Jamie Baer Peterson, a native of Minnesota, was educated at the Eastman School of Music and began her opera career as an apprentice with the Lyric Opera of Chicago.  Since then she has been a soloist with the Dallas, Atlanta, Hartford and Omaha Symphonies and in two national broadcasts with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.  Opera highlights include leading roles with L’Opera de Nice, Santa Fe Opera, Central City Opera, and New York City Opera.  She currently lives in New Providence, New Jersey with her husband and three children.