Stephen F. Austin, M.M., Ph.D.
Stephen F. Austin, M.M., Ph.D. is associate professor of voice. Dr.
Austin joined the faculty of UNT in 2001 after several years of teaching
at Louisiana State University. He teaches applied voice and vocal
pedagogy. Dr. Austin received a masters degree in vocal performance from
UNT and continued his studies at the University of Iowa where he earned
the Ph.D. in voice science from the Department of Communication
Disorders under the direction of Dr. Ingo Titze. His unique training in
performance and voice science has placed Dr. Austin at the forefront of
interdisciplinary work in vocal pedagogy.
Dr. Austin is an active performer, published author, and a popular
lecturer in vocal pedagogy and voice science. He has presented recitals,
lectures, and master classes across this country, in England, The
Netherlands, and in Australia. He is regularly featured on the faculty
of the "Annual Symposium: Care of the Professional Voice" sponsored by
the Voice Foundation and held in Philadelphia each summer. He has made
presentations to the national conventions of the America Speech and
Hearing Association, the Music Teachers National Association, and to the
National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS). He has offered
lectures and master classes at national and international conferences
and workshops including the Westminster Choir College Summer Workshop,
the international meeting of the Physiology and Acoustics of Singing
Conference, the NATS mid-winter workshops, and recently the Pan European
Voice Conference held in London, England. He has also appeared as
special guest for the New York Singing Teachers Association.
Dr. Austin is known for his ability to clarify for the voice teaching
community the complexities of voice science and to make it applicable to
the studio teacher and singer. His articles on this subject have been
published in AUSTRALIAN VOICE, the journal of the Australian National
Association of Teachers of Singing and in the JOURNAL OF SINGING. He
writes a featured column in the JOURNAL OF SINGING called
?Provenance? where he examines the historically significant
treatises on vocal pedagogy and elucidates important pedagogical
principles from the past. His scientific research has focused on the
articulatory behavior of classically trained singers and has been
published in the JOURNAL OF VOICE. He is a member of the editorial board
of the Journal of Singing, and serves on the Voice Science Advisory
Committee of NATS. He is also a member of the Science Advisory Committee
of the Voice Foundation. A successful teacher, he has students singing
professionally in this country and in Europe.
Books by Author:
Bassini’s The Art of Singing
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