Coffee and Conversation -
The New Triple Threat: Three Myoneural Approaches for Releasing Tongue Tension (and Many Other Vocal Obstacles)
Saturday, June 27 • 7:45 a.m. to 8:45 a.m.
Presenters: Marci Rosenberg, Robert Sussuma
Location: Lecture Hall
As singers and voice teachers, there are many vocal issues and complaints that we encounter time and again. One of those is tongue tension. Using the release of tongue tension as a primary focus, Robert and Marci will share a model for optimizing myoneural connections (improving the coordination of brain, nerve and muscle) in singers of all styles. This model will provide the conceptual basis for a voice teacher or coach to work with any vocal issue from at least three basic angles: sound, movement and touch. This collaborative, interdisciplinary session delves beyond traditional voice pedagogy practices combining body-based approaches, motor learning principles and physiologic strategies into an experiential format. Interwoven throughout the session are multiple approaches of sound, movement, and touch including variations of semi-occluded vocal tract exercises, self-directed manual techniques, and movement-based sequences for releasing the tongue.
About Marci Rosenberg
Marci Daniels Rosenberg, BM, MS CCC-SLP is a singer and clinical singing voice specialist at The University of Michigan, Vocal Health Center specializing in rehabilitation of injured voices. Additionally, she serves as the on-site vocal health consultant to the Musical Theatre program at University of Michigan. She teaches workshops and lectures nationally on vocal health and wellness, managing vocal injuries in the vocal athlete, and application of kinesiology principals to voice therapy and singing voice rehabilitation. She is guest faculty at The New CCM Summer Pedagogy Institute at Shenandoah and served at Vice President for the Pan-American Vocology Association. Ms. Rosenberg maintains a private voice studio. She is co-author of The Vocal Athlete second edition and its companion workbook.
About Robert Sussuma
Robert Sussuma, vocalist, voice learning facilitator and movement educator holds a Masters degree in Vocal Performance and is a Guild Certified Feldenkrais® Practitioner. He leads playful, yet profound workshops in the United States, Europe and beyond. He has been a faculty member at Naropa University (Colorado), PACE University (NYC), Haverford College (Pennsylvania) and has been a guest lecturer at the University of Michigan (Musical Theater Department) and Harvard University (Music Department) and Barcelona University. In addition to working with Broadway performers, Robert coaches vocalists and ensembles online and in-person.
