Royce Blackburn, baritone, serves as the Coordinator of Applied Voice in the University of North Dakota Department of Music. His versatile baritone voice has been heard on opera, musical theater, and concert stages throughout the United States. He has received praise for his sensitive musicianship and dynamic stage presence in a wide variety of roles. He includes such diverse roles as Chou en lai from Nixon in China, Papageno in The Magic Flute, and Fredrik from Sondheim’s A Little Night Music in his repertoire, to name a few. His oratorio appearances range from the Baroque era to the Twentieth Century, and he has sung professionally with the Greater Grand Forks Symphony, the Grand Forks Master Chorale, the Indianapolis Opera, the Lafayette Bach Chorale, the Ashlawn-Highland Opera Festival, and the Abilene Opera.
Dr. Blackburn teaches voice, lyric diction, and Opera Theater. While at UND, he has given master classes and seminars in performance and technique from Manitoba to Texas. His students have sung with professional opera companies across America and have won prizes in regional and national competitions including regional finalists in the Metropolitan Opera Auditions.
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