Dana Rice Guidroz
Dana Rice Guidroz, DMA
Visiting Assistant Professor
GPAC 220D | 936.294.4901 | drg059@shsu.edu
Division | Voice
Dr. Dana Rice Guidroz has served as Visiting Assistant Professor of Voice on the SHSU faculty since the fall of 2021. She holds a D.M.A. in Vocal Performance and Pedagogy from The University of Southern Mississippi, an M.M. degree in Vocal Performance from Florida State University, and a B.M. degree in Vocal Performance from Baylor University. As a singer, Dr. Guidroz has distinguished herself on concert, music theatre, and operatic stages alike, performing leading operatic and music theatre roles with Mississippi Opera, Southern Arts Festival, College Light Opera, Florida State Opera, University of Southern Mississippi Opera, and Baylor Opera Theatre. Her extensive solo career in concert and guest artist recitals include appearances throughout the United States. In her earlier singing career, she was named state and regional winner and national finalist of the NATSAA young Artist vocal competition, a state winner and regional finalist of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, and a finalist in the the MTNA Young Artist Competition. She also received the Verdi award at the Mobile Opera Competition and was named a finalist at the Suncoast Opera Competition.
Dr. Guidroz has been teaching voice and voice-related classes for over twenty-five years. She moved to Houston, TX from Mandeville, LA where she taught in the talented music program. Prior to her tenure there, she served as Associate Professor of Voice and Opera Theatre at Mississippi College in Clinton, MS where she directed the opera theatre program and established and directed the Music Theatre Program. She also taught applied voice to undergraduate and graduate voice performance and music education majors. In 2007, she was presented with the inaugural Outstanding Young Faculty Member of the Year Award in recognition of her accomplishments as a teacher, performer, and scholar.
Students of Dr. Guidroz have been highly successful in performance, competition, graduate study, and teaching and are currently enjoying careers in all areas of music. Former students of Dr. Guidroz have received significant scholarships and assistantships to schools and programs throughout the country, including Cincinnati Conservatory, Florida State University, Ohio State University, and NYU, to name a few.
Dr. Guidroz is married to Tom Guidroz, a C.F.O. at IRISNDT, who has three children, Molly, a teacher, Annie, a law student, and Jack, an engineering student. Dana has one daughter, Hannah Rice, who is currently working toward a dual M.M. degree at the Thornton School of Music at USC in music composition and vocal performance. Together, they parent an energetic dog, Ziggy.