Peter was born in Kyoto , Japan and raised in Littleton , Colorado . While attending Chatfield High School , he was selected as Jefferson County All-County Bassist three years in a row, and Colorado All-State Bassist his senior year. He spent four years in the Colorado Conservatory for the Jazz Arts, a small group mentor program run by Paul Romaine. There he worked with players such as Eric Gunnison, Greg Gisbert, and Ron Miles. Peter has toured Romania playing concert halls and opera houses with his church band, worked in clubs and concert venues throughout Colorado , and was an on-call bassist in Denver and Colorado Springs . He has attended the Berklee College of Music where he worked with Ellis Marsalis, Phil Wilson and Mark Whitfield, and recently spent a semester at The Brubeck Institute in California where he worked with Christian McBride, Lewis Nash, Brian Lynch, Bobby Watson, Vincent Herring and Dave Brubeck. Peter plans to return to Berklee in the fall.