<p>Iwas just wanting to know which colleges had great bass/baritone teachers</p>
<p>northwestern universitiy has an amazing voice program. i would highly suggest it. and they have wonderful teachers-all the way from kurt hanssen to karen brunssen. also, bruce hall(baritone teacher) just had a student win the met nationals. so yeah.</p>
<p>Simon Estes at Boston University. He was the first man of African descent to sing a major role at Bayreuth, and then he taught at Juilliard for nearly 20 years.</p>
<p>If you're looking at undergraduate programs, you really shouldn't worry about this. A singer's voice won't be developed enough for that to really matter until they're in their 20's and looking at Grad Schools. The more important thing is for a young singer to study with someone who will teach them proper technique and for them to be at a school where they will recieve good musical training (theory, solfege, history, etc).</p>
<p>Remember that many of the most prestigious schools neither want nor accept very many undergrads. Some do it only because they must to keep a comprehensive music school, but the undergrads have very few opportunities. Young singers (especially males) accomplish the most with a good teacher in schools with fewer graduate students.</p>
<p>Loreli - your analysis makes a lot of sense. What schools come to mind that fit your description where a male singer could have alot of opportunities to develop, work with an excellent teacher, and not be overshadowed by grad students?</p>
<p>So you're saying that I could go anywhere and be okay. Well, not anywhere but to a place that teaches good technique and that's it? I was put under the impression that different voice types require different ways of teaching. Like if I took from a soprano who couldn't relate to the male voice, would I be okay?</p>
<p>Some female teachers do fine with male voices, others do not. Certainly imitating sounds has it own set of advantages and disadvantages. A young male would have an advantage in terms of repertory and style studying with someone from their voice type, but if the teacher has not kept their own singing skills in good shape and/or has gotten older, examples and imitation can be a problem, though not necessarily...it depends on the teacher. There are no guarantees, and that is why you need some "evidence" of their success. The National Association of Teachers of Singing has annual regional competitions where singers compete in categories, i.e. freshman men, sophmore women, graduate men, etc. One approach I would recommend is to contact members from that organization, find out who the regional auditions chairperson is, ask if there are records about whose students have fared well in pertinent categories. Let me know where you live, and I can try to find out contact information. Good luck.</p>
<p>Well, I know the Governor for my state, Sonya Baker, so I guess I could contact her</p>
<p>Excellent idea! Good luck.</p>