Tenor soloist with Knappertsbusch, Ackermann, Ludwig, Sebastian, Slatkin, Lane, Szell, and Boulez. 17 years as Visiting Professor, Mozarteum International Summer Academy, Salzburg, Austria. Master classes at International Voice Congresses and Voice Foundation symposia. Frequent adjudicator, Munich, Paris, Metropolitan Opera Scholarship, NATS Artist Awards.
Former students serve on faculties of major schools of music.
Editor, NATS Journal, 1980-87. Wheeler Professor of Performance, Director, Otto B. Schoepfle Vocal Arts Center, Director, Institute of Voice Performance Pedagogy, Oberlin Conservatory. B. Mus., M. Mus. A 1972 graduate of Oberlin College, he graduated from CWRU School of Medicine in 1976. After 2 years of training in General Surgery he completed his otolaryngology residency at the Cleveland Clinic.