About Ian Bentley
“Teaching music is my passion. My clients range from beginners just finding their voice to singers who have appeared on Broadway, toured nationally in bands, and recorded on major record labels. I’m proud to work with all of them.”
Ian Bentley is a tenor and National Center for Voice and Speech trained vocologist, who has been singing and teaching in and around NYC for the past 15 years. Equally at home in both opera and musical theater, he has performed extensively in opera roles such as Remendado (Carmen), Monostatos (Die Zauberflote), Goro (Madama Butterfly), Arturo (Lucia di Lammermoor), Witch (Hansel and Gretel), Four Servants (Les Contes d’Hoffmann) and Spoletta (Tosca) and musical theater roles including Jack (Into the Woods) and Hero (A Funny Things Happened on the Way to the Forum). Ian has been on the faculty at The Diller-Quaile School of Music since 2010 and Little Red School House since 2007, and formerly taught group and private voice lessons at Binghamton University.
Ian maintains a private voice studio in NYC where he works with singers of all levels. His students have appeared on and off Broadway, toured nationally with bands, recorded on major record labels, and have received accolades from numerous performing arts organizations.
Ian holds a BM in Vocal Performance from New York University, a MM in Opera Performance from Binghamton University, and a Certificate in Vocology from the University of Utah. He is a member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing, the New York Singing Teachers Association, the Pan-American Vocology Association, and the Voice and Speech Trainers Association. Ian is a proud Estill Master Trainer.
Ian also teaches online music classes for infants, toddlers, and pre-schoolers.
