Introducing our 2023 Guest Adjudicator and Clinician:
Dr. Stephen Austin
Nov. 3rd and 4th
Master Class 3:00PM in the Main Theater on Friday 11/3.
To submit students to perform in the master class, click here
To submit students to perform in the master class, click here
Stephen F. Austin, PhD, is recognized around the world and a leading authority in voice pedagogy. He has published articles on applied and historic pedagogy in the Journal of Singing, Australian Voice, The Choral Journal, and Classical Singer. He was creator and primary contributor of the popular column, “Provenance” in the Journal of Singing from 2004 until 2016.
Those articles are now available in a single volume from Inside View Press: Provenance: Historic Voice Pedagogy through a Contemporary Lens (2017). A trained voice scientist, he has published scientific investigations on articulation and acoustics of the singing voice in the Journal of Voice.
Over his academic career at Louisiana State University and the University of North Texas, he developed and taught several courses in voice pedagogy to hundreds of young singers to be effective voice teachers. His pedagogy students study the science of singing but also the historic methods of voice building from the legacy treatises contributed by successful voice teachers throughout the ages.
Dr. Austin is an enthusiastic and successful studio teacher of the bel canto tradition with current and former students singing throughout the United States and in Europe. He has mentored scores of graduate students who hold university faculty appointments around the country and Australia. Dr. Austin conducts The Vocal Pedagogy Workshop: The Practical Pedagogue around the country upon invitation. In the workshop he teaches the practical application of important scientific concepts and the pedagogical tenets of the historic Italian
school of singing to the process of training singers to help them achieve their vocal and musical potential.
Dr. Austin has given presentations and master classes to conference attendees around the world. He serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Singing, and on the Scientific Advisory Board of the National Association of Teachers of Singing.
Those articles are now available in a single volume from Inside View Press: Provenance: Historic Voice Pedagogy through a Contemporary Lens (2017). A trained voice scientist, he has published scientific investigations on articulation and acoustics of the singing voice in the Journal of Voice.
Over his academic career at Louisiana State University and the University of North Texas, he developed and taught several courses in voice pedagogy to hundreds of young singers to be effective voice teachers. His pedagogy students study the science of singing but also the historic methods of voice building from the legacy treatises contributed by successful voice teachers throughout the ages.
Dr. Austin is an enthusiastic and successful studio teacher of the bel canto tradition with current and former students singing throughout the United States and in Europe. He has mentored scores of graduate students who hold university faculty appointments around the country and Australia. Dr. Austin conducts The Vocal Pedagogy Workshop: The Practical Pedagogue around the country upon invitation. In the workshop he teaches the practical application of important scientific concepts and the pedagogical tenets of the historic Italian
school of singing to the process of training singers to help them achieve their vocal and musical potential.
Dr. Austin has given presentations and master classes to conference attendees around the world. He serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Singing, and on the Scientific Advisory Board of the National Association of Teachers of Singing.