About

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"Newcomer Charles Dugan... has one of the most gorgeous singing voices you’ll ever hear on any stage anywhere." 

Marty Clear, Bradenton Herald (2017)

“Dugan's powerful rendition of It All Fades Away will bring you to tears.”

Carolyn Trbovich, Broadway World (2017)

“I was especially enthralled with Mr. Dugan’s voice, which comfortably rose into the countertenor range.”

Peg Goldberg Longstreth, Florida Weekly (2010) 

Dr. Charles "Chip" Dugan, tenor, is a Pennsylvania native. He is a clinical singing voice specialist and  voice and language development consultant at Mercer County Voice & Speech Partners, a voice professor at Grove City College, and the District Membership Director and Regional Auditions Coordinator overseeing Pennsylvania for the National Association of Teachers of Singing. 

Equally an artist and scholar, Chip is passionate about instilling "the confidence to create" in musicians, artists, and writers. His research on professional voice issues has been presented at conferences and medical settings across the United States. Current research is focused on laryngeal self-massage for singers and nonverbal communication for singers.

He earned a Doctorate of Musical Arts in Vocal Pedagogy and Performance at the University of Miami (2020), as well as a Masters in Vocal Performance from Florida State University (2007), and a Bachelors in Vocal Performance from Ohio Northern University (2005).

Dr. Dugan has training in Alexander Technique, Estill Method, McClosky Technique, laryngeal massage, voice science, vocal acoustics, sensory-cognitive language development, and mental health first aid.

Chip the author of two "chapbooks" and one full-length book of poetry. His lyrics have been set in song by award-winning composers Benjamin Montgomery (Florida Southern College) and Joseph Hasper (Grove City College).