Peter J, Brye, Music Director - Originally from Corvallis, Oregon, Peter Brye began his musical studies at the age of six with his father, Joseph C. Brye. By the age of eight he was playing the cello. He continued his studies and eventually earned his Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Oregon as a cello performance major under the guidance of Robert Hladky. He was also a conducting student of Robert Wagner.

His studies continued at the Pennsylvania State University as a cello student of Leonard Feldman and a conducting student of Dr. D. Douglas Miller. There he received the Master of Music degree in cello performance. Mr. Brye has completed additional studies at the Peabody Conservatory, Temple University, University of Michigan, Hartt School of Music, and the Conductors Institute - University of South Carolina. He joined the music faculty of Millersville University in 1981 where he served as professor of cello, conducting, music history and conductor of the Millersville University Orchestra.
Mr. Brye is in high demand as a festival conductor and has appeared frequently throughout the northeast. Most recently, his conducting has taken him to Boston, the greater Philadelphia area, and the state of New York, with numerous appearances throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Mr. Brye appears frequently as a cello recitalist, orchestra soloist, and chamber musician and has been a member of the Reading Symphony Orchestra since 1976 where he has served on occasion as assistant conductor, including an October 2004 performance as an emergency conductor for Beethoven's Symphony No. 9. He is presently on the conducting staff and is the principal cellist with the RSO. Mr Brye has served as the Music Director of the Reading Symphony Youth Orchestra since the inception of the orchestra in 1989.