Articles On All Things #VoicePed
I don’t always write down my #voicepedthoughts, but when I do?
This is where I put them.
#FriFavFive – Five #ActualPedagogy Resources
As I talked about in last week's Live Office Hours (watch the replay on Facebook, YouTube, or Vimeo), classes, books, courses, conferences, and symposia often say that they're offering "pedagogy" when what they're *actually* offering is anatomy and physiology or acoustics or body awareness or neuroscience or any number of other (terrific!)...
#FriFavFive – Five Voice-Related Anatomy Resources I’ve Found Useful
So … there are a LOT of books out there with diagrams and explanations and allll the physiology (ie the 'this is how this stuff works' info) but sometimes you just want something (relatively) simple with some clear pictures that will give you more clarity about one thing or the other. Just a little more clarity. And sometimes you just want...
#FriFavFive – Five Resources to Support Your Anti-Fat Bias Journey
As I mentioned in an earlier post this week, anti-fat bias runs rampant in performance spaces. In Western culture, we tend to consider the voices of folks who we perceive to have more positive characteristics as being more valuable or having higher worth. In the voice studio, when we believe that folks have positive character traits (such as...
#FriFavFive – Five of the Worst Best Singers of All Time
If you know me at all, you know that I'm using the word "worst" here with my tongue FIRMLY IN CHEEK. And you might also know that ALL of these incredible singers are in regular rotation on my playlist. My point is just this: The world needs to hear what you have to say. And if you choose to speak to the world using your singing voice, I hope you...
#FriFiveFavs – Five quick reads that will change the way you give feedback in the voice studio
One of the things we're talking about (and practicing) a LOT in The VPUD are better ways to give feedback to the singers we work with. Ways that model formative assessment methods and support their agency. So I thought that, for this week's FriFavFive, I'd offer a few quick reads that I hope will give you some ideas of why and how to change the...
8 Ways to Learn VoicePed without Reading a Text
Neurodivergence in the Voice Studio
Something you may not know about me is that both of my children are neurodivergent.
“breath support” (three things to say or do instead of using that term)
Sometimes we use the phrase “breath support” when what we really mean is, well, something else.
tongue tension … blarg
tongue tension is a thing. so i went live to talk about it.
body, breath, voice
if you’re exhausted by online teaching, here’s a little reminder of something you already know xo