Whether you’re a singer or are involved in a sport, hobby, or job that requires excessive use of your voice, vocal strain or fatigue are potential concerns.
Is Vocal Fry Dangerous?
Vocal fry is the low pitch below what has traditionally been thought of as “normal”. It results from insufficient air flowing through the vocal folds.
World Voice Day: Singer Myths
Two singer myths associated with what it takes to become a professional singer: perfect pitch and the complicated relationship between music theory and creativity.
Becoming a College Voice Major: The ABCs and DO-RE-MIs
What is the curriculum and experience of a typical college voice major? What’s the best way to prepare for this adventure toward professional singing?
Celebrating Vocal Music for World Voice Day
Internationally-renowned British a cappella group The King’s Singers join us in celebrating vocal music for World Voice Day
A Career in Vocal Jazz
Do you love vocal jazz? Ever considered what it would take to turn your passion into a career?
Aspiring Opera Singers: Operapreneurship
Today's fast-paced and highly competitive professional music scene demands that aspiring opera singers become skilled at what I call “operapreneurship.”
World Voice Day: Vocal Warm Ups for Better Sound
Efficient and effective vocal warm ups for improving your sound, whether you sing in a choral group or lead or conduct a choir or chorus.
Vocal Auditions & Beyond: How to Stay Healthy
Staying healthy for vocal auditions is on the minds of every prospective voice major. Inevitably, the timing of auditions coincides with health concerns.
Studying Musical Theatre with a Music Emphasis
Musical theatre training offered through music programs instead of theatre schools and departments provides unique opportunities for students.
Dream Comes True for a Voice Major
Jack Canfield, Lawrence University Conservatory of Music voice major (’15), was one of 50 new grads whose dream recently came true. Jack is a national recipient of a 2015 Watson Fellowship.
World Voice Day: Dealing with Throat Tightness
With throat tightness a common problem, and in honor of World Voice Day, April 16th, we asked speech pathologist and singing rehabilitation specialist Joanna Cazden for her thoughts.
Noticing Changes in Your Vocal Range?
Are you noticing changes in your vocal range? Are you concerned about them?
College A Cappella? Yes!
College a cappella groups offer music majors and non-majors alike the chance to share their love of singing along with hands-on experience in performing, arranging, promoting, fundraising, and much more.
6 Tips to Protect Your Voice for Musical Theatre
As a musical theatre major, it’s essential that you understand and protect your voice for the long term. Professional singers are vocal athletes and it takes serious commitment and training to work in the field.
Minimizing Vocal Fatigue
Your voice can withstand a certain amount of vocal fatigue, but by singing too much, too loudly, or out of range, your vocal mechanism will begin to fatigue and your body will try and compensate.
A Career in Choral Conducting
Choral conducting is an exciting and deeply rewarding field. As a career, it offers the chance to serve others, a respectable salary range, and an opportunity for lifelong involvement and learning.
ABC’s of Voice Degrees
College voice degrees - knowing the difference can help a singer choose the right degree for his or her career path.
Voice Students: What is Healthy Belting?
Healthy belting is an extension of speech, so as voice students, if you do not have a strong, clear sound when you are speaking, particularly in your lower notes, you may not have a natural capacity to belt.
Celebrate World Voice Day with Silence
Sounds like an oxymoron, but World Voice Day gives us a chance to consider the benefits of silence. Here are a few thoughts on maintaining vocal health through the acronym of SILENCE.