eil Semer teaches voice and gives workshops internationally on the subject of vocal technique and performance. His main voice studio is in New York. He teaches regularly also in Toronto, Paris, Basel, London and throughout Germany. In July-August 2010 he will lead the 14th annual Neil Semer Summer Vocal Institutes in Coesfeld and Aub, Germany.

His teaching combines the old Italian School of Bel Canto as expounded by Giovanni Battista Lamperti with scientific understanding of vocal function. The focus is coordination of the heart, mind and body.

His students sing leading roles in the world's most important opera houses and star in Broadway productions. In July 2004, he was the keynote speaker and master teacher for the Australian National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Convention in Sydney.

Masterclasses given around the world include the 5th International Congress of Voice Teachers in Helsinki, the first three Annual International Classical Singer Conventions, the Royal Academy of Music and the Association of English Singers and Speakers in London, two National Conventions of the National Association of German Singing Teachers (Hamburg and Wurzburg), the Leipzig, Hannover and Wurzburg Hochschule's, Swiss Voice Teachers Association in Zurich, Australian NATS Chapters in Sydney and Brisbane, Queensland and Newcastle Conservatoriums, two Canadian Voice Care Foundation Symposia in Toronto and Banff, NATS National Convention in Seattle, NATS Winter and Summer Workshops in Miami, Princeton, Minneapolis and New York, NATS New England, Mid-Atlantic and Central Regional Conferences, NATS Chapters in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, Wisconsin, Orlando, Salt Lake City, Michigan and Miami, and innumerable universities.

Faculties have included the Canadian Opera Company, American Institute of Musical Studies (AIMS) in Austria, New England and Boston Conservatories, New York University, and Barnard College.

Graduate of Manhattan School of Music.