About this Artist

A versatile pianist, Peter Henderson is active as a performer in solo, chamber, and orchestral settings. Since fall 2005, Henderson has served as Assistant Professor of Music at Maryville University. He performs frequently as an ensemble keyboardist with the St. Louis Symphony, and made his first appearance as a subscription-concert soloist with the Symphony in January 2008. He often gives Pre-Concert Conversations from the Symphony’s Powell Hall stage prior to subscription concerts. Henderson has coached chamber music at the San Diego Chamber Music Workshop each summer since 2001, and was an orchestral and chamber keyboardist with the Sun Valley Summer Symphony during its 2004 and 2006-2009 seasons. In 2003, he was a winner of the St. Louis-based Artist Presentation Society’s auditions.

Peter Henderson holds the degree Doctor of Music from Indiana University-Bloomington (having studied piano there with Dr. Karen Shaw); before attending IU, Henderson studied piano at the University of Idaho with Dr. Jay Mauchley.