of the Cleveland Orchestra's Lake Erie Opera seasons at Severance Hall. Vocal pedagogy pioneer Although he was not formally trained as a scientist, he was always intensely curious about scientific aspects of singing. He became convinced, early in his teaching career, of the value of information about the physiology and acoustics of singing; in 1961 he developed a vocal pedagogy forum, through a journal published by the Music Teachers National Association, for discussion among voice teachers, to encourage openness to scientific approaches to the teaching of singing. He became internationally known for his abilities as a teacher of singing; for many years he gave teaching sessions all over North America, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. He authored eight books and hundreds of articles on the subject of singing. Miller's collaboration with the Cleveland Clinic during the 1980s led to the development of the Oberlin Conservatory's Otto B. Schoepfle Vocal Arts Center (OBSVAC), an acoustic laboratory that measures vocal production and provides visual and auditory feedback to the singer. The vocal arts center at Oberlin was the first of its kind to be based within a music school. Notable students Notable students of Richard Miller include: tenor, Salvatore Champagne tenor, David Miller soprano, Megan Marie Hart baritone, Robert Sims bass-baritone, Daniel Okulitch bass-baritone, Donald Bell mezzo-soprano, Elizabeth Fischer Monastero soprano, Edith Wiens Overview of work as teacher and voice scientist Richard Miller was Wheeler Professor of Performance at Oberlin Conservatory, where he taught 42 years. In addition to founding and directing the Vocal Arts Center (OBSVAC) at Oberlin Conservatory, he was a member of the Collegium Medicorum Theatri and American Academy of Teachers of Singing and was on the Otolaryngology Adjunct Staff of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. One remarkable event in his 42 years teaching singing at Oberlin grew out of a great tragedy. On April 30, 1970, as the war in Vietnam continued to escalate, President Richard M. Nixon announced a U.S. military invasion of Cambodia. Nixon's widening of the already unpopular war in Indochina sparked protests, especially on college campuses. On May 4, 1970, four antiwar student protesters were shot to death by the Ohio National Guard on the Kent State University campus and two student protesters at Jackson State University were killed by Mississippi police. The killings of student protestors led to further anguish and turmoil on a number of college campuses, including Oberlin, and Oberlin College officially