Mitra Sadeghpour

Mitra Sadeghpour, D.M.A., is a voice teacher, education consultant, and arts administrator with a 20-year career in higher education. She’s taught voice and operatic studies at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire as a Maxwell Schoenfeld Distinguished Professor, University of Wisconsin-River Falls, St. Olaf College, University of Northern Iowa, and Luther College. She was Education Director at Minnesota Opera and is a mentor for the Holland Opera Fellows at Opera Omaha. Mitra was National Vice President of Outreach for the National Association of Teachers of Singing and has participated in both the Women’s Opera Network Mentorship and Leadership Intensive programs of Opera America, where she has also served as co-chair of the Education Forum. Mitra received her Doctorate of Musical Arts from Indiana University. She is passionate about the power of teaching and learning through music for people of all ages, backgrounds, and levels of experience.