee members reviewing requests from Institutions and Individuals (2000)
Clinton County Library (1997 - 2006). Children's Theater Music Director, Stage Director. Set Design and
Construction / co-producer relationship with wife. Group Voice Teacher ages 9-18 Spring Semester 2006.
Vocal Adjudicator for Talent Shows, County Fairs, Music Festivals
Very Special Arts of Indiana – past contributing educator / facilitator
Voice Lessons at Indiana University School of Music: Distinguished Professor of Voice Margaret Harshaw 1977-1978
Voice Lessons at Indiana University School of Music: Professor of Voice Marcia Baldwin 1978-1981
1970’s Armed Forces Radio and Television Network – Germany (I Want to Have a Secret Weapon Too! Production)
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* MEMBERSHIPS & POSITIONS HELD*
(AITJ) Association of Indiana Teachers of Japanese –Newsletter Editor – 3 Terms
(IFMC) Indiana Federation of Music Clubs / Wabash Valley Junior Music Festivals
West Lafayette Musicale – Music Teachers & Performers Association
(CCMAA) Clinton County Musical Arts Association Judge, Vocal Coach
(NCJLT) National Council of Japanese Language Teachers President (2000-2001) - Alliance Board,
Secretary - 1999-2000, Contest Director. Board of Directors 1997-2001, Newsletter contributor.
(ICDA) Indiana Choral Directors Association - All State Choir - Zone 3B Chairman auditions/mixed choir.
(ISTA) Indiana State Teachers Association
(CCCT) Founding Charter Member of Clinton County Civic Theater
Exploretalent.com
Michael J. Peterson Frankfort Vocal Coach, http://www.exploretalent.com/michaelpeterson7
Professional Vocal Coach Web Page
Michael J. Peterson http://betterfly.com/singa2n
Linked In
Japanese/English, Talent Scout, Vocal Coach.
http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=21664772&trk=hb_tab_pro_top
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*AWARDS, GRANTS, & HONORS*
Chicago Showcase 2009 – National Agents– Placed top 4 in Vocal, Monologue, Cold Read and Improvisation
Who’s Who of American Teachers – Years 1992, 1998, 2004 and Stanford Who’s Who for 2011.
Indiana Foreign Language Teacher of the Year 2003-2004 – Secondary School Level
Indiana Department of Education and Ball State University – Learning and Teaching about Japan Grant 2001
Indiana Department of Education and Ball State University – Learning and Teaching about Japan Grant 1995
TV Channel 13 Shining Star Teacher - State of Indiana Finalist
Frankfort Times Clinton Countian –for choral work and as orchestra director for the Red Barn Theater
Governor Orr - Indiana Letter of Appreciation - State House Christmas Choir Performance
Jaycees - Bloomfield Indiana Award of Appreciation
Regency International Advanced Vocalist Award - National Qualifier
Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honors Society – Indiana University Friend’s of Music Scholarship
Phi Kappa Phi Music Scholarship - Weber State College
US ARMY * US Army Europe - 118 Performances - Army Commendation Medal –Soldiers Magazine Article
German - American Liaison - 7th Army VII Corps.
Sterling Scholar English and Literature- 1 of 14 State of Utah Finalists
Macbook Pro, 27 inch iMac editing station
Applications:
Adobe Acrobat Pro, Adobe Photoshop CS5, Amazing Slow Downer, Audacity, Audio HiJack Pro, Canvas X, CD Spin Doctor, Cinematize Pro, Composer FX Image, DivX converter and player, DjVu Reader, DVDRemaster, Fantashow, FAXstf Pro, Fetch, Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Studio, Final Vinyl, Finale Notepad 2010, Fission, Flip4Mac, Front Row, Garage Band, Guitar Guru, HandBrake, iDVD, iMovie, iPhoto, iTunes library (more than 13,000 songs of all genres) , iVCD, iWeb, iWork, Kjams Lite karaoke, KJams Pro karaoke, (Karaoke Library of more than 12,000 songs), MacTheRipper, MacTubes, MacX YouTube Downloader, MDRP, Microsoft Office, 2011, MusScore, Notepad, Popcorn 3.0.4 and 4.0, Preview, Q midi, Quicktime Player 7, Quicktime Pro, Real Player Converter, Rewrap AVCHD, Roxio Toast (versions 8 through 11), Skype, Split & Concat application, Stuffit, Turbo 264, VideoVangelist, Visual Hub, Virtual DJ, VLC, Voice Over Utility, Windows Media Player, Wondershare, Wondershare Converter, XviD Avi Import, YouSendIt.,
Server
ATT U-verse Cable wireless.
Microphones and recording/performing equipment
Olympus DM 520 digital stereo recorder, Shure microphones, Teac Stereo Condenser Microphone,
PA systems
Fender Passport, Europort PA System, Yamaha DGX-500 Portable Grand, Sony RDR-VZX500, Tascam dual recorder CC-222SL,
Video/Camera Equipment
Canon HFG10 digital camera, 6 other digital video cameras (Canon, Panasonic brands,
Nikon Coolpix P510,
Seagate GoFlex 1.5 GB portable HD, Seagate GoFlex 3TB external drive, Several Western Digital external Drives 1 to 2 TB,
I have a Sound Effects Library of several thousand natural, manmade, machine, animal, insect, weird effects. CD and DVD collection of approximately 1000+ musicals, classical performances, complete operas, jazz, country, folk, punk, heavy metal, classic rock, new age, gospel, punk, hip-hop, dance and alternative styles.
I have been a professional educator for more than 20 years. I am fluent in Japanese (spoken) and can translate both spoken and written Japanese. I taught the language for secondary and college level courses for 15 of the past 18 years.
I am a professional vocal coach and talent scout for the Talent Fusion Agency in Indianapolis, Indiana.
contact:
Scott Allen Tucker
Director, Talent Fusion Agency,

320 North Meridian,
Suite 511
Indianapolis, IN
46204

317.951.2230 (p)

866.737.6560 (f)}
I worked with a director once who used to say that he had forgotten more about theater than most of us knew. I have come to realize that with my years of background in arts and entertainment, theater, vocal music, Japanese language acquisition and education I am fairly comfortable in saying the same thing as I have tried to piece together this application for V123 voice overs. I bring every aspect of my positive nature, desire to exceed expectations, and performance skills from directing, conducting, character portrayals, studio, stage and film work, as well as coaching and scouting to each project I undertake. My entire focus is to make a production or project look great. In doing so, I recognize that I have done my part and will likely be considered for future work.