Adjunct Professor
Emily Castleton is a world-class voice technician, vocal styles and acting coach, voice scientist, and Vocologist with over 30 years of teaching experience. She holds a BFA in Music-Dance-Theater from Brigham Young University, an MM in Vocal Performance-Opera from BYU, and a DMA in Contemporary Voice Pedagogy (Science Research) from Shenandoah Conservatory at Shenandoah University.
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. Other former students 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.
Emily has performed and toured worldwide with BYU's Young Ambassadors and Lex DeAzevedo's Millennium Choir and has toured stateside with Michael McClean's Celebrating the Light. She has performed in roles at many local and regional theaters and venues, including Tuachan, Hale Center Theatre, Sundance, Jackson Hole Playhouse, Promised Valley Playhouse, Abravanel Hall, De Jong Concert Hall, and many more. She has worked and trained with several world-class contemporary voice pedagogues. She is a member of NATS, PAVA, and the Voice Foundation and is an NCVS-trained Vocologist. She has presented at the Voice Foundation's Annual Symposium in Philadelphia, Cal-West Regional Conference, Utah Performance Voice Conference, Utah Music Educators (UMEA) Conference, and has taught classes, presented masterclasses, and workshops for universities and high schools.