Sheri (Tulloch) Petersen
Sheri Petersen is enjoying her twenty-third year of teaching choral music, currently at Grand Ledge High School. She has taught previously at Grand Ledge Hayes Middle School, Williamston HS and MS, Swartz Creek HS and MS, and Berkley Norup MS. Sheri earned her Bachelor of Music Education from Alma College and holds a Master of Music in Choral Conducting degree from Michigan State University.
Sheri’s students consistently excel at MSVMA events such as Solo & Ensemble and Choral Festivals, both at the district and state levels; State Honors Choirs; All-State Choir; and Michigan Youth Arts Festival. The Grand Ledge Choirs perform yearly Masterwork concerts under her direction. The Grand Ledge HS Madrigals performed at the 2011 ACDA-Michigan State Conference. Sheri’s high school ensembles have been honored with invitations to sing in the Outstanding Ensemble recital at Michigan Youth Arts Festival in 2000, 2003, 2004, 2010 and most recently in 2017 with the Grand Ledge Madrigal Men. Sheri has had the privilege of directing the 2009 SSA Middle School State Honors Choir and the 2013 SSAA High School State Honors Choir. Sheri actively serves as an accompanist, playing for MSVMA and ACDA conferences, workshops and Honor Choirs. She is also an adjudicator for MSMVA festivals and events.
Mrs. Petersen spent two summers teaching at Interlochen Arts Camp at the All-State Choir program. She directed the SSA Middle School Choir Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp from 2010-2014. Sheri was the recipient of the Carolyn Leep Scholarship in 1999 and is an active member of MSVMA and ACDA. She served as the Chancel Choir director at Holt United Methodist Church, 2005-2016.
Sheri resides in Lansing with her husband, Cory and sweet little dog, Lola.