DAVID RUSSELL SCHMIDT portrait
  • Assistant Professor (Lecturer), Theatre
  • Head of the Musical Theatre Program, Theatre
  • Associate Professor (Lecturer), Theatre
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Professional Service

  • National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS). Role: Adjudicator. Chapter NATS Auditions. 03/19/2011 - present
  • National Association of Teachers of Singing. Role: Various. National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) National Program Director 2010 State Governor (Cal-West Region) 2010-present Chapter President (Northern Utah) 2007-2009 Chapter Vice President (Northern Utah) 2005-2007 Member 2001- present . 01/2010 - 01/2013

Internal Service

  • Advisory Committee. Member, 07/01/2022 - present. Department service.
  • Search Committee. Member, 07/01/2022 - present. Department service.
  • Season Selection Committee. Member, 07/01/2022 - present. Department service.
  • Season Selection Committee Choose the 4 plays and 2 musicals for the 2022/23 Department of Theatre season. Member, 07/01/2021 - present. Department service.
  • Recruitment Committee. Member, 07/01/2021 - present. Department service.
  • Recruiting Committee. Member, 07/01/2021 - present. Department service.
  • Curriculum Committee . Member, 07/01/2021 - present. Department service.
  • Advisory Committee. Member, 07/01/2021 - present. Department service.
  • Recruitment Committee. Duties include developing an audition tour proposal, create strategizes approach to marketing various departmental programs, and build relationships with local and national high school programs . 09/04/2020 - present. Department service.
  • DRC, Department Review Committee. Career Line formal reviews for promotion and retention. Peer teaching evaluations. Committee member , 01/01/2020 - present. Department service.
  • Search Committee Member for Tenure Track faculty positions within the Musical Theatre Program. 09/20/2017 - 05/20/2019. Department service.
  • Faculty for Student Success Committee Member. Committee Member, 09/18/2016 - 09/18/2017. University service.
  • Search Committee Member for Tenure Track faculty positions within the Musical Theatre Program . Committee Member, 09/18/2013 - 05/20/2014. Department service.
  • Recruitment and Admissions Committee for the Musical Theatre Program . 09/18/2010 - present. Department service.

Outreach

  • Master Classes and Mentorship at the Salt Lake School for the Performing Arts. In-class presentations and masterclasses to the musical theatre students. 01/01/2020 - present

Affiliations

  • National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS), State Govenor, 08/01/2001 - present

In the Media

  • Television Interview on Hänsel und Gretel - Oper im Park, St Anton am Arlberg, Austria. 07/13/2014.
  • KUER, Radio West, Doug Fabrizio . 11/11/2013. http://radiowest.kuer.org/post/avenue-q-and-art-pu...
  • Avenue Q and the Art of Puppetry By DOUG FABRIZIO • NOV 11, 2013. 11/11/2013. http://radiowest.kuer.org/post/avenue-q-and-art-pu...
  • Television Interview on Don Paquale - Oper im Park, St Anton am Arlberg, Austria. 07/15/2013.
  • Television Interview on Die Entführung aus dem Serail - Oper im Park, St Anton am Arlberg, Austria. 07/01/2012.