Associate Lecturers/Guest Speakers
Wolfgang Saus
Wolfgang Saus is an overtone singer, classical baritone, singing teacher, voice coach, voice researcher and author. His website is a base for overtone singers...
Rebecca Moseley-Morgan
Rebecca Moseley-Morgan was a professional opera singer who trained at the RCM. She was working for major opera companies when she had to leave this career...
Sharon King
Sharon King graduated with an MA in Music Therapy in 2021. Her involvement with aphasia choirs began as a student placement with UWE and Sirona Care and Health...
Lorna Greenwood
Lorna Greenwood is the Breathe Melodies for Mums Project Manager at Breathe Arts Health Research, a C.I.C. designing and delivering creative programmes...
Rebecca Bind
Rebecca Bind is a postdoctoral research associate working at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King’s College London...
Mette Kaasgaard
Mette Kaasgaard is a PhD student from Denmark, affiliated with Pulmonary Research Unit Region Zealand (PLUZ), Department of Respiratory Medicine, Zealand...
Dr Jenevora Williams
Dr Jenevora Williams is a leading exponent in the field of vocal health and singing teaching. After a successful career in Opera, Jenevora turned her attention...
Natalie Eastwood
Natalie Eastwood qualified as a speech and language therapist from Sheffield University and has over 18 years of experience working with voice and swallowing...
Dr Hilary Moss
Dr Hilary Moss is Senior Lecturer in Music Therapy at the World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick, Ireland and previously the Director of the...
Yvonne Gonzales-Redman
Yvonne Gonzales Redman joined the University of Illinois Fall of 2008 as an Associate Professor andteaches a variety of students majoring in music education...
Julia Gerhard
Julia Gerhard is a speech pathologist and singer with a passion for interdisciplinary voice education and voice rehabilitation. She earned a doctorate in musical arts...
Celi Barberia
Celi Barberia has been working in music education for over 15 years, through fundraising and policy roles at Youth Music and then communications and marketing roles at Sing Up and has had a lifelong passion for the arts, education and working in charities.
Dr Sanna Salminen
Dr Sanna Salminen is an acknowledged music educator in her home country. She works as a university teacher in Music Pedagogy under the Department of Education at the University of Jyväskylä.
Dr Karen Leigh-Post
Karen Leigh-Post, Voice Department Chair, and Professor of Music at Lawrence University is internationally recognized as a pioneer...
Sing To Beat
Sing to Beat, is a network of singing groups launched in January 2018 by Canterbury Cantata Trust, for people with health conditions including Parkinson’s and Covid...
Dr Motje Wolf
Dr Motje Wolf was awarded a PhD in Music Education from De Montfort University Leicester (UK) and an MA from the University of Leipzig (Germany) in Musicology and Dramatics. Her research focuses on vocal pedagogy, epistemology and pedagogic knowledge exchange.
Johann van der Sandt
Johann van der Sandt completed his studies at the University of Pretoria, and his choral conducting at the Institute of Choral Conducting in Gorinchem, Netherlands. He is a sought after juror, composer and choral clinician.
Professor Aaron Williamon
Aaron Williamon is Professor of Performance Science at the Royal College of Music (RCM) where he directs the Centre for Performance Science, a partnership...
Norman Spivey
Norman Spivey is professor of voice and voice pedagogy at Penn State. An active member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing, he has...
Dr Joan Melton
Dr Joan Melton, is a leading researcher in cross-disciplinary performance techniques, and a pioneer in the integration of singing pedagogies...
Angelika Nair
Angelika Nair, Ph.D., is a professional singer, Vocologist, voice pedagogue, and owner of Pro Voce LLC, a voice studio providing private vocal instruction...
Dr. Diane Austin
Dr. Diane Austin, LCAT is the Director of the Music Psychotherapy Center in NYC, NY, where she has maintained a private practice in music and vocal psychotherapy as well as analytically oriented psychotherapy for more than 40 years.
Richard Lissemore
Richard Lissemore is a collaborative teacher, researcher, and performer of voice. He is equally adept at teaching vocal technique and performance for both classical...
Jeremy Mossman
Jeremy Ryan Mossman is a teacher of voice, movement, and wholistic expression, currently living in Ontario, Canada. He earned a Bachelor of Music in Musical...
