Bio Joanna Cazden, MFA, MS-CCC, is a speech pathologist specializing in voice rehabilitation and a respected advocate for holistic, multi-disciplinary voice care. Joanna offers private services in voice rehabilitation and training, workshops and master classes for voice students, and seminars for speech pathologists and vocal arts teachers. She is a certified teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework, and is also affiliated with Nancy Sedat and Associates, a Santa Monica speech pathology practice. From 2001-08 Joanna was the senior clinician at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's outpatient Voice program where her clients included well-known pop singers, actors, broadcasters, and musical-theater artists. She was a clinical instructor for ten years at California State University, Northridge (CSUN), and has presented scholarly papers at major voice conferences in the USA and UK. In 2004 she was named a Fellow of the California Speech and Hearing Association, an award that honors excellence in clinical service, teaching, and community service. The daughter of composer and musicologist Norman Cazden, Joanna grew up in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New York, surrounded by classical, traditional folk, and protest music. She toured nationally as a singer-songwriter in the 1970s and was active in the anti-war, feminist, and environmental movements of the time. She released six solo albums between 1973 and 1997; her first album, The Greatest Illusion (1973), has just been re-released internationally. She currently performs with several ensembles in Southern California, and leads a Yiddish-language chorus with her husband, Scott Wilkinson. In 2000 she joined Pete Seeger and other folk luminaries on "Folksongs of the Catskills," an ensemble CD later featured at the Library of Congress.  Joanna studied voice with Ellalou Dimmock, Natalie Lemonick, and Jan Pederson, and is currently mentored by Catherine Fitzmaurice. She holds a BA in Drama from the University of Washington, an MFA in Acting from CalArts, and an MS in Communication Disorders and Sciences from CSUN.  In addition to her expertise in voice, Joanna  is an advanced practitioner of the Reiki and Theta healing systems, and a longtime student of yoga, meditation, and bodywork. These tools are integrated into her voice and speech services according to client interest and needs. Contact: Joanna@voiceofyourlife.com