Ken Bozeman

Kenneth Bozeman, BM, MM, Professor Emeritus of Music, taught at Lawrence University for 42 years where he chaired the voice department and from which he received two awards for excellence in teaching. He holds performance degrees from Baylor University and the University of Arizona and studied at the Conservatory of Music in Munich. He was awarded the Van Lawrence Fellowship by the Voice Foundation in 1994, is on the editorial boards of the Journal of Singing and the Journal of Voice, was inducted into the American Academy of Teachers of Singing in 2019, and received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the New CCM Vocal Pedagogy Institute in 2024. His writings on acoustic voice pedagogy include the books, Practical Vocal Acoustics: Pedagogic Applications for Teachers and Singers, and Kinesthetic Voice Pedagogy 2: Motivating Acoustic Efficiency. Bozeman’s students have sung with Houston Grand, Boston Lyric, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Dresden Opera, Malmö Sweden Opera, San Francisco, New York City, the Metropolitan, Chicago Lyric, and Santa Fe Opera.

Mr. Bozeman has been a featured presenter on voice acoustics at numerous national conferences of NATS, was twice a master teacher for the NATS Intern Program, has been a featured presenter at NATS Workshops, and is a PAVA recognized vocologist. He continues to be in demand for seminars and master classes on acoustic pedagogy at universities and interdisciplinary conferences, was a keynote speaker for the British Voice Association conference in 2021, and for the International Congress of Voice Teachers in Vienna, 2022.  His activity can be followed at:  https://faculty.lawrence.edu/bozemank/