Stephen Lancaster

Style: Opera; Classical; Pop; Musical Theatre

Title: Professor of the Practice

Bio: Stephen Lancaster serves as Professor of the Practice in voice at the University of Notre Dame, where he has taught since 2007. Through studio lessons for graduate and undergraduate vocal performance majors and musical theater minors, he employs an evidence-based, collaborative approach to vocal pedagogy. He has developed and taught elective courses spanning topics from voice science to diction and early music performance practice. Lancaster’s current and former students successfully pursue a variety of career paths in the arts, including graduate study and performances with organizations such as the New York Philharmonic, Seraphic Fire, Apollo's Fire, Bach Collegium Japan, Border CrosSing, and Hawaii Opera. As a soloist, Lancaster has been described as “a fine storyteller” (American Record Guide), “varied in tone and alive to feeling” (Fanfare Magazine). Winner of the Nico Castel International Master Singer Competition and The American Prize in art song and oratorio, he has been featured as a soloist in venues around the world, including Carnegie Hall, Chicago Cultural Center, Chiang-Kai Shek Memorial Hall, and Centro Cultural de Belém. Lancaster created the baritone solo role in Robert Kyr’s “Earth Ritual” with Conspirare as well as Thomas Schuttenhelm’s “Seven Living Words for the HIV Positive” with Chorosynthesis and has premiered numerous works at the Atlantic Music Festival. As an ensemble singer, he is a member of the Grammy award winning ensemble Conspirare and the Sphinx Organization’s EXIGENCE vocal ensemble.

Voice Type: Baritone

Music Styles Taught: Opera; Classical; Pop; Musical Theatre

Availability: I am available as a performer; I have a wait-list for private lessons; I am available as a clinician or presenter; I accept students through a college or university program

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