Stanford F, D.M.A. has a national reputation as a bass-baritone singing classical and musical theater. He has been teaching private voice lessons since 1998, previously in New York City and Emporia, KS, and in the Twin Cities area since 2011. Stan has voice studios in his home outside of Farmington, MN just south of St. Paul, and The String Academy in Owatonna, MN.

Dr. F. works with all voice types, and teaches all styles from beginning to professional and enjoys watching his students grow stronger every week as they reach to obtain their optimum vocal range and brilliance of sound. Please contact him today!

Bio: Stanford F. is the former Founder and Executive/Artistic Director of Minnesota Concert Opera, based in Minneapolis, MN, and currently teaches voice and performs primarily in the Twin Cities area. Having earned his B.F.A. in Theater and Voice from the University of Kansas in Lawrence, KS, Dr. F. based his singing career in New York City for twelve years, received his M.M. in voice performance from the Manhattan School of Music in New York, was on the Voice Faculty of Texas A & M University, Kingsville where he ran the opera department for two years, and then returned to Lawrence, KS to get his D.M.A. in Voice Performance. He then taught as Assistant Professor at Emporia State University in Emporia, KS for five years. While in Kansas, he was the founder and Executive Director of Kansas Concert Opera. He returned to the Twin Cities in 2011 and lives with his wife, Antonia, four cats and two dogs on ten acres just east of Farmington, MN.