Mix it Up Monday: The “hat game” (for kids)
Viola Spolin (1906-1994) was an American acting teacher and educator who is largely responsible for creating the idea of “theatre games” in the United States. Spolin’s son Paul Sills was … Continue reading
MTR INTERVIEW #2: Matthew Edwards on The NEW CCM Vocal Pedagogy Institute
A special thanks to Kevin Michael Jones for the interview. This post is full of information about the new CCM Institute at Shenandoah Conservatory. Hope to see you there! ~Matt … Continue reading
Technology Thursday: FREE and low cost online courses
The idea for today’s article came from a post by Tracey Ford in the Professional Voice Teachers Facebook group (if you haven’t yet, join this wonderful group). As Tracey pointed out, … Continue reading
Mix it up Monday: The blow ball game
Over the past few months I’ve had several requests to include demonstrations in my posts. So this week I decided to start playing around with video! From now on I will … Continue reading
Research Survey: Need your help!
Today I am writing to ask for your help on an important research project. My SU colleague and CCM Institute c0-founder Edrie Means Weekly and her colleagues Rachelle Fleming, Gwen Korovin, … Continue reading
Technology Thursday: Real-time MRI IPA Chart
Imagine if you could see every movement of the vocal tract that occurs when producing all of the vowels and consonants in the IPA chart. YOU CAN! The Speech Production … Continue reading
Mix it up Monday: Sliding around the trouble spots
I have watched many masterclass where the teacher had the student slide up to a trouble spot or “siren” around the pitch to find release. It is a very useful indirect … Continue reading
Technology Thursday: Inside “Hamilton’s” sound design
If you haven’t heard of “Hamilton” yet, look it up on Spotify and start listening. It is hands down the most exciting show in recent musical theatre history. Rap has … Continue reading
Mix it up Monday: A fun interval exercise
Today’s exercise is a pretty straight forward way to help improve your students’ ears. It is helpful for singers of all styles to understand intervals but it is even more … Continue reading
Technology Thursday: Sheet protectors and dry erase markers
I debated on whether or not to include this on the technology series, but since Wikipedia says that technology is “the collection of techniques, skills, methods and processes used … in the … Continue reading
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