Michael Thomas Geiger, MFA
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Adjunct Professor, Voice, and Introductory and Advanced Vocal Pedagogy
Phone: (714) 658-6888
Email: [email protected]
Michael Geiger, MFA, is a 40-year career professional voice user in the areas of classical choral music (Los Angeles Master Chorale, 1994-2004), Los Angeles Opera Chorus (1993-2017), film score session singing (200+ feature films), producing, and arranging, as well as performing for Grammy Award-winning recordings. He has 20 years of experience as a singer of big-band swing jazz. Geiger performed more than 2,000 shows for K-12 public schools in the greater Los Angeles area with the Los Angeles Music Center on Tour (1990-2005). Geiger is currently a session singer and voice-over actor represented by the Screen Actors Guild and teaching voice science/pedagogy and applied voice at APU.
Education
- MFA, Choral/Orchestral Conducting, University of California, Irvine
- BA, Vocal Performance and Musicology, University of California, Irvine
Academic Area
- School of the Arts
Expertise
- Choral Music
- Classical Guitar
- Collaborative Voice, Classical
- Collaborative Voice, Commercial
- Professional Voice
- Vocal Pedagogy
Courses Taught
- MUS 443 - Vocal Pedagogy
- GMUS 540 - Advanced Vocal Pedagogy
- MUS 111 - Applied Voice
- GMUS 503 - Advanced Analysis of Form and Style