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5 Voice Tips for Teachers on Summer Break

June 4, 2024 No Comments

The summer has arrived in the northern hemisphere, so many teachers are taking time off to recharge their voices. According to multiple studies, voice disorders are common in about 80% of teachers (Martins et al 2014). That’s a huge amount of individuals who need their voices for their job teaching the thinkers and leaders of tomorrow. How can we keep these vocally athletic teachers in great vocal shape?

Get Intimate With Your Voice: 5 Things to Know

February 5, 2024 No Comments

Vocal anatomy and voice production physiology are areas of knowledge I continue to seek clarification in. As a young singer, an inured singer, and

Are Children Too Young for Voice Lessons?

January 9, 2024 No Comments

Babies respond to music and singing with awe and wonder, and as soon as they begin trying out sounds themselves, they begin imitating what they hear with musical intonation. Children’s songs are full of life lessons, fun sounds and repeated phrases at higher pitches so their tiny vocal folds can match easily. Singing is joyful…but could we be teaching our children about vocal anatomy too early in their lives? Read More…

Resonant Voice Exercise is Better than Vocal Rest?

June 7, 2017 No Comments

What Kittie Verdolini Abbott likes to call the “Scream Study” shows just that. She and her cohorts (including Ryan Branski and Clark Rosen) took a group of 9 folks and subjected them all to the same task to “tax” their vocal fold tissue (talking loudly for 1 hour, with a few small breaks in between). Then, they separated them into 3 groups.