VocalFri Podcast

The high voltage sequel to "Treble Middle Voice" has arrived! This time it's ALL ABOUT THE HIGH NOTES! #VocalFam Kayla Gautereaux and Yvonne Redmon join us back on the podcast for us to talk about every singers deep desire...how to hit that high note! We talk top of the staff transitioning and the infamous Whistle voice. Information, citations, exercises, concepts, we've got it all in this JAM PACKED Holiday season. Come open up a box of [ɔ] with a side of manual occlusion and amuse bouche of affect! This one's got something for everyone.

Words were all made up by someone, and wow do we love words in singing teaching! A little reflection on some registration terminology as we prepare for this Thanksgiving break. Also, a BIG VOCALFRI ANNOUNCMENT! And, we cover this week's pop culture news. Apparently there was a new No Way Home trailer? 

Our spoiler ridden Eternals review! Was the first MCU film to receive the dreaded Green Splat from critics as bad as they said? Did the audience respond positively? But more so...a sex scene in a Marvel movie?!?!?!? All this and more as we celebrate what was easily Marvel's most inclusive feature film to date. 

We are joined by Caitlin Moore and Joshua Glasner to tell us about their experiences to NATS' premiere mentoring program, the NATS Intern Program. Such great experiences to be had. Application deadline for this year's program is 12/15. Check out more on nats.org.

Emily Martin and Elizabeth McDonald join the #VocalFam to tell us about their MANY voice entrepreneur endeavors including Women on the Verge, EM2Connect, and From the Voice Of...Be sure to check out all of their great content and join the From the Voice of community. A really great conversation about everything from our failures leading to opportunities, ego in our profession, and how we can do the best to redefine success for our students and community. 

#VocalFam, did you know Sarah and Dr. P don't plan this radio show? We started out a bit like a Seinfeld episode about nothing. However, we led to a lovely discussion about what's true versus what's useful, Dr. P starting Phonation in undergrad pedagogy, and sharing a variation of an exercise from our Treble Middle Voice episode that Dr. P has found useful for treble Musical Theater singers. 

#VocalFam, don't miss this one! We were thrilled to host Kerrie Obert on the podcast to talk about her work and time with Jo Estill, 20,000 hours of stroboscopies, and her now legendary work on twang and pharyngeal shape. But, wait, there's more! She also shared some wonderful insight on the tongue and its impact on singing. 

A sequel to The Breathing Episode, Dr. P finally discusses when he does foreground respiration in lessons. Hint: it's when weird stuff is happening! Also we cover this week's pop culture news with the House of Mouse's big two lawsuits and RTD is back to helm Doctor Who.

Today we are honored to have Dr. Liliana Guerrero with us to discuss Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion. Join the #VocalFam as we begin our journey towards making space for these sort of conversations which are a focal point in today's society. As a voice community may we be a part of the incredible work that Lily and many others are actively engaged. One of the most important episodes we've done. 

#VocalFam! It's an old school VocalFri where we just talk about SINGING teaching! It's soupy here in VocalFri land and today's episode has great ingredients to warm your voice teaching soul. We discuss being able to alter strategies when a student elicits a negative response to your normal approach. Also, Dr. Perna has altered his teaching of voice acoustics in pedagogy class YET AGAIN, presenting Source Filter Theory alongside Transient Theory. It's globs of soupy timbre on this week's VocalFri!