LARRY GERBER, Professor of Voice, received his Bachelor of Music degree from Fort Hays Kansas State University and his Master of Music degree from Colorado State University. Mr. Gerber received additional operatic training as an Apprentice Artist with the Santa Fe opera and as a member of the Merola Opera Program in San Francisco. Mr. Gerber has performed opera, oratorio and recitals in the United States, Europe, the Caribbean, Central America, and Pakistan.

Among the many operatic roles he has performed are: Tamino (The Magic Flute), Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni), Rodolfo (La Bohème), Count Almaviva (Il barbiere di Siviglia) and Lysander (A Midsummer Night's Dream). As tenor soloist, he has been heard in numerous oratorios such as : Messiah, Mozart Requiem, The Creation, Elijah, Bach St. John Passion and St. Matthew Passion. He has been a principal artist with The National Opera of Costa Rica, Orlando Opera, Charlotte Opera, Birmingham Civic Opera, Atlanta Symphony, Charleston Opera, Dallas Bach Society, Jacksonville Symphony, The Classical Music Seminar in Eisenstadt, Austria, Shreveport Opera, Brevard Music Center, Greenville (SC) Symphony, Tallahassee Symphony, and Florida State Opera.

Mr. Gerber teaches voice, vocal pedagogy and the Men's Chorus. Since 1990 he has received three awards for outstanding teaching from Florida State University. Mr. Gerber has also held teaching positions at the University of Alabama and the South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities. Recently, he has been active teaching for the Florida State University International Programs. During the Fall 2001 semester, he served as Academic Administrator of the Spain Program in Valencia. He has also taught for Florida State University in London and Munich.