Welcome to the Clif Ware Informational Web page!

My training and experience as a singer, teacher, author, and integralist are provided below, and a downloadable bio is available. If you need any additional information, please feel free to contact me.

Current Positions

• Professor Emeritus (Voice/Voice Pedagogy), University of Minnesota-
  Twin Cities, School of Music
  
• Voice Instructor for "Natural Voice and Nature Songs," a group voice class sponsored by Three Rivers Park District at Silverwood Park, St. Anthony, MN

Former Positions

• Associate Professor and Professor (Voice/Voice Pedagogy)
  University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, School of Music (1970-2007)
  Chair, Roy A. Schuessler Vocal Arts Center
• Assistant Professor (Voice), University of Southern Mississippi,
  Hattiesburg (1963-1970)

Education

• B.A.--Philosophy & Music (1959-1960), Millsaps College, Jackson, MS
• M.M.--Vocal Performance (1962), University of Southern Mississippi,
  Hattiesburg
• D.M.--Vocal Performance, 1970, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
• Post Doctorate--Vocal Performance, 1980, 1982,
  American Institute of Musical Studies, Graz, Austria;
• Private voice study and coaching, 1971-2002

Performance

• 53 opera, operetta, musical comedy roles, performed with such companies as Aldeburgh Festival (England), Chicago Lyric Opera, Minnesota Opera, St. Paul Opera, New Orleans Opera, Mobile Opera, Mississippi Opera, and Chattanooga Opera.
  
  
• 79 oratorio, major choral/orchestral works roles, performed with such musical organizations as the English Chamber Orchestra, Mexican National Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, New Orleans Symphony, Mobile Symphony, and Mississippi Symphony.
  
  
• 25 recital programs (solo and ensemble), performed in various venues, including universities and colleges, professional meetings, museums, and churches, including 14 organ/tenor recitals in Germany and Holland. 
  
  
• Several popular music performances since 2007 featuring Hit Songs from the 50s in collaboration with keyboardist wife, Bettye, three sons (voice, guitar, drums), a female vocalist, and a guest bass guitarist

Recordings

• St. Nicolas  (B. Britten), Musical Heritage Society, 1975
• Paul Bunyan  (B. Britten), Virgin Classics, 1988
• Intende voci orationis (F. Schubert), Millsaps Singers, 1999
• Vocal Explorations: The Bad, the Good, and the “Other”, including the Best Loving Tenor Contest (Ware/Almen), Independent, 2002

Teaching

University Level

• Studio instruction: 45 years of teaching individual students, primarily undergraduate and graduate vocal performance majors
  
  
• Classroom instruction: includes group voice, voice pedagogy and practicum, courses applicable towards a School of Music Vocal Pedagogy Certificate

Representative Presentations at Professional Meetings

• Group voice demonstrations for the joint NATS/MTNA workshop/conference in Salt Lake City (’03), the NATS Pedagogy Forum in Princeton, NJ, (‘96), and a NATS Workshop in Mpls, MN (’97)
  
  
• Lecture/demonstrations of Vocal Explorations: The Bad, the Good, and the “Other” for MMTA convention, Prior Lake, MN (’08), the Phenomenon of Singing V conference, St, Johns, Newfoundland (’05), and the NATS Voice Intern Program, Ft. Collins, CO (’04)
  
  
• Panel participation, including “Pedagogy Panel” for NATS Conference, Nashville, TN (’08), various panels for MTNA conventions (’98, ’99, ’01), and several NOA conventions
  
  
• Voice teaching demonstrations for the NATS Nevada Conference (’07), the NATS Mid Atlantic Region Conference in Norfolk, VA (’08), the Japanese Association for Research in Singing Conference, U of Tokyo Academy of Music (’01), a Vocal Pedagogy Seminar in Wellington, New Zealand (‘98), the NATS Northeast Region conference (‘89), and several NOA and MTNA meetings

Adjudicator

• NATS: State, regional, and national auditions, most recently the NATSAA finals for the NATS 2006 Conference in Minneapolis, MN, and the 2008 NATSAA Mid Atlantic Regional in Norfolk, VA.
  
  
• Opera:Metropolitan Opera District (Minnesota, South Dakota) and regional (Southern, Midwestern) competitions, also NOA national auditions.
  
  
• Others: Schubert Club (local), MTNA (regional), Minnesota and Wisconsin state high school competitions, and University of Minnesota scholarship auditions.

Guest Artist/Teacher (more than 50 colleges and universities)

• Master teacher for the NATS Intern Program at Colorado State U in Ft. Collins, CO (’04)
  
  
• National engagements and residences at the U of Miami, U of Central Florida, James Madison U (VA), Indiana U, Valparaiso U (IN), Belmont U (TN), UNC-Greensboro, U of North Texas, U of South Carolina, Brigham Young U, U of Arizona (1 week residency), Arizona State U, U of Nevada, Missouri State U, Colorado State U, Northeast Mexico State U, U of Wisconsin-Superior, Lee College (TN), Drury College (MO), Mississippi College, U of Southern MS, Millsaps College (MS), and U of Wyoming-Bozeman
  
  
• International engagements and residences at the Frankfurt Music Conservatory in Germany, 6 schools in Korea (1 week), two schools in New Zealand, The American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria (6 weeks), the Banff Centre for the Arts in Canada (1 week), and two workshops in Argentina (Rosario and Buenos Aires, 2009)

Song COMPOSITION

In collaboration with Bettye Ware, a number of songs have been created, several of which are published in Adventures in Singing. Two songs can be heard on this Web site: “The Aging Singer” and “We Sing of America".

Scholarly PUBLICATIONS

• Book: Adventures in Singing  (class voice text/song anthology, with
  audio tapes/CDs), McGraw-Hill, 1995, 1998, 2004, 2008
• Book:  Basics of Vocal Pedagogy, McGraw-Hill, 1998
• Book: The Singer’s Life: Goals and Roles, Birch Grove Publishing, 2005
• Book: The Aging Challenge: Making the Most of Life After 50, Birch
  Grove Publishing, 2009
• Book (unpublished): The Balanced Life: An Integral Perspective (digital
  format)
• Article: "What's a Singing Competition All About?" National Association
  of Teachers of Singing Journal of Singing, Sept/Oct., 1997
• Column:“High Notes”, NOA Newsletter and Opera Journal featuring the
  various roles of singers, 1998-2003

Service (Professional Organizations)

• NATS Foundation: Board member, 1995-2006
• MN-NATS: President, 1971-1972, 1982-1983
• NOA: President, 1978-1979; Vice president (conventions), 1977-1978; Board  (three terms); Minnesota Gov., 1985-1996
• MTNA: Pedagogy Committee-Voice Representative, 1999-2001

PERSONAL

Married to Bettye Oldham Ware (50 years)—accomplished pianist, organist, piano teacher (long-term MTNA member), song arranger, and chorister (Plymouth Congregational Church); also editor of Clif’s books and joint partner in Integral Life Balance.

Three married sons—Jon (Sarah Stonich, wife; Dylan and Sam, sons), David (Tamsen Morgan, wife), and Alan (Colleen Horejsi, wife; Madeleine, daughter; and Paul, son).