Richard Davis, baritone, has combined a career as both singer and teacher. After a successful season at Wolf Trap he acquired management in New York City and sang roles in regional opera houses for three years. He sang in a production of Il Signor Bruschino in Florence, Italy, in 1989, and has sung six roles with the New Orleans Opera since 1994.

As a teacher he has served on the faculties of Columbus College (GA), Eastman School of Music (CED), Nazareth College (Rochester,NY), Oberlin Conservatory, Penn State University, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and Pittsburg State University (KS). He has had student winners at regional and state Nats competitions for many years.

He has published articles in the American Music Teacher, Journal of Singing, Nats Journal, and the Choral Journal. His new book, A Beginning Singer's Guide is in its second printing and is available from Scarecrow Press. The book has received good reviews from scholarly publications and eminent vocal pedagogue Richard Miller. Planned as a text for voice lessons and pedagogy class, it fast-tracks undergraduates to an understanding of the vocal mechanism and the immediate issues of learning to sing.

Richard Davis is active in the National Association of Teachers of Singing and the College Music Society where he is the President of the South Central Chapter. He holds the Doctor of Music in Performance Degree (with Distinction) from Indiana University. He teaches voice and directs opera at UTPA. Dr. Davis likes to travel, play with electronic technology, and collect old cars.