Eric Owens is a Grammy Award and Marian Anderson Award-winner and was named Musical America’s "Vocalist of the Year" in 2017. He has appeared with many of the world's leading opera houses, including the Metropolitan, Paris (Bastille), Chicago, Houston, and Los Angeles Operas, the New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, and Chicago Symphony, among many others.

Owens will work with six SMTD voice students, followed by a Q&A. UMS is presenting Owens and SMTD graduate Lawrence Brownlee, tenor, in recital on Saturday, March 16 at 8:00 p.m. in Hill Auditorium.