Paul McKenna
Paul John McKenna is a Voice Specialist Speech and Language Therapist based in Manchester, UK. Whilst previous working in bars, call centres and as...
Dr Kittie Verdolini Abbott
Katherine Verdolini Abbott, PhD, CCC-SLP, Mdiv, is Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders and Linguistics and Cognitive Science at the University...
Dr Ron Morris
Dr Ron Morris is a speech therapist, audiologist and counter-tenor. Ron graduated from the University of Queensland with an honours degree in Speech...
Dr Dave Camlin
Dr Dave Camlin’s musical practice spans performance, composition, teaching, socially-engaged music practice and research. A singer / song-writer by trade...
Line Hilton
As a vocal, performance and resilience coach Line’s mission is to raise industry standards for vocal, mental and physical health and wellbeing in singers...
Dr Trineice Robinson-Martin
As an internationally recognized voice pedagogue in contemporary music, Dr Trineice Robinson-Martin has dedicated her career to performing and developing...
Professor Stephen Clift
Stephen Clift is Professor Emeritus, Canterbury Christ Church University, and former Director of the Sidney De Haan Research Centre for Arts and Health...
Filipa M.B. Lã
Filipa M.B La (soprano) holds a Ph.D. and Master’s Degree in Music (Singing) and a Licentiate in Biology (Education). The interdisciplinary nature of her background encouraged...
Dr Elisa Monti
Dr. Elisa Monti has a PhD in Cognitive, Social, and Developmental Psychology from The New School for Social Research. Her concentration is the relationship between psychological trauma and voice. Her mission is to contribute to further our understanding of this relationship.
Dr Bridget Sweet
Bridget Sweet is Professor of Music Education at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Illinois. She wrote the books Growing Musicians: Teaching Music in Middle School and Beyond (2016) and Thinking Outside the Voice Box: Adolescent Voice Change in Music Education (2019); she co-edited the book Motherhood in the Music Education Academy (2025).
Dr Elizabeth Ann Benson
Dr Elizabeth Ann Benson is recognized as a dynamic scholar, pedagogue, and performer. Her book, Training Contemporary Commercial Singers is hailed...
Melanie Tapson
Melanie Tapson is a professional singer, Singing Voice Specialist, and speech-language pathologist whose practice specializes in voice assessment and therapy...
Matthew Ellenwood
Matthew Ellenwood holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Illinois Wesleyan University and a Masters of Music degree in vocal performance and pedagogy...
Patrick K. Freer
Patrick K. Freer is Professor of Music at Georgia State University where he currently conducts the Tenor-Bass Choir and directs the doctoral programs in music...
Dr Marco Guzmán
Dr Guzman is a voice pathologist with eighteen years of clinical and academic experience. He received his Ph.D. in Speech Techniques and Vocology from...
Robert Sussuma
Robert Sussuma (MMus., GCFP), holds two degrees in vocal performance, has taught at many colleges and universities (including Naropa University, PACE...
Mary Saunders Barton
Mary Saunders Barton is a Penn State Professor Emeritus, currently residing in New York where she maintains a private professional voice studio. She is an adjunct...
Professor Janice Chapman
Professor Janice L. Chapman, A.U.A., F.G.S., O.A.M. is a singing teacher of world renown. Born and educated in Australia, she won a number of major competitions...
James Platt
James has been a professional soloist, singing teacher, vocal pedagogy lecturer and consultant for over 15 years. He is currently undertaking his PhD...
Nate Holder
‘Nate Holder BA (Hons), MMus is a musician, author, speaker and music education consultant based in London. He is an advocate for decolonising music...
Deborah Garvey
Deborah (Deb) Garvey is a voice, dialect and singing coach who draws on her training as an actor and singer. She has a B.Mus. and an MA...
John Nix
John Nix is Professor of Voice and Voice Pedagogy and chair of the voice area at the University of Texas at San Antonio. His mentors include Barbara Doscher...
Daron Oram
Daron is a principal lecturer in voice and teaches on the BA Acting Collaborative and Devised Theatre Course and the MA/MFA Voice Studies: Teaching and...
