Seattle Bio-Statistician-Turned-Musician to Perform 7/11 Concert at LHPAI

On the heels of his two recent sold out local concerts (Pocket Theater, Rendezvous) Do Peterson (pronounced "dew") is going BIG. He hosts his 2015 summer concert and upcoming album release celebration at Seattle's historic Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute.

It's not every day that you hear about a self-proclaimed 'math nerd' leaving a successful job in the medical community to become a (eh-hem) starving musician. But that's what Do did in 2014.

This lovable local musician-on-the-rise was described by one enthusiastic audience member this way, "...If Neil Degrasse Tyson wrote music, and you put him in a blender with Bobby McFerrinand They Might Be Giants -you might have something that begins to sound like Do Peterson."

Do Peterson left his successful career as a bio-statistician to do what he needed to do. Music. Now Do Peterson is Do-ing his "hip-hop folk thing" to great acclaim. This Bronx-born math nerd left Co-Op City in the '80s and took extended pit stops at MIT, Oberlin College and Detroit's Mosaic Youth Theatre. He later established roots in Seattle and founded Science Groove in 2001.

In 2014, after decades of office gigs and impromptu cubicle concerts, Do left the 9-to-5 life behind; he now proudly writes "singer-songwriter" as his profession on tax returns. With two sold out concerts at smaller Seattle venues under his belt, Do is taking his music career to a new level; he releases a studio album Simple Dance in late July and is booking more appearances throughout Puget Sound.

Do's songs explore the joys and challenges of work and home, love and...mathematics?! His music speaks to both the mind and soul. He bends and blends genres from folk to funk, rock to reggae, classical to country and ballad to blues. He is a dynamic performer and considers his performances both concert and celebration.

The July 11, 2015 concert is appropriate for all ages and presented in partnership with the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute as part of their First Place School (grades 2-5) and Black Music Summit outreach.

The Do Peterson Band includes: Zoe Bermet, Camille Campbell and Terry Burgess (vocals), Camilo Estrada (bass), Kirk Van Scoyoc (banjo) and Mike Smolker (congas).

General Admission tickets are $10 and available now through brownpapertickets.com. Tickets will be $14 at the door.

About Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute - LHPAI celebrates, nurtures, presents, and preserves African American and Diaspora performing arts, cultural wealth and iconic legacies. Named for the prolific African American artist Langston Hughes, LHPAI represents the pluralism of local, national and global Black people, in the media platforms of film, dance, theatre and music.

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