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Private Lessons

All students at Texas A&M-Commerce have the opportunity to study voice in private lessons with a member of the voice faculty. Students in voice take a weekly voice lesson,attend a weekly voice class, and may participate in studio and department recitals. Music majors in voice are encouraged to participate in regional opera auditions and student auditions of the National Association of Teachers of Singing. The Department of Music of Texas A&M-Commerce offers three undergraduate degrees. The Bachelor of Science in Music and Bachelor of Arts in Music prepare students to teach music at the elementary and/or secondary levels. The Bachelor of Music focuses the students’ efforts on performance (piano, voice, or instrument) or piano pedagogy.


Applied Faculty

 

Voice
Roger Bryant

Roger Bryant, tenor, is an Assistant Professor of Music at Texas A&M University-Commerce, where he teaches Voice, Diction for Singers, and Graduate Vocal Pedagogy. He has also taught at Texas Christian University, the University of Texas at Austin, and Ambassador University. In addition, he has served as an Adjunct Instructor of Voice at the University of Texas at Tyler, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and Paris Junior College.

He has been a finalist in the Lyric Opera of Chicago auditions, a national winner of the San Francisco Opera auditions, and has performed with the Spring Opera Theater, a subsidiary company of the San Francisco Opera.

Mr. Bryant has performed with the Dallas, Fort Worth, San Antonio, Akron, and New Mexico Symphony Orchestras, among others. He has also performed with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, the William Hall Chorale, and the Bodensee Symphonie Orchester of Germany. He has been a member of the Robert Shaw Chamber Singers, appearing as tenor soloist in Beethoven's Missa Solemnis, on the group's tour of southern France. He performed the same work in Carnegie Hall as a member of the Robert Shaw Festival Singers.

 Mr. Bryant has earned the Bachelor of Music Education and Master of Music degrees, and has been awarded the Performer's Certificate in Voice, all from Texas Christian University. He and his family reside in Sulphur Springs, Texas, where his wife, Lyna Jane, also a graduate of TCU, has been active in elementary school music, piano instruction, church music, including children’s choir and organ/piano, and in the Northeast Texas Choral Society, as chorister and accompanist.  

 

Voice, Theory
Dee Ann Gorham
Applied Voice Syllabus

Dee Ann Gorham is a member of the Music Faculty and teaches Applied Voice.  She also works with the Opera Ensemble Productions. Her studio has between five and twelve singers presenting Junior or Senior Voice Recitals each year.  She serves as pianist for the Community Chorus and performs with various singing artists, conductors, and region choirs.  She has also appeared on several occasions as the pianist for the Texas All-State Choirs. She has also served as pianist for the campus All State Choir Camp for 27 years. Some of the conductors for whom she has played include:  Paul Salamunovich, Weston Noble, and Don Neuen.  Classes that she instructs include:  Vocal Production, Art Song Literature, and Opera and Oratorio Literature.  She continues to serve as an adjudicator/clinician for region and area events.  She has served as an adjudicator for the Middle Tennessee International Orpheus Vocal Competition for 9 years. Her Bachelor of Music degree is from Texas Christian University and her Master of Music degree is from East Texas State University.  Her professional memberships include:  NATS, TCDA, TMEA, and Classical Singer.

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