Dr Wendy LeBorgne
Dr Wendy LeBorgne is a sought-after voice pathologist, speaker, author, and master-class clinician regarding vocal wellness and vocal athletes...
Jeremy Sortore
Jeremy Sortore, MM, MFA (he/him/his) has over two decades of experience offering collaborative instruction to actors and other performing artists who seek to...
Marci Daniels Rosenberg
Marci Daniels Rosenberg, BM, MS CCC–SLP – Marci is a singer, speech pathologist and clinical singing voice specialist. She has worked clinically for almost 20 years...
Joshua Glasner
Baritone, Joshua Glasner, M.M., Ph.D. is Assistant Professor of Music at Clarke University where he teaches voice lessons (CCM, Musical Theatre, and...
Karen Brunssen
Mezzo-soprano, Karen Brunssen is Professor and Co-chair of the Department of Music Performance at Bienen School of Music, Northwestern University.
Leda Scearce
Soprano Leda Scearce has been featured in leading roles with the National Opera Company, Hawaii Opera Theatre, Long Leaf Opera Festival, Triangle Opera...
Jeanie LoVetri
Jeannette LoVetri is a singing voice specialist in New York City who began teaching in 1971. She has taught throughout the USA, Europe, Australia...
Jedd Owen-Ellis Clark
Jedd Owen-Ellis Clark is a voice and singing specialist, practitioner, researcher, singer, writer and performer, teaching voice studies and practical vocal arts...
Chris Johnson
Chris Johnson's performance career began in a casual choir, but then the joy (and, sometimes the fear) of stepping out in-front of hundreds of people...
Dann Mitton
Independent voice teacher and researcher Dann Mitton earned his Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance (Voice) degree with a specialization in voice pedagogy...
Chadley Ballantyne
Bass-baritone Chadley Ballantyne is Assistant Professor of Music, Voice at Stetson University. Previously, he served on the voice faculties of the University...
Ken Bozeman
Voice Study Centre Ambassador
Kenneth Bozeman, BM, MM,Professor Emeritus of Music, taught at Lawrence University for 42 years where he chaired the voice department and from...
Nicola Wydenbach
Nicola Wydenbach has worked on projects for English National Opera, Opera North, BBC, Garsington, Sing Up and Youth Music. From 2013-14, Nicola was Vocal Director...
Dr Michel Belyk
Dr Michel Belyk is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Edge Hill University. He studies the human voice, all the things that it says, and how it is able to say them.
Kelley Hijleh
Kelley Hijleh serves on the faculty of the Cali School of Music at Montclair State University, teaching studio voice and pedagogy, and also teaches voice...
Joanna Cazden
Joanna Cazden, MFA, MS-CCC is a speech pathologist specializing in vocal arts rehabilitation, now in private practice after 18 years as senior voice clinician...
Joanne Bozeman
A graduate of the University of Arizona, Joanne Bozeman has been a singing teacher for 46 years. In 2019, she retired from Lawrence University’s Conservatory...
Phoene Cave
Phoene Cave (BMus Hons, PGDip MT, MA) is an HCPC registered music therapist, a CNHC registered shiatsu practitioner, singer, vocal coach and clinical...
Heidi Moss
Voice Study Centre Ambassador
Heidi Moss, is a Bay Area performer, educator, and scientist. Noted for her “rich and radiant soprano” (Edward Oriz, Sacramento Bee) has performed on national and international stages...
Liz Jackson Hearns
Singers, speakers, and fellow voice teachers from all different backgrounds seek out Liz’s teaching for her ability to illuminate traditional vocal pedagogy...
Professor Robin Dunbar
Robin Dunbar MA PhD DSc(Hon) FRAI FBA is Professor of Evolutionary Psychology at the University of Oxford, an Emeritus Fellow of Magdalen College, and an elected...
Kim Chandler
Kim Chandler is a renowned CCM vocal coach & session singer based in Spain. Considered one of the “go to” industry coaches, she has a busy online studio in Marbella where she coaches a worldwide clientele of elite singers.
Barbara Houseman
Barbara Houseman’s career as a voice and acting coach and theatre director spans nearly forty years. She trained as a voice teacher at The Royal Central School of...
