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First name

Peter

Last name

Alsop

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Peter Alsop

Performing Name

Peter Alsop

Bio

DR. PETER ALSOP is a nationally known singer/songwriter, lecturer and humorist from California, who is noted for the warmth and insight of his presentations. He received his Bachelor or Arts degree with a major in Religion and a minor in Fine Arts from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, and his Master of Arts from Columbia University's Teacher's College in New York City, as part of his Ph.D. program in Educational Psychology. He finished his Doctorate at Columbia Pacific University in San Anselmo, CA. He is also a Certified Experiential Therapist. His songs are used by thousands of parents, doctors, educators and other human service professionals to help families discuss sensitive issues such as sexual abuse, disabilities, loss and grief, codependency, self-worth, chemical dependency and family violence.
As an educator, Dr. Alsop has worked as the Director of the Harbor Schools Residential Treatment Center for emotionally disturbed adolescents in Maine, and as an elementary school teacher at P.S. 132 in the South Bronx ghetto. He has lectured and performed at more than 400 colleges and universities and been on the faculty of many prestigious national conferences with such notable professionals as Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, Benjamin Spock, Buckminster Fuller, Masters and Johnson, Norman Cousins, Carl Simonton, and Jean Houston to name a few. He has also traveled extensively throughout the United States and Canada, Southeast Asia, Australia, Central America, and Europe presenting and performing at conferences, festivals, rallies, and concerts with such well-known personalities as Steve Allen, Sid Cesar, John Ritter, Kim Carnes, Tony Danza, Kenny Loggins, Randy Newman, Jane Fonda, Cesar Chavez, Holly Near, Pete Seeger, and Maggie Kuhn.
Peter has appeared in feature films and television. As a writer and producer, he has written and produced a feature film, musical comedy, directed and edited music videos, and has completed twenty-three albums, four songbooks and seven DVDs. His children's albums have won "Best Children's Album" of the year awards from either Parent's Choice or the National Association of Independent Record Distributors six times. His songs are often recorded by other performers, and have been included on anthologies, in filmstrips, videocassettes, movies and television programs. He has served on the Executive Board of American Federation of Musicians Union Local 1000, and he is one of the original actors and Board members for Will Geer's Theatricum Botanicum Shakespearean Repertory Company, where he now serves on their Advisory Board.
Peter lives with his wife, actress/director Ellen Geer in Topanga, California, and they have 6 grandchildren. For more information, check out his website at www.peteralsop.com, or subscribe to receive his Substack posts by going to https://peteralsop.substack.com.

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Topanga, CA

Website URL

www.peteralsop.com

Facebook URL

thePeterAlsop

YouTube URL

PeterAlsop

Instagram URL

thePeterAlsop@instagram.com

BlueSky URL

@thepeteralsop.bsky.social

LinkedIn URL

Peter Alsop

Other URL

https://peteralsop.substack.com

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Performing
Songwriting
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Business
Early Childhood
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Special Education

Peter Alsop

Peter Alsop

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