Matt Edwards

Associate Professor of Voice, Shenandoah Conservatory Artistic Director of the CCM Vocal Pedagogy Institute

Monthly Archives: June, 2016

Mix it up Monday: Simple yet effective tongue stretches

It is a busy time at Shenandoah Conservatory as we get ready welcome voice teachers from around the world to the 14th Annual CCM Vocal Pedagogy Institute. Therefore, today’s post … Continue reading

June 28, 2016 · 2 Comments

A mixing exercise for Mix it up Monday!

Aaron Johnson, PhD is a researcher, educator, clinician, and performer who was most recently on the faculty of University Illinois Urbana-Champaign and will be joining the Department of Otolaryngology at New … Continue reading

June 20, 2016 · 2 Comments

Technology Thursday: FREE pedagogy books from Project Gutenberg

The Project Gutenberg began in 1971 when Michael Stern Hart, inventor of the eBook, started digitizing and distributing books in the public domain. As of October 2015, the Project Gutenberg website has … Continue reading

June 16, 2016 · Leave a comment

Mix it up Monday: A register blending exercise from Richard Miller

Richard Miller’s book “Solutions for Singers: Tools for performers and teachers” is full of great ideas on how to troubleshoot common technical issues. On pages 140-141, Miller answers the question “How … Continue reading

June 13, 2016 · 3 Comments

Technology Thursday: FREE videos from the Berklee College of Music Learning Center

Last week I had the pleasure of presenting at the Association of Popular Music Education at Berklee in Boston (if you have never heard of APME before, check them out here … Continue reading

June 9, 2016 · Leave a comment

Mix it up Monday: A few thoughts from Cornelius Reid

I was reading through the first chapter of Cornelius Reid’s “The Free Voice: A guide to natural singing” on the plane home from the APME conference and these two paragraphs … Continue reading

June 6, 2016 · 5 Comments

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