Once Upon a Time...

Emily Castleton is a world-class voice technician, vocal styles and acting coach, voice scientist, and Vocologist. She holds a BFA in Music-Dance-Theater from Brigham Young University and a MM in Vocal Performance-Opera from BYU. Currently, she is a DMA candidate in Contemporary Voice Pedagogy (Science Research) at Shenandoah University, where she is completing her dissertation. She has over 20 years of university teaching experience at four universities, and currently works with Music-Theatre and Theatre majors at the University of Utah. 

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Emily’s students and former students perform professionally on Broadway, in Broadway touring companies, on cruise ships, at regional theaters, as lead singers in bands, as recording artists, and on television. While others teach professionally at the collegiate and private studio level. She has helped many students successfully prepare for college auditions in music theater, music-ed, music therapy, opera and commercial music programs. She has also helped many students prepare for high school and regional musical theater auditions and competitions. 

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Emily has performed and toured worldwide with BYU's Young Ambassadors and Lex DeAzevedo's Millenium Choir and has toured stateside with Michael McClean's Celebrating the Light. She has performed roles at many local and regional theaters and venues, including Tuachan in St.George, Hale Center Theatre Orem, Sundance, Jackson Hole Playhouse, Promised Valley Playhouse, Abravanell Hall, DeJong Concert Hall, and many more. She has worked and trained with several world-class contemporary voice pedagogues. She is a member of NATS, PAVA, the Voice Foundation, and is an NCVS-trained Vocologist. She has presented at the Voice Foundation's Annual Symposium in Philadelphia, and has taught classes and presented masterclasses and workshops for universities and high schools.