Larry Keller Associate Professor of Music
Email: lkeller@okcu.edu Phone: (405) 208-5142 Office: BC A336
Professor Keller is soon to complete his second decade of teaching many of Oklahoma City University's finest and most outstanding vocal talent! He has carved a name and reputation for himself and is nationally know as a fine teacher of voice. Keller studied extensively for nine years with artist-master teacher Inez Silberg. Like his mentor, Keller teaches with the tenacious detail and dedication to free, beautiful, thoughtful and meaningful singing and is dedicated to continuing Oklahoma City University's legacy as a school known for growing excellent, performing-singer artists. Professor Keller holds degrees in Vocal Performance as well as Piano Performance. Mr. Keller's students are winners and finalists in regional and national competitions. Most notable are The Metropolitan Opera Grand Finals and Metropolitan Opera regional finalists, regional orchestral sponsored artist competitions, regional and state NATS winners and finalists. Throughout the country Keller students are awarded positions in opera companies' apprenticeships and artist- in-residence positions. Some are, Glimmerglass Opera, Chautauqua Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, Ohio light Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Seattle Grand Opera, Tulsa light Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Wichita Opera, Kansas City Opera. Keller's students have also performed at the following opera houses and with the following symphonies: Florida Grand Chautauqua Opera Austin Opera Lyric Opera of Kansas City Cincinnati Opera Indianapolis Opera The Metropolitan Opera Des Moines Opera Caramoor Opera Michigan Opera Theater Utah Opera St. Louis Opera Fort Worth Opera Wexford Festival Opera Handel and Haydn Society Philadelphia Orchestra Glimmerglass Opera Tulsa Opera Santa Fe Opera Seattle Opera Detroit Opera New York City Opera Chicago Opera Rome Festival Wolf Trap Opera National Symphony Orchestra Chicago Lyric Opera Wichita Opera Washington National Opera Seattle Symphony Portland Opera Israel Philharmonic Orchestra At OCU Keller works with Music Theater Voice Majors as well as Vocal Performance. His Music Theater majors, both current and graduated are consistently heard in National touring musicals and are busy working throughout the country and on Broadway. Keller continues the nurturing of many of his students past their time at OCU. Sarah Coburn, among others, frequently visits and consults with Professor Keller. In addition, Keller students are making names for themselves as voice teachers at universities and other music teaching institutions. Professor Keller would love to hear from all those whom he has guided in the past eighteen years at OCU as well as those wishing to work with him in the future.
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