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Managing Performance Anxiety: What is it? How do we face it? Cover
5/4/2024

Managing Performance Anxiety: What is it? How do we face it?

All singers face performance anxiety at some point in their vocal journey. In this article, I break down what performance anxiety is and discuss strategies for managing performance anxiety.

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4/29/2024

Kristin Linklater

Kristin Linklater (1936-2020) was a renowned voice and speech coach who became one of the leading figures in the world of theatrical voice training. Linklater was born in Edinburgh in 1936 and raised in Scotland. She trained as an actor and her most important mentor and teacher was Iris Warren, with whom she studied with at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA).

An In-Depth Guide on Touring: Kassie Carlson & Guerilla Toss Cover
4/20/2024

An In-Depth Guide on Touring: Kassie Carlson & Guerilla Toss

In this extensive interview, Kassie Carlson, lead singer of the American rock band Guerilla Toss, discusses the ins and outs of touring and highlights important details to consider for bands when planning a tour.

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4/16/2024

Chris Johnson 

Chris Johnson is an internationally recognized Voice Teacher and the founder of TeachVoice. With a professional singing career spanning 15 years and vocal coaching experience since 2007, he has spent years looking after professional voices, analyzing voice research, and working with leading experts to develop real-world vocal coaching applications. Chris understands the demands on performers …

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4/6/2024

How to Practice Singing Part IV: Creating a Practice Habit that Sticks!

In part IV of the "How To Practice Singing" series, I discuss practical ways of creating practice habits for singing that promote consistency by applying the four laws for behavior change to our work.

Building Resilience: Sticking with Singing Even When It’s Hard Cover
3/23/2024

Building Resilience: Sticking with Singing Even When It’s Hard

In this article, we will explore some principles I find useful for practicing singing that may help us overcome a "rut" in our progression toward vocal growth. Practicing singing can at times feel impossible, but a shift in mindset can potentially change that feeling.

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3/16/2024

Kenneth Tom

Kenneth Tom, Ph.D., is Associate Professor Emeritus in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at California State University, Fullerton. He received his A.B. in German and Music from the University of California Berkeley, with additional studies in musicology, literature and linguistics at Georg-August Universität in Göttingen, Germany. He studied voice with Susan Fisher Clickner …

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3/9/2024

NYVC Singer Spotlight: Nodar Khurtsosov

In this article, I speak with frontman of the gothic-industrial metal band Fellahin Fall and NYVC student Nodar Khurtsosov about his experience taking voice lessons.

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2/26/2024

Eládio Pérez-González

Eládio Pérez-González was a teacher and singer born in Asunción, Paraguay, in 1926. He began his singing career at age fifteen when he joined the Ateneo Paraguaio choir. In 1947, at age of 21, he moved to São Paulo, Brazil, where he developed his musical studies, started a family and began his professional activities as a singer.

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2/24/2024

How to "Sound Like You"? Finding Your Own Singing Voice

In this article, I discuss how singers can "find" their own singing voice by improving their technical ability and clarifying their artistic voice.