ABOUT PEACHTREE ROAD MUSIC ACADEMY
The Peachtree Road Academy faculty care deeply about encouraging the joy that music brings and teaching you the style of music you want to learn. Teachers work one-on-one with students to discover their passion and develop their gifts. Leadership and staff work behind the scenes to maintain a high level of instruction within an approachable program and friendly community.
Because of the established Music Program at Peachtree Road UMC, we have strong relationships with the finest musicians and teachers in Atlanta. All our teachers are either college trained and/or have professional performance experience.
Safety is a priority. We have a fun and friendly environment, but we are serious about your student’s safety and comfort. We fully monitor our classrooms with video cameras and observation windows in every teaching room that allows you to watch your student’s lessons should you choose to. Our entire staff is trained in, and complies with, Peachtree Road UMC’s Safe Sanctuaries Policy and has annual background checks.
We believe that a great student/teacher relationship is key. If for any reason you don’t ‘click’ with your teacher, we will happily match you with another teacher until you are loving your lessons.
INSTRUCTORS
Voice
William Green, tenor, made his debut with The Atlanta Opera in 2013 as Giuseppe in La traviata; he has sung with The Atlanta Opera in comprimario roles as well as a core member of the chorus for over ten seasons. Mr. Green was featured in a new short opera, The Cost of Healing, for The Atlanta Opera’s 96 Hour Opera Project and sang the role of the Crooner in Moravec’s the Shining, also with The Atlanta Opera. In February 2024, William made a role debut in the title character of Wagner’s Tannhäuser with Atlanta Concert Opera. William has also sung with Atlanta’s Capitol City Opera Company in roles ranging from Pedrillo in Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail to Tybalt in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette. Recent role highlights with the company include Florestan (Fidelio), Canio (Pagliacci), Eisenstein (Die Fledermaus), Sir Joseph Porter (H.M.S. Pinafore), and Beadle/Pirelli (Sweeney Todd). Mr. Green’s scheduled 2020 debut as Loge in Wagner’s Das Rheingold with Ontario’s Opera By Request was unfortunately cancelled due to the pandemic. In 2022, he was the tenor soloist in Handel’s Messiah and the premiere of David Briggs’ new organ transcription of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, both at Peachtree Road UMC in Atlanta. Other notable concert engagements include: the title role in the Third Act of Wagner’s Parsifal with the Georgetown University Orchestra and recital programs with the Wagner Society of Washington, D.C. Mr. Green is an alumnus of the American Wagner Project and Dolora Zajick’s Institute for Young Dramatic Voices.
In addition to his performance schedule, Mr. Green is proud to teach students of all ages and levels of expertise in both voice and music theory through the Peachtree Road Music Academy. He feels that music education can benefit many different facets of one’s life, regardless of intent to perform or not.
Piano
Victoria Kerr is a soprano originally from Knoxville, Tennessee. She completed her graduate Vocal Performance with a focus on Stage Direction studies at the University of North Texas following her undergraduate studies in Vocal Performance with Piano as a Secondary Instrument at the Cleveland Institute of Music. Her operatic roles include Musetta (La bohème), Lauretta and Nella (Gianni Schicchi), Vixen (The Cunning Little Vixen), Rose and Mrs. Hildebrand (Street Scene), Cherubino (Le nozze di Figaro), Servilia (La clemenza di Tito), Mrs. Gleaton (Susannah), Spirit (Dido and Aeneas), Second Spirit (Die Zauberflöte), and La libellule (L’enfant et les sortileges). Her musical theatre roles include Reno Sweeney (Anything Goes), Christine (The Phantom of the Opera), Christine (Love Never Dies), Maria (The Sound of Music), Rapunzel (Into the Woods), and Rizzo (Grease). She attended the “Summer Vocal Institute” with guest master class artist, Marilyn Horne, at the American Institute of Rome, where she also performed in a scenes production as Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro). While a graduate student at UNT, she performed Verdi’s Requiem under the tutelage of Dr. Allen Hightower. She went on to perform frequently with local professional ensemble, Dallas Chamber Choir. Since making her home base here in Atlanta, Georgia, she has performed with Atlanta Concert Opera and Capitol City Opera and she currently holds the choral scholar position at St. Martin in the Fields Episcopal Church. In addition to performing, she also has experience stage directing, playwriting, and teaching both piano and voice lessons. Her philosophy as a performer and instructor of ten years is never to stifle the curiosity and love for other art mediums and genres. She also frequently performs outreach shows on Fridays at local elementary schools where her band demonstrates the various styles and nuances of the voice and their instruments. Now based in Atlanta, Ms. Kerr is delighted to be educating and sharing her expertise in both piano and voice with students of all ages and abilities.
LOCATION
The Peachtree Road Music Academy is located on the campus of Peachtree Road United Methodist Church at 3180 Peachtree Road, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30305.
Academy instruction takes place within the Music Suite, which is located on the first floor of the main sanctuary building. Classrooms are safe, private, and professionally designed. There is a comfortable waiting room with Wi-Fi and coffee for those accompanying students.
LESSONS ARE AVAILABLE:
Monday through Friday
8:00 am to 8:00 pm
Saturday
9:00 am to 7:00 pm