Chad Payton
Associate Professor
Department
- Music
Contact Information
- 614-2366263
- cpayton@lmjrsygc.com
- Conservatory Complex 207
Biography
Dr. Chad R. Payton serves as an Associate Professor of Voice and the Associate Dean of Student Success in the Conservatory of Music at Capital University. He is an active guest clinician, presenter, and performer throughout the United States. As a teaching-artist, Dr. Payton strives to enhance his student's confidence, independence, and help them chase their potential in and out of the voice studio. He is honored to have been awarded the 2022 Praestantia Award for Outstanding Teaching and the 2023 Cotterman Award for Outstanding Service to Students. Payton performed his Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, and off-Broadway debuts in Michael Ching's Corps of Discovery, sang his Italian chamber music debut at the International ClarinetFest, and sang his Brazilian debut in Orff's Carmina Burana. During the summers, Dr. Payton teaches on the voice faculty at Seagle Festival, the nation's oldest training program in both opera and musical theatre in New York.
- Vocal Pedagogy, MU 480
- Applied Voice Lessons, MU 100-402P
- DMA Vocal Performance, University of Kansas
- MM Vocal Performance, University of Missouri
- BM Vocal Performance, University of Missouri
Payton, Chad. "Five Team-Teaching Strategies for Choral Directors and Voice Teachers," The Choral Conductor's Companion: 100 Rehearsal Techniques, Imaginative Ideas, Quotes and Facts. GIA Publications, 2020.