James Touchi-Peters is an American composer, symphonic conductor, lyricist, pianist, jazz vocalist and record producer.
A former child-prodigy orchestra conductor, he has been a frequent guest-conductor of symphony orchestras in the United States, Canada and Europe; and is probably best known professionally for his nine-year tenure as Principal Conductor of the Minnesota Philharmonic Orchestra in Minneapolis, from 1992 through 2001.
Under the name Touchi (pronounced "TOO-shee") he also performs as a jazz singer and composer, and his first jazz vocal album, Nights in Manhattan, was released by Logan Park Records on July 16, 2013.Touchi-Peters was also the founder of the now-defunct Netropolitan Club, an online social network for the highly accomplished that received worldwide media attention when it launched in the fall of 2014; it folded after three months.