Dr Kari Ragan
Voice Study Centre Ambassador
Author, singer, and voice pedagogue Kari Ragan was the 2012 recipient of the coveted Van L. Lawrence Fellowship, which is awarded to candidates who have...
Dr Rockford Sansom
Rockford Sansom, PhD, MFA, is a voice trainer and theatre professor. As a voice coach, he has worked with actors Off-Broadway and in regional theatres, Fortune 100 CEOs...
Singing For Health Network
The Singing for Health Network is a UK-based membership network for anyone interested or involved in Singing for Health, including singing practitioners, researchers...
Juliette Caton
Juliette trained for a decade at Redroofs Theatre School, debuted in the Original Cast of ‘Les Miserables’, played Christ’s Guardian Angel in Martin Scorsese’s ‘Last Temptation of Christ’...
BVA
The British Voice Association (BVA) is the 'voice for voice' in the UK, an association of multi-disciplinary professionals who work to promote the field of voice...
VASTA
VASTA are a non-profit, volunteer-driven organization whose mission is to advance the art, research, and visibility of the voice and speech profession. We are dedicated to...
Voice and Speech Review
The VSR (Voice and Speech Review) is the official publication of VASTA (Voice and Speech Trainers Association) and is published by Routledge - Taylor & Francis Group...
AOTOS
The Association of Teachers of Singing (AOTOS) is the UK’s only singing teachers’ association. AOTOS welcomes anyone who teaches singing – at home, school, college...
NATS
Founded in 1944, National Association of Teachers of Singing, Inc. (NATS) is the largest professional association of teachers of singing in the world with more than 7,000...
The Voice Foundation
In 1969, The Voice Foundation was founded by internationally celebrated voice specialist Wilbur James Gould. At this time interdisciplinary care of the human voice...
Dr David Juncos
Voice Study Centre Ambassador
Dr David Juncos is a licensed clinical psychologist based in Philadelphia, PA. He received his Psy.D. and M.A. degrees in clinical psychology from La Salle University, and...
Benjamin Cosway
Mr Benjamin Cosway is a Consultant Head and Neck Surgeon and Laryngologist at the Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. He is an expert in the management...
Teresa Shaw
Teresa has focused on the voice throughout her career. She completed her undergraduate degree in music at Manchester University, her Advanced Diploma in vocal...
Kate Cubley
Voice Study Centre Ambassador
Kate Cubley (BA (Hons), MA) is an advanced level Voice Coach, Singing Teacher, singer and researcher working predominantly from her private studio in Cheshire...
Dr Leah B. Helou
Dr Leah B. Helou (she/her/hers) aims to ask questions and solve problems related to the pathways underpinning healthy and disordered voice and speech production...
Tori Burnay
Tori Burnay is a Voice Specialist Speech and Language Therapist who works extensively with singers and professional voice users...
Dr Robert Sataloff
Robert T. Sataloff, MD, DMA, FACS is Professor and Chair, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Academic Specialties...
Christina Shewell
Christina has worked for many years as spoken voice teacher, presentation skills trainer and coach in the business and education world. She is also a voice specialist speech/language...
Emily Foulkes
Emily gained a Distinction in her Master’s in Voice Pedagogy, specialising in Singing for Mental Health, Pain Management, and Trauma-Informed Practice...
John Henny
John has been a leading voice teacher for over 25 years. He has taught thousands of singers, including Grammy winners and top background and session singers. John's students have appeared on Broadway and in major touring companies.
Dr Jeremy Manternach
Jeremy N. Manternach, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Vocal/Choral Music Education and currently serves as the area chair of music education at the University of Iowa...
Professor Elizabeth Stokoe
Elizabeth Stokoe is a Professor in the Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science at London School of Economics and Political Science. She conducts conversation analytic research...
Dr George Musgrave
Dr George Musgrave is a Lecturer at Goldsmiths (University of London) based in the Institute for Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship...
Dr Julian Chen
Julian Chen received a PhD in Physics from Columbia University in 1985, then joined IBM Research Division as a Research Staff Member...
World Voice Day
World Voice Day takes place on 16th April annually. It is acknowledged across the globe, with the main goal being to increase awareness of voice and voice issues.
