William Vennard

Biography

William Vennard (January 31, 1909 Normal, Illinois – January 10, 1971, Los Angeles, California) was an American vocal pedagogist who researched the human voice and its use in singing. He was one of the driving forces behind a major shift within the field of vocal pedagogy during the middle of the 20th century. Along with a few other American singing teachers, such as Ralph Appelman at Indiana University and Oren Brown at the Juilliard School, Vennard introduced contemporary scientific research in the areas of human anatomy and physiology into the study of singing. This shift in approach led t…