"It has long been a dream of mine to expand Studio di Canto into a place where other teachers who share my enthusiasm for teaching and love of music can find a nurturing and supportive home and join me in furnishing the best possible musical education we are capable of providing to the young people of the Coulee region – and here we are!"
Dean Stude Witz
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About Founder/Teacher Dean Witz
Dean Stude Witz is a native of Madison, Wisconsin. He receivied a Bachelor of Music degree in both Music Education and Vocal Performance at Viterbo College. After completing the work for his Master of Music in Voice at DePaul University, Chicago Illinois in 1992, he returned to make his home in Onalaska, where he opened Studio di Canto in 1995.
Illuminating his academic background in music and music education and his experience in teaching and studio administration, Witz brings to his teaching a solid background of personal performance in classical singing and successful contest competition. In addition to recitals, solo concert work, and musical theater roles, he has performed with DesMoines Metro Opera, Western Plains Opera, Opera Iowa, Great Lakes Opera Co. of Milwaukee and Chamber Opera of Chicago, in such roles as Papageno in Magic Flute, Escamillo in Carmen, Masetto in Don Giovanni, Schaunard in La Boheme, Dr. Malatesta in Don Pasquale, Peter in Hansel and Gretel, Guglielmo in Cosi Fan Tutti and Sid in Albert Herring.
He has been a consistent finalist in such competitions as National Assoociation of Teachers of Singing Auditions, Bel Canto Foundation, Schubert Club Auditions of St.Paul MN, Metropolitan Opera Auditions, and National Association of Teachers of Singing Artist Awards, with many first place awards.
His professional memberships include National Association of Teachers of singing (NATS), Board Member 2001-2004. He has judged for NATS, Wisconsin Music Teachers Association (WMTA), and also for the Wisconsin School Music Association (WSMA) District Solo & Ensemble Festivals. From 1999 to 2006 he was adjunct faculty at Viterbo University.
Mr. Witz and his wife Brenda, a kindergarden - first-grade teacher in the Holmen School District, live in Onalaska with their two sons, and two daughters.
Recent News:
NATS Auditions ( a National Association of Teachers of Singing Voice contest ) will be held right here in La Crosse at Viterbo University this fall. High School and College divisions are open to those who study Voice with teachers who are curret members of NATS. Certificates and money prizes are the awards for winners.
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Studio di Canto alums Audra Fuchsel and Aidan Smerud sang princial roles in the recent Viterbo University performance of Mozart's Marriage of Figaro |
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A studio is not a building or a room. A studio is a group of students who come to study with a skilled performer and dedicated teacher, or a group of such teachers in love with their art, and with imparting that art to others. It is a group of students eager to grow in technique and understanding under the guidance of those dedicated teachers. The teachers in a studio work together for the good of the students — and that's what we do at Studio di Canto!
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