Peter Jarvis, a native of Canada, began his career as a member of
Museaus, one of Canada’s premier touring string quartets featured numerous times on CBC radio and in recordings. He was principal second violin of the Lethbridge Symphony Orchestra and the Southern Alberta Chamber Orchestra, appearing annually as violin soloist.

He was Director of the University of Lethbridge Conservatory of Music, where he taught violin and conducted the Conservatory Chamber Orchestra. He was concertmaster of the Rochester Bach Festival Orchestra and assistant concertmaster of the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra.

After moving to Boston in 1994, he appeared with the Cambridge Chamber Players, Andover Chamber Orchestra, and most recently as concertmaster of Symphony by the Sea. He coaches chamber music at summer camps and at the NEC Preparatory School, where his is the conductor of the String Training Orchestras and the String Chamber Orchestra.