Lectures & workshops
I love teaching voice and teaching-about-teaching! If I can help in an area not specifically listed here, please ask.
Topics for arts students:
- Vocal health and everyday self-care
- Introduction to Fitzmaurice Voicework
- Master classes in singing and/or speech
Topics for voice teachers:
- Vocal anatomy/physiology review and update
- Introduction to Fitzmaurice Voicework
- Breath principles for the voice in performance: what's going on, how to understand what your students do and where their problems are; and why it's good that there are many variations on what works.
- How the brain learns to sing: basic divisions of the brain and each one's contribution to vocal skill; how the throat sends us messages (or doesn't); getting beyond leftbrain/rightbrain myths about music; and what all this means for teachers and students.
- The metaphorical language of voice pedagogy: what, when, why, and how to use imagery in voice teaching.
- Goals and outcomes: tools to help every voice teacher define expectations and goals; measure student progress; describe what you do to administrators; and get faster results.
Topics for speech-language pathologists:
- Vocal anatomy/physiology review and update
- Breath management for vocal performance: a theme with variations
- Hands-on relaxation techniques for the clinical setting
- Principles of voice therapy: Integrating body, mind and spirit in a clinical perspective
- Introduction to Fitzmaurice Voicework
Topics for public speaking and other business groups:
- Vocal health and everyday self-care
Partial list of past clients/venues:
- The Voice Foundation Symposium on Care of the Professional Voice
- National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) national convention
- American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) national convention
- Voice and Speech Trainers Association (VASTA) national/international conferences
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center public and CME/CEU programs on voice care
- Scripps Center for Voice and Swallowing
- National Folk Music Alliance national convention
- Toastmasters International regional conference
- American Academy of Dramatic Arts
- Schools of Theater: UCLA, UC Santa Barbara, Cal State University Northridge.
- National Women's Music and Theater Festivals
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