Chris teaches at California State University Fullerton in Orange County California. He has trained more than a hundred and twenty college students to be professional choral music educators in public and private schools. He also conducts two choirs on campus: the 60-voice mixed, auditioned "Concert Choir," and the TTBB choir "The Singing Titans." Dr. Peterson also travels across the country giving clinics and workshops at conferences, universities, and for professional music and educational organizations. 

"Good teachers possess a capacity for connectedness. They are able to weave a complex web of connections among themselves, their subjects, and their students so that students can learn to weave a world for themselves"

                                                             - Parker Palmer