Frank Wayne Ragsdale

Background

Ragsdale, Frank Wayne was born on December 10, 1965 in Dallas, Texas, United States.

Education

Bachelor of Music, Atlantic Union College, South Lancaster, Massachusetts, 1990. Master of Music, Longy School of Music, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1994. Doctor in Museum Arts, University Miami, Florida, 2004.

Career

Assistant professor of voice Columbia Union College, Takoma Park, Maryland, 1994—1998. Associate professor of voice Oklahoma City University, since 2004. Teaching assistant University Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, 2001—2004.

Young artist studio manager Florida Grand Opera, Coral Gables, 1999—2001. Dramatic interpretation coach University of Miami in Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria, since 2003. Performer in venues including Carnegie Hall, New York, Avery Fischer Hall, New York, Cairo Opera House, Notre Dame, Paris and Martin-in-the-Fields, London.

Achievements

• Frank Wayne Ragsdale has been listed as a noteworthy voice educator, singer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of College Music Society, National Association of Teachers of Singing, Pi Kappa Lambda (honorary).

Interests

• Cooking, reading, exercise.

Connections

Son of Dorothy Joyce Goodall and Dannie Murle Ragsdale, Ronald Goodall (Stepfather) and Lynda Ragsdale (Stepmother).

Father:

Dorothy Joyce Goodall

Mother:

Dannie Murle Ragsdale