Bios
Peter Driscoll
Peter Driscoll – Born and raised in Boulder, Peter grew up participating in many choirs and jazz bands from K-12, and has been a part of the Colorado a cappella scene since 2004. While a sophomore at Fairview High School, he and a few other students started the high school sensation Six Guys Named Blake. Inspired by the Boulder-based group face, they worked for recognition over the next two years, eventually winning the Audience Favorite Award at the 2006 Rocky Mountain Regional Harmony Sweepstakes. Through this venture, Peter met many members of the Colorado a cappella community, and after graduation starting working with different professional groups around the Denver-Boulder area including Vocality, Wondervoice, Mouthbeats, and the comedy groups Plumbers of Rome, Moosebutter, and Placental Armageddon. As a tenor, Peter comes to CONFIDENTIAL providing driving solos and filling the vital middle of their harmonic structure. He is also currently an undergraduate student at the University of Colorado, where he is Music Director of Mile 21, and Director for the Youth Contemporary Choir at Sacred Heart of Mary Church in Boulder.
Marc Johnson
Marc Johnson – Marc’s initially started his musical life as a drummer in church, later continuing into middle school as a trumpet and horn player. His ardor for vocal expression came the moment after hearing Take 6, leading to years of trying to duplicate their sound in various groups. While in high school, he performed with the CHSAA Award-winning 5th Harmony, opening for such notable groups as Three Men and a Tenor and m-pact. Marc received a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from Colorado Christian University in Lakewood, where he served as Student Associate Conductor of the University Choir and Director of the Vocal Jazz Ensemble under David N. Wallis. These experiences included tours throughout the United States, Japan and Taiwan. Before long, Marc joined the classic rock vocal band Cool Shooz as tenor and alternate vocal percussionist, appeared as guest tenor soloist with various Denver area choirs, and occasionally filled in every part for the International Harmony Sweepstakes Champion 17th Avenue AllStars. Previously, Marc labored intensely with independent research on the perfect pitch debate. Having absolute pitch himself, Marc now has a musical home writing and arranging in CONFIDENTIAL.
LaDamion Massey
LaDamion Massey – Damion has been singing professionally since the age of twelve, starting in church choir and continuing with Gospel music throughout high school. Building on that foundation, he continued his education at the University of Northern Colorado where he studied voice under Diane Bolden-Taylor. While honing his classical chops in productions of La Traviata and Madame Butterfly, he discovered a love of jazz, working his way into the elite ensemble Et Cetera, eventually sharing the stage with the New York Voices. Damian then spent time as a founding member of Denver area jazz sextet Groove Society, singing a stellar tenor and occasionally bass lines. As the baritone of CONFIDENTIAL, his warm, smooth tone envelopes audiences in a blanket of sweet, soulful sound.
Matt Murphy
Matt Murphy – Since childhood, Matt can remember having great difficulty sitting still, leading to friends, family, teachers and strangers pleading with him to stop his chronic outbursts of rhythm. His refusal to stop began his musical life as jazz drummer at Eagleview Middle School in Colorado Springs. While attending Air Academy High School, Matt sang bass for the infamous Inflatable Misconceptions, famed for procuring uncontrollable screams from the most subdued of high school girls. He also sang in the mixed voiced ensemble Out of the Blue, getting his first genuine exposure to jazz. By the end of high school, Matt was fortunate to have performed as a drummer and vocalist for drum lines and formal processionals, in addition to composing an original live score for Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. Matt is a jazz performance graduate of the University of Denver’s Lamont School of Music. He is privileged to be drumming both vocally and realistically in various Denver area combos, including O Tone Brass Band and TheSaurus. Matt was also a noted vocal percussionist with Denver area outfit Groove Society, producing a distinct rhythmic foundation for their progressive vocal jazz styling. He now uses his percussive talents as the primary mouth drummer for CONFIDENTIAL, where he also occasionally sings bass.
Jon Raabe
Jon Raabe – Jon’s musical background has run the gamut of styles. From a salsa instructor in Taiwan to a traditional choir singer, Jon truly has a lot to pull from when it comes to writing, arranging, dancing. His a cappella life started in college after which point he graduated to the 17th Avenue Allstars for a brief stint. He now joins Confidential with a smooth voice and a glistening range.
Richard Steighner
Richard Steighner – Originally intending to become a lead guitarist for a rock band, Richard began playing for worship band The Fuel at his home church, later playing in the pit for the Regis Jesuit High School production of Jesus Christ Superstar. While majoring in Environmental Design and Psychology at the University of Colorado at Boulder, Richard found a love for singing that surpassed his enthusiasm for the guitar. He became a member of the award winning Mile 21, serving as its bass, mouth drummer and President. He later joined the Colorado collegiate a cappella select group 40th Parallel, where his astounding mimicry of virtually any sound for music was put to good use. This led him to seamlessly transition into the resident beatbass for the 17th Avenue AllStars. Being the low end of the band both felt and heard, Richard lays down the melodic pivot points essential to the foundation of CONFIDENTIAL.
