Brent Peterson

BRENT PETERSON completed 33 years of directing choirs in Iowa, and retired in May of 2024 as a Vocal Music Director in the Waukee Community School District, most recently at Waukee Timberline. In addition to his work with the choirs in Waukee, he was also a volleyball coach and track coach in the district, and was named the Iowa Association of Track Coaches Junior High Track Coach of the Year in 2015. Brent was the conductor for the Bass Clef OPUS Honor Choir in 2006, and has also received the WOI Channel 5 “My Favorite Teacher” award.

Mr. P., as he was known at Waukee, graduated from Northwest Missouri State University in 1991 with a B.S. Ed. in Vocal Music Education. In 1999 he completed a Master of Arts in Effective Teaching degree from Viterbo University, where he has also served as an adjunct professor. When not teaching students in the classroom, Brent is an active guest director, show choir clinician and judge, accompanist for the choral ensembles at Van Meter and Panorama School districts, IHSMA All-State Choir Lead Auditor, IAAE/ICDA Mentor, and speaker around the Midwest. He is married to Anne Peterson, an Elementary Music Teacher at Eason Elementary in Waukee, and proud Dad to Joel Peterson, a Freshman at Florida Gulf Coast University studying Professional Golf Management and singing in the college choral ensembles. When not working, the family loves to travel to Florida, golf, and enjoy boating at their lake home on Sun Valley Lake.