Matthew Hoch
Matthew Hoch joined the faculty of Auburn University in 2012, where he was tenured in 2015 and promoted to the rank of professor in 2020. His research program...
Dr Kathryn Emerson
Dr Kathryn Emerson is a Psychology Lecturer at City, University of London, where she teaches research methods...
Rein Ove Sikveland
Rein specialises in research relating to social interaction in the workplace, including crisis negotiations, and interactions between members of the public and service providers within health and commercial organizations...
Katherine Zeserson
Katherine Zeserson is a musician (vocalist, choir leader, arranger, composer), coach, facilitator and strategic thinker with over 40 years’ experience in vocal performance, community music, music education and arts leadership.
Elizabeth Blades
Elizabeth Blades holds both Doctor of Musical Arts and Masters of Music Degrees from the
Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY...
Margaret Baroody
Margaret Baroody is a highly respected singing teacher and Singing Voice Specialist with over 50 years experience in these areas of voice...
Robyn Paterson
Robyn Paterson has worked in theatre, film and television for over 20 years. She graduated from The Unitec School of Performing and Screen Arts in Auckland, New Zealand...
Marina Gilman
Marina Gilman holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from Indiana University, Master of Music degree from Ithaca College, and a Masters of Art in Communication Disorders...
Dr Ingo Titze
Dr Ingo Titze, educated as a physicist (Ph.D.) and engineer (M.S.E.E.), has applied his scientific knowledge to a lifelong love of clinical voice and vocal music...
Dr Brad Story
Dr Story received his BS in Applied Physics from the University of Northern Iowa in 1987 and his PhD in Speech and Hearing Sciences from the University of Iowa in 1995...
Justin Stoney
Justin Stoney is the Founder of New York Vocal Coaching, developer of the NYVC Voice Teacher Training & Certification Program, and author of the award-winning book "Sing Like Never Before"...
Brian Manternach
Brian Manternach, D.M. (he/him), is an associate professor in the University of Utah Department of Theatre. He is also a research associate for the Utah Center for Vocology...
Adam Roberts
Adam Roberts, MM, PAVA-RV is equal-parts vocologist, artistic director, and creative producer. He is Director of Music at Austin’s St. Luke United Methodist Church, cofounder of Resolution Creative...
Gillie Stoneham
Gillie has many years experience as a lecturer and specialist practitioner in voice & communication and counselling skills. She began practicing in the field of gender affirming voice and communication in 2006 and established a voice service at the West of England Gender Identity Clinic in 2021 as Consultant SLT.
Jan Svec
Jan G. Svec, Ph.D. is an internationally renowned Czech physicist performing basic research on production of human voice. He holds a MSc degree in fine mechanics and optics and PhD degrees in biophysics as well as in medical sciences...
Dr Julia Nafisi
Dr Julia Nafisi began her voice training in her hometown Munich, Germany under Kammersänger Friedrich Lenz and continued her studies in Vienna, Austria with, amongst others, Prof. KS Hilde Rössel-Majdan and Prof. KS Walter Berry...
Dr Geneva Mayne
Geneva Mayne, SLPD, CCC-SLP, TSSLD is a doctor of speech-language pathology and a
NCVS trained vocologist. She has twenty years’ experience habilitating and rehabilitating
communication skills throughout the lifespan.
Jennie Morton
After a long performing career as a Ballet dancer, West End Musical Theatre performer, and lead singer of a London-based Big Band, Jennie is now an Osteopath specializing in Performing Arts Medicine. Now based in Los Angeles...
Natasha Hendry
Natasha Hendry is currently a PhD psychology candidate at the University of West London with joint supervision from the London College of Music. Her research interests lay in Music Psychology, specifically in relation to Education, Performance and Wellbeing...
William Leigh Knight
William Leigh Knight (AGSM, FISM, ProfDoc) is a singer and voice teacher who trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (GSMD). His performances have ranged from song recitals and chamber opera to mediaeval church music drama.
Amanda Flynn
Amanda Flynn is the owner of a private studio in New York City with clients performing on Broadway, Off Broadway, national tours, international tours, and regional theatre...
