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Voice Pedagogy for the 21st Century: The Summation of Two Summits

An important special report, “Voice Pedagogy for the 21st Century: The Summation of Two Summits,” authored by the Voice Pedagogy Interest Group’s Writer’s Group cochairs Amelia Rollings Bigler and Katherine Osborne, along with several others, appears in the September/October issue of the Journal of Singing. More than 70 consensus statements from two summits of the VPIG resulted in a position paper that codifies the expanding competencies necessary for a contemporary teacher of singing and presents a vision of the ideal singing teacher’s education.

JOS-078-01-2021-11.pdf (application/pdf, 1245.1 K) posted at 3:38 PM, September 10, 2021

Voice Pedagogy: Reframing Bel Canto in the Twenty-First Century: Dovetailing Tradition with Science-Informed Pedagogy

In the Voice Pedagogy column of the March/April issue of the Journal of Singing, author Matthew Hoch explores the meaning, context, and viability of the term “bel canto” in “Voice Pedagogy: Reframing Bel Canto in the Twenty-First Century: Dovetailing Tradition with Science-Informed Pedagogy.” Hoch uses James Stark’s seminal 1999 book Bel Canto: A History of Vocal Pedagogy as a basis for reflecting upon the nexus between the classic master–pupil tradition and the modern science-informed era, and suggests an expansion of Stark’s definition of “bel canto,” adapted to the modern voice pedagogue.

JOS-080-4-2024-417.pdf (application/pdf, 460 K) posted at 2:05 PM, March 1, 2024

Voice, the Muscle of the Soul: Finding Yourself Through Finding Your Voice

Distinguished Frank C. Shattuck Professor of Music at Lawrence University and noted voice pedagogue Kenneth Bozeman’s May 2018 Honors Convocation address at the university appears as a Guest Editorial in the January/February issue of Journal of Singing. In “Voice, the Muscle of the Soul: Finding Yourself through Finding Your Voice,” Bozeman asserts that the voice is a sacred asset, crucial to how one connects with others, how one impacts the community, and how singing, a special form of voice, is an expression of the soul.

JOS-075-3-2019-245_-_Voice_the_Muscle_of_the_Soul_-_Bozeman.pdf (application/pdf, 336.3 K) posted at 11:44 AM, January 22, 2019

What a Shame! Limited Understanding of the Effects of Shame on Voice

In the May/June issue of the Journal of Singing, Elisa Monti and Lynn Maxfield, co- associate editors of the “Mindful Voice” column, discuss research about how the emotional state of voice users can impact voice quality and production, with a particular emphasis on shame. They note that there is “evidence that shame is rarely correlated with improved performance, much less learning,” and recommend that singing teachers “learn from other fields and work to mitigate their teaching practices that are likely to invoke shame in singers.

JOS-080-5-2024-585.pdf (application/pdf, 508.1 K) posted at 8:44 PM, June 24, 2024

What Science Is and What it Is Not

In the September/October issue of the Journal of Singing, co-authors David Meyer and John Nix explore questions of science — and crucially, why singers should care to know — in the first installment of their new “Practical Voice Science” column entitled “What Science Is and What it Is Not.” Their column is dedicated to making voice science concepts “understandable, relevant, and actionable for singers, singing teachers, collaborative pianists, opera directors, and choral conductors.” They aim to ignite the reader’s curiosity and demonstrate how science can transform the training of singers by enhancing teachers’ experience and intuition by applying scientific developments in the optimal function of the singing voice. Their new column is pitched to singers of all expertise levels.

JOS-080-1-2023-057.pdf (application/pdf, 194.7 K) posted at 2:36 PM, October 23, 2023

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