Editor in Chief Matthew Hoch has announced the appointment of four new associate editors for the Journal of Singing.

Linda Lister, professor of voice at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, has been named associate editor of the “Mindful Voice” column. Founded in 2009 by former editor in chief (then associate editor) Lynn Helding during Richard Sjoerdsma’s 22-year tenure, “Mindful Voice” is a long-established and beloved mainstay the Journal of Singing. A well-published and established expert in yoga for singers and mind-body awareness, Lister will manage the column jointly with Elisa Monti to explore new intersections of the respective worlds of mindfulness, cognitive science, and singing.

John Nix, who for the past two years has served as associate editor of the “Practical Voice Science” column, will pair with Jeanne Goffi-Fynn as the new associate editors of the “Voice Pedagogy” column. “Voice Pedagogy” is the journal’s longest-running column, tracing its origins to Richard Miller’s “Sotto Voce” articles from the 1990s. Sjoerdsma renamed the column “Voice Pedagogy” in 2002 with Miller as its first associate editor. Nix and Goffi-Fynn, both students of Barbara Doscher, bring a wealth of complementary experiences, knowledge, and expertise to the column. Goffi-Fynn’s extensive nationally recognized work with student-centered voice pedagogy is sure to result in articles that will provide numerous practical takeaways for studio teaching.

Christian T. Herbst will join the Journal of Singing as associate editor (alongside David Meyer) of the “Practical Voice Science” column. One of the  newest columns, “Practical Voice Science” was established by Helding in 2023 at the beginning of her tenure as editor in chief. The new column’s mission is to make aspects of voice science relevant to teachers of singing. In recent years, Herbst has made several important contributions to the Journal of Singing in the arena of voice science. His work was recognized in 2023 when he was named the recipient of the Van L. Lawrence Fellowship, awarded jointly by the Voice Foundation and NATS.

“After careful consideration of many candidates for these associate editor positions, I am pleased to appoint these accomplished scholars of voice pedagogy to the Journal of Singing,” Hoch said. “I am confident that NATS members and readers of the journal will reap extraordinary benefits from the articles that will be produced by this exceptional team of writers and pedagogues.”

Additionally, Hoch has appointed nine new members of the Journal of Singing editorial board: Anna Hersey, Rachel Goldenberg, Ian Howell, Margaret Kennedy-Dygas, Tish Oney, Marci Rosenberg, Lori Șen, Darryl Taylor, and Kevin Wilson.

“Our new editorial board members comprise a wide variety of experts and specialists from every corner of our profession,” Hoch said. “I believe their appointments will position the Journal of Singing to embrace the content of the future. I am excited to work with them closely as we move into the next publication cycle.”

Linda Lister is professor of music and director of opera at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Vassar College, she received an MM from the Eastman School of Music and a DMA in voice from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Lister is author of the books Yoga for Singers: Freeing Your Voice and Spirit through Yoga and So You Want to Sing Light Opera and coauthor of So You Want to Sing Music by Women and Voice Secrets: 100 Performance Strategies for the Advanced Singer. Her articles have been published in Popular Music and Society, Opera Journal, Choral Journal, and Classical Singer magazine. Winner of the 2019 NSHE Regents' Award for Creative Activities, the 2014 American Prize in Directing, and five awards from the National Opera Association, she sings her own compositions on the Albany Records release Pleas to Famous Fairies.

John Nix, tenor, is professor of voice and vocal pedagogy, coordinator of the vocal area, and founding director of the UTSA Vocal Arts Laboratory. Previously he worked at the National Center for Voice and Speech, University of Colorado-Denver, and Eastern New Mexico University. He holds degrees from Florida State University, the University of Georgia, the University of Colorado Boulder, and holds certification in vocology from the University of Iowa. At Colorado, he studied voice and pedagogy with Barbara Doscher. Current and former students include two Santa Fe Opera apprentices, members of the Army Soldiers’ Chorus, a second-place winner in the National Federation of Music Clubs competition, and a two-time finalist in the American Traditions competition. Nix was the 2006 winner of the NATS/Voice Foundation Van L. Lawrence Award. He has published over 50 articles and was editor/annotator of From Studio to Stage: Repertoire for the Voice, vocal music editor for The Oxford Handbook of Music Education, coeditor and multiple chapter author for The Oxford Handbook of Singing and is coeditor of the forthcoming The Oxford Handbook of Voice Pedagogy (with Leda Scearce; projected publication in 2026).

Jeanne Goffi-Fynn is the program director and senior lecturer in the Program of Music and Music Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. Her areas of interest include performance across the lifespan (lifelong learning), applied studio teaching (student-centered), voice development and pedagogy across styles, collaborative mentoring, and ensemble singing. She is also a singing voice specialist with a focus on muscular tension dysphonia (MTD). Prior to joining Teachers College, she served on the faculty of New York University, the New School Actors Studio MFA program, William Paterson University, and the American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA). Additionally, she has completed internships in vocology at the Grabscheid Voice Center at Mt. Sinai Hospital and St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital in New York City. Jeanne has presented workshops, master classes and pedagogical presentations for numerous organizations, including the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS), New York Singing Teachers Association (NYSTA), College Music Society (CMS), International Congress of Voice Teachers (ICVT), the Voice Foundation, the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), and the International Society for Music Education (ISME). She is a member of the American Academy of Teachers of Singing (AATS) and serves on the board of overseers of Opera America. She is past president of NATS-NYC and chair of the NATS Mentoring Initiatives program.

Christian T. Herbst is an Austrian voice scientist and pedagogue. He earned a master's degree from Mozarteum University in Salzburg, Austria. In the course of teaching several thousand voice lessons, Herbst became interested in the physics and the physiology of voice. He enrolled in a PhD program in biophysics at the University of Olomouc, Czech Republic, from which he graduated in 2012. Since that time, he has been active as a full-time voice researcher and is currently affiliated with the University of Vienna and the University of Iowa. The focus of his work is on basic voice science, singing voice physiology, and on mammalian voice production. He has received 11 international research awards and holds Van L. Lawrence awards from both NATS and the British Voice Association. He has to date published 80 peer-reviewed papers, including three publications in the prestigious Science journal.