Bret Peppo
Biography
Bret Peppo is serveed as Director of Choral Activities at Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill, CA for 17 years, where he conducted the Concert Chorale, Chamber Singers, Masterworks Chorale and the Vocal Jazz Ensembles. Peppo has also held positions as the Director of Choral Activities at Alderson-Broaddus University, the University of South Alabama and Illinois State University and Associate DOCA at the University of Northern Arizona.
His concert and jazz choirs have toured extensively throughout the country and have been selected to numerous perform for the All-State and ACDA Conferences. As a conductor, Peppo has conducted many high school and collegiate all-state festivals for both honor choir as well as jazz choirs. He is a frequent adjudicator and clinician with many national music festivals and is frequent judge for show choir, vocal jazz and A cappella competitions.
Bret Peppo received his B.M.E. at Eastern Illinois University, M.M. in Conducting at Illinois State University and is ABD from University of Iowa in Conducting and Pedagogy.