Teaching

Dr. Rodgers has recently retired from full-time teaching, but is continuing as a part-time faculty member. She teaches voice and graduate courses at the College of Musical Arts at Bowling Green State University in Ohio, and with her voice science colleague, Dr. Ronald Scherer has spearheaded their recently added Master's degree specialization in Voice Science and Pedagogy. 

The College of Musical Arts is also home to the Mid-American Center for Contemporary Music, and is one of only two institutions in North America that offers a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Contemporary Music Performance.  The opera department, headed by Toledo Opera's Kevin Bylsma, offers two fully staged operas with orchestra annually, as well as scenes programs, student-composed and -produced MicroOperas, workshops, master classes, and other events.  

Dr. Rodgers is available for private consultations and group workshops by appointment, when schedule allows. 
Contact email specifically for teaching and studio information:   janesro@bgsu.edu


CREDENTIALS:

Education & Training
1976: A.A.S. Music performance (Horn); Onondaga Community College
1981: B.M. Music performance (Voice); College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati
1983: M.M. Music performance (Voice); University of Michigan School of Music
1988: Michigan Opera Theatre Artist Apprentice Program (Detroit)
1996: A.Mus.D. (DMA) Music performance (Voice); University of Michigan School of Music
2024: Graduate Certificate in Music Performance (Horn); College of Musical Arts, Bowling Green State University 
    
Primary applied music teachers
Voice:  Neva Pilgrim, Patricia Berlin, Beverley Rinaldi, Nancy Carr, Lorna Haywood, Trena Haan, Andreas Poulimenos
Coaches and conductors:  Eugene Bossart, Gustav Meier, Martin Katz, Kevin Bylsma
Horn:  Lorelei Carno, Robert "Bruce" Hagreen, Andrew Pelletier
Piano:  Sherman Schoonmaker, Alice McNaught, Keith Dorn
Violin:  William Bishop, Martin Feldman, Claude Bortel

College-level teaching positions past and present
Adrian College (adjunct instructor of voice) 1989-93
Albion College (adjunct instructor of voice) 1991-93
Spring Arbor College (adjunct instructor of voice) 1992-93
University of Toledo (Sabbatical replacement instructor; adjunct instructor of voice)1991-93
University of Michigan (Graduate Teaching Assistant in Voice) 1992-96
Grand Valley State University (Sabbatical replacement instructor; adjunct instructor of voice) 1996-2000
Bowling Green State University (Associate Professor of Voice; tenured) 2000-present

Memberships in professional organizations
NATS (National Association of Teachers of Singing)
NATS Buckeye Chapter
International Horn Society
Pi Kappa Lambda

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