KIRSTIN M CHAVEZ portrait
  • Director of Opera and Voice, International Performing Arts Institute, International Performing Arts Institute
  • Associate Professor, School Of Music
  • Director of Opera and Voice for IPAI GAP, Svpaa-Academics, International Performing Arts Institute
  • ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, School Of Music
  • Director of Voice and Opera, International Performing Artists Institute
  • Professor, School Of Music
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http://www.kchavez.com

Current Courses

Spring 2025

  • CLCS 490-003
    Special Topics
  • CLCS 4900-002
    Special Topics
  • MUSC 1916-004
    Lsns I Non Maj Voice
  • MUSC 1926-004
    Lsn I Non-Maj 3 Voice
  • MUSC 1946-004
    Lsns I Maj 1 Voice
  • MUSC 1996-004
    Lsns I Maj 3 Voice
  • MUSC 2916-004
    Lsns II Non Maj Voice
  • MUSC 2926-004
    Lsn I Non-Maj 3 Voice
  • MUSC 2946-004
    Lsns II Maj 1 Voice
  • MUSC 2996-004
    Lsns II Maj 3 Voice
  • MUSC 3916-004
    Lsns III Non Maj Voice
  • MUSC 3926-004
    Lsn I Non-Maj 3 Voice
  • MUSC 3946-004
    Lsns III Maj 1 Voice
  • MUSC 3996-004
    Lsns III Maj 3 Voice
  • MUSC 4899-003
    Special Topics in Music
  • MUSC 4916-004
    Lsns IV Non Maj Voice
  • MUSC 4926-004
    Lsn I Non-Maj 3 Voice
  • MUSC 4946-004
    Lsns IV Maj 1 Voice
  • MUSC 4996-004
    Lsns IV Maj 3 Voice
  • MUSC 6170-016
    Adv Lessons Nondegree
  • MUSC 6180-016
    Adv Lessons Major 1
  • MUSC 6181-016
    Secondary Lessons Maj I
  • MUSC 6190-016
    Adv Lessons Major 3
  • MUSC 6191-016
    Secondary Lesson Maj
  • MUSC 6899-001
    Special Topics in Music
  • MUSC 7190-016
    Doctoral Private Lesson
  • MUSC 7191-016
    Doc Secondary Lessons

Fall 2024

Professional Organizations

  • OPERA AMERICA. 11/16/2021 - present. Position : Member.
  • NATIONAL OPERA ASSOCIATION. 12/29/2020 - present. Position : Member.
  • Financial Planning Association. 11/02/2020 - present. Position : Member.
  • National Association for the Self-Employed. 09/14/2020 - present. Position : Member.
  • NOA. 09/01/2020 - present. Position : Member.
  • Professional Organization for Women in the Arts. 01/15/2019 - present. Position : Member.
  • NATS. 12/28/2016 - present. Position : Member.
  • NATS. 09/15/2016 - present. Position : Member.
  • AGMA. 08/15/1999 - present. Position : Member.
  • AGMA. 07/01/1999 - present. Position : Member.

Teaching Projects

  • The MOVE Project. Project Lead: Kirstin Chavez. Collaborators: Elizabeth Craft, Mary Ann Villarreal, Brooke Horesji, Pamela Geber, Kate Mattingly. Teaching Grant, Dee Grant, Social Justice Fund (SoM) 09/07/2020 - 04/09/2021.

Student Projects

  • Certificate of Entrepreneurship for Musicians. Elizabeth J. Peters. 01/13/2020 - 05/04/2020

Small Group Teaching

  • STUDIO Classes Joint studio classes taught with my studio and Dr. Keeton’s studio, providing a format for students to work with teachers other than their primary, and for students to critique each other’s work in a safe environment.  01/15/2020  -  04/27/2020
  • Studio Class for University of Utah voice students. We gather approximately 4 times per semester as a studio group to critique each other, perform for each other and to learn in a class setting, guided by students.  01/07/2019  -  12/16/2019