Tyler Knauf
(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 (Little Red Riding Hood), Chip (On the Town), Mr. Koffner (The Consul), and Hero (…Forum…). Tyler has served as an assistant music director at Eastern Michigan University and various theaters through-out Michigan. He frequently teaches many master classes in vocal production at local high schools in the NYC area. 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.