Morgan Manifacier Voice Studio
“My objective is to help singers find the most freedom, flexibility, and creative fulfillment in their singing. Through a holistic understanding of the vocal mechanism, I seek to guide my students in expanding their technical and expressive capabilities, allowing them more resonance, control, and beauty of sound.”
Study with Dr. Morgan Manifacier at Baylor University
A committed and passionate educator, Dr. Manifacier is highly sought-after as a voice teacher, coach, and clinician. He currently serves as Assistant Professor of Voice at Baylor University, where he teaches applied voice, French diction, and song literature. Prior to this appointment, he was on the faculty of the School of Music at the University of Nevada, Reno, teaching applied voice, opera literature, lyric diction, and vocal pedagogy. He has been invited to present lectures and teach masterclasses at several universities throughout the United States and internationally, including Temple University, the University of Mobile, Concordia College, Trinity College, Stony Brook University, Gachon University (Seoul, South Korea), and Kyoto City University for Arts (Kyoto, Japan). As a French-repertoire coach, he was recently invited to work with singers of the OperaFest program at the Sewanee Summer Music Festival, and to coach voice-piano duos at the AlpenKammerMusik Festival in Austria.
Dr. Manifacier Voice Studio, 23-24 Academic Year
Teaching Addie Tawde at Stony Brook University
After Sashekia Brown’s recital at the University of Nevada, Reno
After a French-repertoire masterclass at the Kyoto City University for Arts in Japan
With the vocal young artist and Co-Artistic Director Randall Scarlata at the 2018 AlpenKammerMusik Festival
After voice student Juanwen Liu’s recital, at the Staller Center for the Performing Arts, Stony Brook University
After a French diction lecture & masterclass at Gachon University in Seoul, South Korea
Testimonials
“Morgan focuses on technique with the aim of getting singers to produce their sound as freely as possible. His understanding of how the voice works is impressive, and he is a very steady, attentive, and supportive guide to vocalizing without creating tension and fatigue. As a tenor, I have appreciated someone who understands the unique challenges of the voice type. His guidance has helped me transform the way I sing and allowed me to explore new possibilities in vocal expression.”
“Morgan Manifacier is such a caring and wonderful voice instructor. I have been his student for two years now and I have grown so much under his tutelage! He is able to draw out a really wonderful sound from me using various vocal exercises and techniques. He is good at helping me find pieces that toe the line between fitting my current vocal capacity/skill and pushing me out of my comfort zone to work on weaknesses in my sound and technique. He is so encouraging and patient and it is always a treat to hang out with him during our lessons. 12/10 Would Recommend!”
“Morgan is a fantastic vocal teacher and coach. He showed me how malleable the voice really is, and how it can be practiced to make sounds I thought I could never produce. He is kind and very patient and always explained the different techniques we worked through. I felt like I was equally getting a vocal anatomy lesson as well as a guide through expanding and fine-tuning my range. Thanks Morgan!”