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Lori McCann
Associate Professor, Cali School of Music, Dean's Office, College of the Arts
- Office:
- Chapin Hall
- Email:
- McCannL@montclair.edu
- Phone:
- 973-655-6983
- Degrees:
- BM, University of Wisconsin, Madison
- MA, San Diego State University
- DMA, University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music
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Soprano and pedagogue Lori McCann is an Associate Professor of Voice at the John J. Cali School of Music, Montclair State University where she has served as Coordinator of the Voice Program since 2016. Dr. McCann holds a DMA in Voice and Opera Directing and an Artist Diploma in Opera from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. A lyric soprano, she has performed in opera, oratorio, recital, and new music premiers both here and abroad, and has won many awards including National Finalist at the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. At MSU, Dr. McCann teaches Applied Voice lessons to undergraduate and graduate students in vocal performance and Music Education including BFA Musical Theater students. She also teaches Performance Practicum classes for classical and Musical Theater students, and Lyric Diction courses for singers, preparing them to sing in Italian, German, French and English. Her singing and teaching career has taken her to Europe where she was on faculty at the renowned American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria, was a Faculty Guest Artist at The Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory of Music in Milan, Italy, and also at Agder University in Kristiansand, Norway. She serves on the Sister Cities Scholarship Committee at MSU and is a staunch advocate for study abroad. Dr. McCann has served in many capacities for the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS), the primary service organization for voice teachers in the United States, including Eastern Region Governor (2 terms) and President of the New York City Chapter, (2 terms). She regularly takes her MSU voice students to compete at the local, regional and even national level of NATS-sponsored auditions. Dr. McCann is passionate about training the next generation of professional singers and voice teachers and is active as a master-class clinician, competition adjudicator and mentor for singers and teachers.
Specialization
Applied Voice: Classical and Musical Theater
Lyric Diction for Singers: Italian, German, French, English and IPA
Vocal Technique for Musical Theater
Performance Practice