Dr Patricia E. Zurita Ona
Because she has a long name, Dr Patricia E. Zurita Ona’s clients call her ‘Dr Z’. Dr Z is a licensed clinical psychologist in California, with undergraduate and doctoral specialised training in...
Dr Nina Kraus
Dr Nina Kraus is Hugh Knowles Professor of Communication Sciences, Neurobiology and Otolaryngology at Northwestern University. As a biologist and amateur musician, she thinks about sound and brain health.
Matthew Pugh
Matthew Pugh is a clinical psychologist, researcher, international trainer and Chairwork practitioner. He has worked in mental health settings for over 15 years...
Tobyn Bell
Tobyn Bell is a psychotherapist, researcher, lecturer and Chairwork practitioner. He has worked within mental health settings for over 15 years, including NHS and private organisations.
Professor Karen Burland
Karen Burland is Professor of Applied Music Psychology at the University of Leeds and is currently the faculty and university academic lead for work relating to employability and student futures.
Dr William Sauerland
Dr William Sauerland (he/they) is Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Choral Studies for the School of Music at Purdue University – Fort Wayne, conducting choral ensembles, teaching classes in applied voice and music education, and supervising student teachers.
Professor Rosie Perkins
Rosie Perkins is Professor of Music, Health and Social Science at the Royal College of Music, London. Rosie is based in the RCM’s Centre for Performance Science, where her research investigates two broad areas: how music and the arts support societal wellbeing and how to enhance artists’ wellbeing and career development.
Mark Moliterno
Mark Moliterno MM, E-RYT500, C-IAYT, YACEP (he/him) is an award-winning professional opera singer, voice teacher, yoga teacher/educator, IAYT-certified Yoga Therapist, workshop leader, and author.
Kristin Roney
Kristin Roney MM, CYT200, CYVT, REIKI III (she/her) is a professional mezzo-soprano, voice teacher, and certified yoga teacher based in New Jersey.
Vanessa Mulvey
Vanessa Mulvey balances work as a flutist, Body Mapping educator, personal trainer and parkour coach. She is a faculty member at the Longy School of Music of Bard College and New England Conservatory of Music.
Jillian Paige
Jillian Paige is the Founder of Meisner in Music, the premier class to infuse the Meisner Technique with singing. Jillian received her Master’s in Music Theatre from Oklahoma City University, her Bachelor’s in Classical Vocal Performance from Belmont University, and studied Meisner under Terry Martin (a direct pupil of Meisner’s), and Ted Wold.
Dr Amanda E. Krause
Dr Amanda E. Krause is a Lecturer (Psychology) in the College of Healthcare Sciences at James Cook University (Queensland, Australia). She also currently serves as President of the Australian Music & Psychology Society.
Dr Heather Fletcher
Dr Heather Fletcher is a lecturer and voice teacher at The University of Melbourne. Her PhD in music psychology focused on the practices of expert voice teachers in Australia and her research has been disseminated in both academic journals and conferences worldwide.
Dr Patricia Izbicki
Dr Patricia Izbicki is a neuroscientist and medical science liaison at Octave, as well as a classical pianist and harpsichordist. Her research focuses on understanding the brain mechanisms of complementary therapies, such as music training, in aging adults and persons with Parkinson's disease.
Dr John Seesholtz
Dr John Seesholtz, baritone, is the Director of Vocal Pedagogy at the University of Colorado. His most recent operatic performances include...
David Lane
Formerly of the Juno-nominated vocal quartet ‘Cadence’, David Lane is a jazz keyboardist and singer who has been beatboxing for almost two decades and has always enjoyed making strange sounds and exploring the limits of the human voice.
Lisa Popeil
Lisa Popeil has an MFA in Voice, and is a pianist, singing teacher and voice researcher based in Los Angeles. She has studied voice for over 60 years and has taught professionally for 40 years. As a performer, Lisa has performed and recorded with Frank Zappa as well as recording and touring with “Weird Al” Yankovic throughout the US and Canada.
Dr Rachel B. Goldenberg
Dr Rachel B. Goldenberg is a leading authority on singing and lung disease. Dr Goldenberg’s doctoral dissertation focused on the use of singing lessons as an adjunctive airway clearance technique for cystic fibrosis, and...
