Peter Tambroni lives in suburban Chicago and is an active double bassist and public school string teacher. He holds degrees from the Crane School of Music and the University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign. Peter currently teaches elementary and middle school strings for Mannheim School District 83. He is a former faculty member of the State University of New York at Plattsburgh and the Crane School of Music’s summer youth program. In 2006 he was the Mannheim Middle School’s PTA Teacher of the Year. Peter has performed in orchestra sections and as a soloist in both New York State and Illinois. In the fall of 2000 he appeared on national television with the Bozo Super Sunday Show. He continues to perform around Chicago and its suburbs. Several of his writings have been published in the journal American String Teacher as well as on EnergyAddict.com, the website of best-selling author, Jon Gordon. Peter has a private studio of select students in Oak Park, IL.