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Department of Voice
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The Voice Department is dedicated to the thorough training and preparation of highly talented singers for professional careers. Students receive outstanding vocal training and coaching by a distinguished resident faculty and are encouraged and mentored to develop their highest levels of artistry, creativity, and musicianship, while benefitting from a wide array of performance opportunities and academic programs in theory, history, languages, acting, dance, and pedagogy.
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All roles in regularly scheduled opera, choral, chamber music, and musical theatre performances are performed by students. The Jessye Norman Master Class Series sponsors master classes and visits by distinguished artists, which further enrich the curriculum.
faculty
Freda Herseth (Chair)
Timothy Cheek (diction)
Kay Castaldo (opera)
Martin E. Katz (voice literature)
Associated Faculty
Kristin Eder
Michael Karr
Matthew Thompson
Melody Lynn Racine (Associate Dean for Academic Affairs)
George I. Shirley (Emeritus)
Robert Swedberg (opera)
Nadine Washington
Vince Yi
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"The U-M Voice program is designed to offer our students a nurturing environment for the development of their singing and acting skills, as well as numerous performance opportunities where they can also spread their wings with experience that builds careers in a healthy way."
Robert Swedberg, Associate Professor of Opera
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