RUSSELL GARTNER

Singer/ Voice teacher/ Conductor/ Musical Director

The Actor's Voice Studio is the private voice studio of Russell Gartner, and the home of his video series "The Actor's Voice Conversations" started in the Spring of 2020 with close friend and colleague, Dr. Jonathan Ten Brink. 

Russ is an active professional singer, voice teacher, conductor, and musical director based in the Philadelphia Metro area. He has been teaching, and musical directing throughout the midwest and midatlantic regions for over 15 years and  his students can be found attending top university music and theater programs and on stages around the country. 

As a performer, Russ has several concert, musical theater, and operatic roles to his credit and has appeared with numerous companies on stages in OH, MD, DE, VA, NJ, NY, PA, and Washington DC. Recent concert engagements include performances with both the Vox Renaissance Consort and the AmaDeus Ensemble of Philadelphia, and as the tenor soloist in Ottorino Respighi's "Lauda per la Natività" with the Greater South Jersey Chorus. Recent stage credits include the role of Joe in ”9 to 5 The Musical” and as the originator of the role of Francis Scott Key in workshop performances of “O’er the Ramparts”, an original musical commissioned by the MD State Arts Council.

Russ holds a BM from Heidelberg University in music education and an MM in vocal performance from Bowling Green State University. He has taught on the faculties of multiple collegiate institutions and has maintained private voice studios in OH, MD, and NJ. Russ is currently an Assistant Professor and Program Chair of Music Department at Rowan College at Burlington County in Mount Laurel, NJ where he teaches applied voice, conducts choral ensembles, and musical directs for academic  productions.