Biography (Condensed)

Dave Stroud has been training voices since 1988. With the highest distinction of Level 5 Certification in Speech Level Singing, he is a recognized expert on vocal development. Dave teaches master classes and vocal workshops, lectures and designs innovative curricula for organizations dedicated to singing, songwriting, vocal training, and the science of the voice. Dave also offers teacher training and private instruction throughout the United States and Europe.

Dave owns and operates The Voice Studio in San Francisco, as well as a Los Angeles studio featuring an Internet broadcasting suite used for streaming lessons and live performances. A member of the San Francisco Arts Commission, Dave also serves on the Board of the West Coast Songwriters Association (WCSA); is a current Board Member and past Executive Director of Speech Level Singing International, Inc.; and a member of the Board of Advisors of the Commercial Music Department at South Plains College. Dave created the Speech Level Singing certification program and continues to be a member of the Education Management Team for Speech Level Singing. Other ventures include publishing Connecting Voices, in circulation since 1994. Similar to Keyboard Magazine, this periodical designed exclusively for vocalists is currently distributed as an Internet magazine.

For fifteen years, Dave Stroud has worked with such organizations and institutions as KUG University in Graz, Austria; Brigham Young University; Stanford University; San Francisco Conservatory of Music; The Jazzschool, Berkeley; Santa Clara University Theatre Department; Madeline Eastman's The Voice Shop; the Donna Reed Performing Arts Festival; the Northern California Songwriter's Association; Seth Riggs Vocal Camp; Jazz Camp West; and the Pacific Voice and Speech Foundation. Dave has had the honor of serving as guest lecturer at Xerox PARC (Palo Alto Research Center) and working with high school students through the GRAMMY In The School program of the Recording Academy.

Dave Stroud works with over a hundred singers each week, including those in professional productions such as RENT, Miss Saigon, 42nd St., Showboat and COLE! He has privately trained celebrated singers such as Terry Ellis, (En Vogue) Rosie Gaines, (Prince's NPG) Tony Lindsay, (lead singer with Santana) and Dale Tracy (Phantom of the Opera, Hamburg, Germany).





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