(Actor/Vocal Teacher/Music Director/Pianist) holds a M.M. in Vocal Performance in Musical Theatre as well as an Advanced Certificate in Vocal Pedagogy from NYU. Tyler is currently an Adjunct professor of voice at NYU: Steinhardt as well as an actor/singer and a music director/pianist living in New York City. He has been playing on stage since he was 8 years old when he played Tommy in Ah Wilderness! He has performed in a variety of genres from musical theatre to opera to Art Song/Oratorio recitals. A few other favorite roles he has played include Wolf/Woodsman in Little Red Riding Hood, Chip in On the Town, Mr. Koffner in The Consul, and Hero in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. Tyler has served as an assistant music director at Eastern Michigan University and various theaters through-out Michigan. He regularly presents master classes in vocal production at high schools throughout the New York City area and across the United States, and has taught vocal health internationally for Broadway Mexico, Broadway Korea, Broadway India, Broadway Germany, and London’s West End. Tyler also teaches voice, as well as vocal coaches/music directs, at French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts where he teaches young, aspiring singers and actors how to use their voices to promote a healthy and sustained career in the performing arts. tylerknauf.com