Paul Kiesgen holds B.Mus and M.Mus degrees from Northwestern University School of Music. He is Professor of Voice at the Indiana University School of Music . In addition to studio voice, he teaches courses in vocal pedagogy for master of music and doctor of music students. He served as chairman of the voice department from 2001 to 2004. His students have sung in major venues throughout the world.

Mr. Kiesgen has been a member of National Association of Teachers of Singing since 1973 and currently serves as Vice President for the NATS Artist Award. He was a master teacher for the 2000 NATS Intern Program. He has been elected to membership in the Chicago Singing Teachers' Guild and the American Academy of Teachers of Singing.

He was an invited speaker for the First International Conference on the Physiology and Acoustics of Singing in 2002 in the Netherlands, served on the planning committee for the 2004 Second International Conference on the Physiology and Acoustics of Singing in Denver, Colorado, and will be a presenter at the Third International Conference in York, England in May 2006.

He appears frequently as a clinician and presenter for national meetings of the Music Teachers National Association and appeared as a presenter along with colleagues from the American Academy of Teachers of Singing at the sixth International Congress of Voice Teachers in Vancouver in 2005.

Mr. Kiesgen has been a guest teacher at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the Royal Academy of Music in London, the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo, Accademia Internazionale delle Arti in Rome, and the Shanghai and Sichuan Conservatories in China. He has served on the faculty of the Aria International Summer Academy in Canada and the Brevard Music Center in North Carolina. His articles on vocal technique have appeared in Journal of Singing , Choral Journal and Classical Singer Magazine. He serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Singing.

Paul Kiesgen has performed leading roles with Opera Illinois, Hinsdale Opera, Skylight Opera of Milwaukee, Music Theatre of Wichita, Milwaukee's Florentine Opera, and Chamber Opera Chicago. He has sung with the Goldovsky Opera on three national tours and has appeared as leading bass in more than a dozen roles with the Israel National Opera in Tel Aviv. Mr. Kiesgen has appeared as soloist with the Chicago Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Wichita Symphony, Columbus Symphony, Chicago Academy of Early Music and the Chicago-based ensemble, Music of the Baroque. Other solo appearances have included concerts with Chicago's Contemporary Chamber Players and Grant Park Concerts, and performances in Italy with the Rome Festival. He has sung several leading roles with Chicago Opera Theater including that of Rev. Winemiller in the PBS television production of Lee Hoiby's Summer and Smoke for the Great Performances series.