Bob Wells

Robert Wells

  • Professor
  • Music - Voice, Vocal Pedagogy
  • 322 Music Building
  • [email protected]
  • 336-939-6320

Baritone Robert Wells is currently Professor of Voice and Coordinator of Vocal Pedagogy at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro College of Visual and Performing Arts. He earned the BM in Voice from the State University of New York College at Fredonia, and holds MM and DMA degrees in Voice from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. His students have been recognized for their achievements in regional, national, and international performances and competitions, and they have been young artists with programs including Chicago Lyric Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Santa Fe, Glimmerglass, Chautauqua, Opera North, Opera Carolina, Arizona Opera, Brevard Music Center, and Seagle Colony. Numerous current and former students of Dr. Wells hold faculty positions at the university level and in public and private schools throughout the country.

A frequent recitalist, Wells has also enjoyed an active career in both oratorio and opera in the United States as well as Great Britain, Europe, and China. He has sung leading roles Le Nozze di FigaroCosì fan tutteMadama Butterfly, and Albert Herring and has appeared as baritone soloist in numerous oratorio performances, including Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, and the St. John Passion of J. S. Bach.

Dr. Wells is a former Governor of the Mid-Atlantic Region of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) and served as President of the NC Chapter of NATS. An active choral conductor recognized for his work with numerous professional and community choral organizations, Dr. Wells is the Director of the Chancel Choir at First Presbyterian Church, Greensboro.  Dr. Wells was an Artist Faculty member of the Schlern International Music Festival in Voels am Schlern, Italy for a number of years and he formerly served on the faculty at the State University of New York College at Fredonia, where he was Co-Chair of the Voice Faculty.