Laurie Rogers has been appointed music director of the Peabody Opera Theatre program, having served in an interim capacity during the current academic year. Rogers has worked as a conductor, pianist, and vocal coach on productions nationally and internationally, including with the Opera Company of Philadelphia, Houston Grand Opera, Dallas Opera, Baltimore Concert Opera, the University of Alabama Opera Theatre, the University of Delaware, Carnegie Mellon University, Simpson College, and the Canadian Opera Company. She gives master classes nationwide, judges the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, and has been published in Classical Singer magazine. She holds degrees from the New England Conservatory and Tufts University.