Vocal Performance

Vocal performers on stage.

SJSU's School of Music and Dance Vocal Area is a thriving community of vocalists engaged in the vocal arts. Students study the fundamentals of vocal production (breathing, vowel formation, intonation, resonance, and diction) and repertoire, including art song, opera, musical theater, and oratorio, in various languages, during their four years of study. Vocal students benefit from weekly individual lessons with our extraordinary faculty of artist/teachers, as well as weekly studio classes.

Vocalists have the opportunity to join the Concert Choir, the famous Choraliers, Opera Theater, Musical Theatre, Collegium Musicum, Treble Choir, Glee Club, as well as our student a capella groups, including the Spartones and Pitch Please!. Undergraduate vocal majors perform recitals in their junior and senior years, and benefit from interation with an extensive rotation of distinguished guest artists. Recent guests have included Eugene Rogers and Rickey Tripp.

Degrees Offered

Faculty

Dr. Jeffrey BensonDr. Jeffrey Benson
Director of Choral Activities
408-924-4645
jeffrey.benson@sjsu.edu
MUS 262

SJSU Spartan LogoSandra Bengochea
Area Coordinator, Voice; Opera Theater
408-924-4658
sandra.bengochea@sjsu.edu

Christopher BengocheaChristopher Bengochea
Voice
christopher.bengochea@sjsu.edu

Corie BrownCorie Brown
Choral Activities, Music Education
corie.brown@sjsu.edu

SJSU Spartan LogoRen Geisick
Vocal Jazz
408-924-4678
rengeisick@gmail.com

Jennifer MitchellJennifer Mitchell
Voice
jennifer.alexis.mitchell@gmail.com
MUS 244

Jacque Wilson ScharlachJacque Wilson Scharlach
Voice
jwilson1897@gmail.com
MUS 268

Philip SkinnerPhilip Skinner
Music Education, Vocal Performance
philip.skinner@sjsu.edu

Jonathan SmuckerJonathan Smucker
Voice
johnathan.smucker@sjsu.edu

SJSU Spartan LogoSimona Snitkovskaya
Collaborative Pianist; Chamber Music
simona.sniksovskaya@sjsu.edu


Audition Information

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