Jon F. Clements is originally from Viroqua, Wisconsin. He holds degrees from Florida State  University (D.M.), the University of Missouri - Columbia (M.M.), and Luther College (B.A. in  Music education). He is an Associate Professor of music at Arkansas Tech University, where he  has taught applied voice, vocal pedagogy, and ear training and directed the ATU opera  workshop, University Men’s Ensemble, and Concert Chorale. On stage, Dr. Clements has sung a  variety of roles from Papageno to Billy Bigelow. Most recently he has been the featured bass  soloist in Haydn’s The Seasons and Handel’s Judas Maccabaeus with The Chamber Singers of  Iowa City and Mozart’s “Requiem” with the Praeclara Vocal Company in Little Rock, Arkansas.