Background
Kiefer, Peter Turn was born on August 22, 1934 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Murrell Ridgeway and Jean Turn Kiefer.
Kiefer, Peter Turn was born on August 22, 1934 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Murrell Ridgeway and Jean Turn Kiefer.
Bachelor of Music, Pennsylvania State University, 1956.
Sound and recording director, Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians, Delaware Water Gap, 1956-1957; sound consultant, Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians, Delaware Water Gap, 1959-1971; company manager and producer, Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians, Delaware Water Gap, 1982-1984; managing director, Fred Waring Music Workshop, Delaware Water Gap, 1971-1985; coordinator, Fred Waring's American, Pennsylvania State University, since 1984; music director, Pennsylvania State Singing Lions, Pennsylvania State University, since 1984; audio engineer, Air Tone Sound Company, Philadelphia, 1959-1960, 66-71; administrator, Radio Corporation American, Moorestown, New Jersey, 1960-1964; operations manager radio and tv division, Triangle Publs., Philadelphia, 1964-1966. College instructor Pennsylvania State University, University Park, since 1980. Clinician various music educator conferences, since 1972.
Board directors Service and Research Foundation East Stroudsburg (Pennsylvania) State College, 1975-1980, COTA Arts Festival, Delaware Water Gap, 1985. Served with United States Army, 1957-1959. Member National Academy Recording Arts and Science, Audio Engineering Society, American Choral Directors Association, Music Educators National Conference, Association for Recorded Sound Collections, Pennsylvania Music Educators Association, Phi Mu Alpha, Pi Kappa Lambda.
Married Peggy Byrnes, June 16, 1957 (divorced March 1972). Children: Perry, Pamela. Married Julia Neff, May 27, 1972.
Children: Corinne, Susan.