Associate Professor, Department of Theatre, University of Utah
Research Associate, Utah Center for Vocology
​Private Voice Teacher, Salt Lake City, Utah

Singer

Select roles in opera & musical theatre

• ​Belmonte in Die Entführung aus dem Serail
• Ferrando in Cosí fan tutte
• Tamino in The Magic Flute
• Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus
• Remendado in Carmen
• Goro in Madama Butterfly
• Miles Gloriosus in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Select oratorio appearances

• ​Bach's Magnificat  and Cantatas 131, 140, & 211
• Handel's Messiah
• Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass
• Mozart's Coronation Mass and Solemn Vespers
• Orff's Carmina Burana
• Stravinsky's Cantata

Recitalist 

• Recitals for colleges, universities, and arts series
  • California, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wisconsin

Author

• ​Associate Editor, NATS Journal of Singing
• Columnist, Classical Singer​​
• Author
  • ​Voices of Influence: Exploring the Journey of a Teacher and Student in the Voice Studio (Bloomsbury Academic, Summer 2025)
• Contributing Author: 
  • Practitioner Research in Voice Studies, Ed. Rockford Sansom
  • Sing and Shout for Health: Scientific Findings and Future Directions for Vocology, Eds., Ingo R. Titze and Elizabeth C. Johnson
  • Practicing for Singers by Joanie Brittingham
  • ​The Voice Teacher's Cookbook, Ed. Brian Winnie​
• Additional publications:
  • ​Journal of Voice
  • Voice and Speech Review
  • VOICEPrints
  • PLOS Computational Biology
  • College Music Symposium
  • Music Theatre Educators' Alliance Journal
  • NATS Inter Nos Newsletter
  • ​Salt Lake Tribune
• Blogger at drbrianmanternach.blogspot.com

Educator

• University of Utah Distinguished Teaching Award
  
• Teacher of the Year Award, Cal-Western Region, National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS)
• NATS Foundation Voice Pedagogy Award
• NATS Clifton Ware Group-Voice Pedagogy Award
• ​Associate Professor, Head of Singing Voice Studies, Department of Theatre, University of Utah
  • Teach Studio Voice to musical theatre and acting majors
  • Teach Vocal Pedagogy to musical theatre majors
  • Teach Class Voice to acting majors
• Student accomplishments
  • Film, TV, and commercials
  • National and international Broadway tours
  • Off-Broadway and regional theatre
  • Cruise lines
  • Amusement parks
  Guest masterclasses​
  • Summer Vocology Institute
  • Alabama District NATS, Cal-Western Regional NATS, Utah District NATS
  • New York University-Steinhardt, University of Nevada-Reno, University of Minnesota-Morris, Saint Mary's College (IN), Snow College, Weber State University, Westminster College (UT), Salt Lake Community College 
  • RiseUp Children's Choir

Scholar​

• Research Associate at the Utah Center for Vocology ​
  • Faculty Excellence in Research Award, College of Fine Arts, University of Utah​
  • Co-author of 2021 Forum Article of the Year Award, Voice and Speech Review
• Research, Lectures, and Workshops presented for:
  • Voice Foundation Annual Symposium, Philadelphia
    • ​Voice Foundation - Mexico Chapter
  • Pan American Vocology Association Symposium
    • ​Toronto, Seattle, Miami, Minneapolis
    • PAVA 3rd Thursday Webinars
  • International Physiology and Acoustics of Singing Conference
  • Interdisciplinary Society for Quantitative Research in Music and Medicine
  • Voice & Speech Trainers Association Conference
  • Fall Voice Conference 
  • NATS National Conference
    • ​Chicago (2x), Las Vegas, 2020 Virtual Conference
    • Alabama NATS Conference
    • Cal-Western NATS Regional Conference​
      • ​Salt Lake City (2x), Reno, Long Beach
  • TEDxSaltLakeCity
  • Voice Study Centre, UK
  • Summer Vocology Institute
  • Univ. of Utah Voice Disorders Center
  • Utah Theatre Association
  • Idaho State Thespian Festival
  • University of Iowa
  • University of Notre Dame

​VOICE TEACHER
​Salt Lake City, UT