GENE RAYMOND is a Seth Riggs Speech Level Singing Instructor. He has been teaching and studying for nearly thirty years. He has studied with Michael Goodrich, Brett Manning, Tom McKinney, Jeffrey Skouson, Wendy Parr, David Stroud and Seth Riggs. Gene received his Bachelor of Arts in Performance with certification to teach degree from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater in 1974 and his Master of Music Education degree from Indiana University in 1983. Gene taught high school choral music at Mooresville High School in Indiana from 1976 to 1988 and high school choral music, classical guitar, and recording arts at the prestigious McCallum High School Fine Arts Academy in Austin, Texas from 1989 to present. Gene's choirs have won many awards including three consecutive championships at the Opryland Show Choir Invitational and several University Interscholastic League Awards including both Concert and Sightreading. In 1987 he directed the Pan Am Games Opening Ceremony chorus in Indianapolis. Over his career Gene has been musical director of twenty-four musical theater productions. In 2004 his recording arts program was selected as the cover story of the Education Music Technology magazine. He is currently in the early stages of developing a record label and publishing company through the Fine Arts Academy. Gene's private vocal studio includes singers of classic vocal music, pop music, musical theater, country, rock, and heavy metal. Gene also serves as vocal consultant to CardinalZen Music Group.