Faculty: Dr. Tod Fitzpatrick
Tod Fitzpatrick is an active singer, teacher and student of the craft of singing. Interested in a wide variety vocal repertoire, his performance experience includes over forty operatic and music theater roles in addition to a substantial number of oratorio and concert works. He also has a passion for song recitals and new works for voice.
Frequently performing with distinguished organizations around the United States, a few of the ensembles with which he has sung include the Virginia Symphony, Virginia Opera, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Opera Pacific, the Los Angeles Mozart Orchestra, the Utah Festival Opera Company, Long Beach Opera, and Los Angeles Opera where he was a resident artist for three years.
A native of California, he earned his Bachelor of Music degree in vocal performance from Chapman University. His Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees are from the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music where he received the Marilyn Horne Voice Scholarship. His primary voice teachers respectively for each degree were Janet Smith, Margaret Shaper and Gary Glaze.
He was a vocal fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center and at the Verbier Music Festival in Switzerland. He performed in San Francisco Opera’s Merola Opera Program and studied at the Britten-Pears School for Advanced Musical Studies in England. He was also selected to be a National Association of Teachers of Singing intern at Ithaca College in New York.
As a teacher, his students routinely perform professionally in concerts and major productions based in Las Vegas and elsewhere. They win awards in regional and nationally recognized voice competitions and attend summer music festivals in the United States and Europe. As an active member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing, he is the President of the Las Vegas Chapter of NATS.
Before moving to Nevada, Dr. Fitzpatrick was Director of Vocal Studies at Christopher Newport University in Virginia. Currently an Associate Professor at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, he serves as the Vocal Area Coordinator and remains highly active as a performer and lecturer in America and abroad.