My Career

Here is a timeline of my teaching to date.

UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS

Assistant Professor/
Coordinator of Music Theater Voice
Aug 2017 -Aug 2020
July 2017, 2018

LOVETRI INSTITUTE
FOR SOMATIC VOICEWORK™

Faculty Coordinator

BALDWIN WALLACE CONSERVATORY

Adjunct Professor of Voice
Fall 2006— May 2017
Fall 2005—May 2006

INDIANA UNIVERSITY

Associate Instructor of Voice

PRIVATE STUDIO

Teacher/Coach/Consultant
Fall 2004-Present

MY EXPERIENCE

Musical Theater


Sweeney Todd
South Pacific
Children of Eden
My Fair Lady
Guys and Dolls
Almost Like Being in Love: The Songs of Lerner and Loewe
Bernstein on Broadway

Sweeney Todd
Emile de Beque
Father
Freddy
Benny
Man
Man

Cain Park
EJ Thomas Hall
Weathervane Playhouse
Beck Center
Corson Auditorium
The Musical Theate Project
The Musical Theater Project

Opera

Streetcar Named Desire
Our Town
La bohème
Tosca
H.M.S. Pinafore
L'elisir d'amore
Aida
Gianni Schicchi
The Mikado
Le nozze di Figaro
Il segreto di Susanna
The Csardas Princess
Un Ballo in Maschera
Così fan tutte
Stanley Kowalski
Mr. Webb
Schaunard
Il sagristano
Dick Deadeye
Dulcamara
Amonasro
Marco
Pooh-bah
Count Almaviva
Count Gil
Edwin Weylersheim
Tom
Guglielmo
Cleveland Opera Theater
Indiana University
Wichita Grand Opera
Opera per tutti
Opera per tutti
Oberlin in Italy
Opera Circle Cleveland
Opera per tutti
Opera per tutti
Brevard Music Center
Opera per tutti
Opera per tutti
Wichita Grand Opera
Indiana University

CERTIFICATION

Certified in all three levels of Somatic VoiceworkTM The LoVetri Method, 2012
This method devised by internationally renowned pedagogue Jeannette LoVetri is a functional, body-based approach to teaching across all musical styles including music theater, pop, rock, gospel, R & B, soul, hip hop, rap, country, folk, experimental music and all other styles that are not considered classical. It is informed by the latest developments in voice science and places vocal health above all other concerns.

TRAINING

DEGREES:
Master of Music in Vocal Performance - Indiana University
Bachelor of Music in Theory & Vocal Performance, magna cum laude - Baldwin Wallace Conservatory

ACTING:
Victoria Bussert, Carol Dunne, Scott Plate

VOICE:
Costanza Cuccaro, David Gooding, Jeanie LoVetri, James McDonald

Benjamin Czarnota

VOICE TEACHER | PERFORMER