Biography

Chris Turner, a native of Pascagoula, Mississippi, is a graduate of Mississippi College with a Bachelors and Masters degree in vocal performance.  He completed his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in vocal performance with a minor in vocal pedagogy at LSU in the summer of 2010.  Post doctoral research and study in vocal pedagogy at the Eastman School of Music was undertaken in 2012.  In the summer of 2022, he studied the Italian language and culture at the Alighieri School in Siena, Italy. Dr. Turner has been on the faculty of several academic institutions and is currently Assistant Professor of Voice at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas.