Chadley Ballantyne

Associate Professor of Music, Voice

The voice is a fundamental part of our personal identity. Each voice has its own beauty. I often say to my students, "Our voice is enough." Examination of this idea brings peace and empowerment. Combined with the broad knowledge of a liberal arts education, it becomes a powerful instrument for informed and engaged citizens in their speech and song.

  • BM, Vocal Performance, Drake University
  • MM, DMA, Vocal Performance and Literature, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Chadley Ballantye

Biography

Bass-baritone Chadley Ballantyne has performed leading roles in productions such as Rinaldo, Madama Butterfly, Falstaff, Don Giovanni, Così Fan Tutte, Le Nozze di Figaro, Elijah, The Pirates of Penzance, Cendrillon, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Sweeney Todd, Street Scene, Gallantry, and The Father in Neely Bruce's Hansel and Gretel. His most recent appearances include Opera Orlando's productions of Le Nozze di Figaro, Lizbeth, and All is Calm.

Ballantyne, PhD, frequently presents nationally and internationally on the application of acoustic vocal pedagogy for both classical and contemporary vocal techniques. He has presented his work at notable conferences, including the 2017 Pan-American Vocology Association Symposium in Toronto, the 2017 West Central and Central Region NATS Conferences, the 55th NATS National Conference in Las Vegas, the VASTA/PAVA 2018 Joint Conference in Seattle, the National Opera Association 2020 Southeast Regional Conference, the 56th NATS National Virtual Conference, the 57th NATS National Conference in Chicago, the 2023 and 2024 Voice Foundation Symposiums in Philadelphia, and the 58th NATS National Conference in Knoxville. Additionally, he has delivered guest lectures and masterclasses across the United States and for universities and professional organizations in England, Israel, and Hong Kong.

He co-instructs at the Acoustic Vocal Pedagogy Summer Workshop currently held at the University of Michigan. Chadley is a contributing author to The Evolving Singing Voice: Changes Across the Lifespan by Prof. Karen Brunssen, The Vocal Athlete: Application and Technique for the Hybrid Singer (3rd Edition), and an upcoming contribution to The Oxford Handbook of Singing (2nd Edition). 

Ballantyne is a member of the voice faculty at Stetson University and currently serves as the coordinator for the voice area. He has previously taught at the University of Northern Colorado, the Theatre Conservatory of the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University, and North Park University. Ballantyne holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Drake University, and both a Master of Music degree and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Illinois.

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Areas of Expertise

  • Voice acoustics
  • Voice pedagogy in Western classical and CCM styles
  • Somatosensory awareness of the voice
  • Opera and song literature
  • Lyric diction
  • Adolescent voice

Course Sampling

  • Applied Voice Instruction
  • Diction for Singers
  • Voice Pedagogy

  • Voice pedagogy
  • Voice acoustics
  • Neuroscience and somatosensory awareness as they relate to the voice

  • Contributing author. 2024. The Vocal Athlete: Application and Technique for the Hybrid Singer, Third Edition. San Diego, CA: Plural Publishing.
  • Ballantyne, Chadley. 2024. Pure Sound vs. Rough Sensation: Sorting the Sensations of the Sung Tone. Poster paper presented at the National Association of Teachers of Singing 58th National Conference, Knoxville, TN.
  • Ballantyne, Chadley, and Culbertson, Alyson. 2024. Antagonism in the Voice Studio: Discovery Through Range of Motion and Contrasting Sounds. Poster paper presented at the National Association of Teachers of Singing 58th National Conference, Knoxville, TN.
  • Ballantyne, Chadley. 2024. Pure Sound vs. Rough Sensation: Sorting the Sensations of the Sung Tone. Workshop presentation at The Voice Foundation 2024 Symposium, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Ballantyne, Chadley, Bozeman, Kenneth, and Howell, Ian. Co-instructors. Acoustic Vocal Pedagogy Summer Workshop. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
  • Ballantyne, Chadley, Glasner, Joshua, and Culbertson, Alyson. 2023. High Frequency Energy in Commercial Recordings: An Exploratory Study. Podium presentation at The Voice Foundation 2023 Symposium, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Ballantyne, Chadley, and Culbertson, Alyson. 2023. Antagonism in the Voice Studio: Discovery Through Range of Motion and Contrasting Sounds. Poster presentation at The Voice Foundation 2023 Symposium, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Ballantyne, Chadley, and Nystrum Braden, Maia. 2023. Adolescent Voice Perspectives. Presented at the Voice Foundation, Alabama Chapter.
  • Chadley Ballantyne, Featured Masterclass Teacher, Maine National Association of Teachers of Singing 2022 Musical Theater Festival, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, November 5, 2022.
  • Ballantyne, Chadley. 2022. A Modular Framework for Singing Instruction. Poster paper presented at the National Association of Teachers of Singing 57th National Conference, Chicago, Illinois, July 4, 2022.
  • Contributing author (2018). The Evolving Singing Voice: Changes Across the Lifespan. San Diego, CA: Plural Publishing.
  • Author (2018). "Book Review: Kinesthetic Voice Pedagogy: Motivating Acoustic Efficiency." VOICEPrints, Journal of the New York Singing Teachers' Association 16(1), 19-22.
  • Ballantyne, Chadley, Bozeman, Kenneth, and Howell, Ian. "Acoustic and Perceptual Voice Pedagogy: From Impulse and Affect to Pedagogy and Performance." Pre-conference workshop presented at the National Association of Teachers of Singing 56th National Virtual Conference, June 24, 2020.
  • Ballantyne, Chadley. "Sound Guidance: Using Auditory and Language Targets in the Studio." Presentation at the National Opera Association Southeastern Conference, Schwob School of Music at Columbus State University, Columbus, Georgia, February 15, 2020.
  • Chadley Ballantyne, Actor 6 (Walter), "All is Calm," by Peter Rothstein, Erick Lichte, and Timothy Takach, Opera Orlando, Dr. Philips Center for the Performing Arts, Orlando, Florida, November 1-5, 2019.
  • Chadley Ballantyne, Antonio, "Le Nozze di Figaro," by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Opera Orlando, Dr. Philips Center for the Performing Arts, Orlando, Florida, November 1-5, 2019.
  • Ballantyne, Chadley and Brunssen, Karen. "The Evolving Singing Voice: Adolescence." Presentation at the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) National Conference, Kansas City, Missouri, February 27, 2019.
  • Ballantyne, Chadley and Obert, Kerrie. "Getting the Twang of it: Updates on the Physiologic, Acoustic, and Perceptual Characteristics." NATS Chat, January 13, 2019.
  • Ballantyne, Chadley. "Fun with Vocal Tract Resonances." Micro-workshop presented at the Joint Conference of the Voice and Speech Trainers Association and the Pan American Vocology Association, Seattle, Washington, August, 2018.
  • Ballantyne, Chadley. "The Second Vocal Tract resonance: fR2 Strategies in Performance and in the Studio." Poster paper presented at the National Association of Teachers of Singing 55th National Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, June, 2018.
  • Ballantyne, Chadley, Bozeman, Kenneth, and Howell, Ian. "Acoustic Vocal Pedagogy Workshop" Summer workshop held annually by the New England Conservatory, Boston, Massachusetts, 2018-2021.