University of Michigan Masterclass

Support, Opulence, Ping: the three crucial elements of good singing. This masterclass will center on these three elements and how to easily identify if you are using them IN BALANCE with each other. Presented by Stephen West, former Chair of the Department of Voice & Opera at the University of Michigan and leading role singer with the Metropolitan Opera and many other world-renowned venues.

Stephen West is a bass-baritone and Professor of Music (Applied Voice) at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre, & Dance. In a long and distinguished career, he has appeared in over 150 roles with many of the finest opera companies in the world, including the Metropolitan Opera, Teatro alla Scala, the Bayreuth, Salzburg and Santa Fe Festivals, Opéra National de Paris, Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin, and with the Lyric Opera of Chicago, New York City Opera, Opera Colorado, the San Francisco, Seattle, Washington and Dallas operas, among many others. His students are successful in both opera and musical theater and have appeared in opera houses in the United States, Canada and Europe, in major music festivals, and are currently appearing on Broadway and National Tours.