Dr Marisa Lee Naismith
Dr Marisa Lee Naismith is an award-winning vocalist, singing teacher, voice researcher, author, and podcast host who has worked in the Australian music industry for over 45 years.
Elizabeth K. Schwartz
Elizabeth K. Schwartz MA, LCAT, MT-BC (New York, United States) spent her music therapy clinical career working in early childhood music therapy and school-based music therapy practice. She frequently presents on music development, music-centred practice and the use of the voice in music therapy.
Ed Lyon
Ed Lyon is a classical tenor and therapist specialising in anxiety conditions. He studied at St John’s College, Cambridge as a choral scholar, then at the Royal Academy of Music and the National Opera Studio. For the past 20 years, he has been involved in the world of classical music at the highest level, performing major roles internationally on the opera stage and concert platform.
Professor Laura Bond
Laura Bond is a Full Professor of Drama and Interdisciplinary Studies at UNC Asheville teaching acting, vocal and physical expression, voice-over, voice acting, and emotional expression.
Dr Eva Wilde
Dr Eva Wilde is a researcher in the fields of music education and music psychology, and completed her PhD in 2019 at the UCL Institute of Education, University College London, UK.
Professor Graham Welch
Professor Graham Welch PhD is Established Chair of Music Education at the University College London (UCL) Institute of Education (formerly University of London), a role he has held since 2001.
Meredith Colby
Author, teacher, coach and speaker Meredith Colby is the author of Money Notes: How to Sing High, Loud, Healthy, and Forever, and the creator of Neuro-Vocal, an approach to singing for popular styles based on neuroscience.
Brenda Belohoubek
Brenda Belohoubek is a NJ State Certified music teacher, internationally certified ESL instructor, internationally certified ABNLP NLP practitioner and life coach. She manages a rapidly growing virtual studio (BB Studio via Go Full Circle, LLC) for voice, flute, piano, meditation, wellness, and life coaching.
James Barker
James Barker (he/they) is a PhD candidate in Music and Media at Newcastle University, UK. His PhD research explores the potential of queer reading as a strategy to assert LGBTQIA+ belonging in country music, using Dolly Parton as a case study.
Janos Fabian
Janos Fabian is a PhD Music and Psychology researcher, Music Psychologist (MA) and Director of Music (PGCE, QTLS, BA). He earned his BA degree in Solo Singing Teaching and Performing of Vocal Chamber Music from The Conservatory Bela Bartok of the University of Miskolc in 2009. Following this...
Jaron M. LeGrair
Jaron M. LeGrair is a singer, voice researcher, voice teacher, music director, professor, educator, author, and entrepreneur. As an entrepreneur, he founded the Jaron M. LeGrair Studio, an international studio that specialises in providing voice training and goods for vocal health for singers and speakers.
Dr Elizabeth Morrow
Dr Elizabeth Morrow, Professor Emerita, was awarded the degree Doctor of Musical Arts in Cello Performance from the University of Southern California. As a recitalist, she has concertized extensively in Europe and North America. An award-winning pedagogue, Dr Morrow has been an active presenter for the American String Teachers Association and Texas Music Educators Conference.
Nicholas Perna
Tenor Nicholas Perna is Associate Professor of Voice and Producer for Lyric Stage at Mississippi College, Vice President for Outreach for NATS, the creator and co-host of the VocalFri Podcast, and has presented research on four continents. His voice has been hailed by the Houston Chronicle as “an impressive sound", and the South Florida Sun Sentinel praised his “emotionally driven performance".
Elissa Weinzimmer
Elissa Maas Weinzimmer is an award-winning vocal health educator, presence coach, and the founder of Voice Body Connection. Elissa earned her MFA in Theatre Voice Pedagogy from the University of Alberta. She is certified in Body-Mind Centering®, Fitzmaurice Voicework®, and Hatha yoga (200 hours).
Claire Martin OBE
Claire Martin OBE has established herself as a tour de force on the UK jazz scene, gaining many awards including winning the British Jazz Awards eight times during her career which spans over three decades. In 2018, she was the proud recipient of the BASCA Gold Badge Award for her contribution to jazz.
Jerry Walsh
Jerry Walsh has been walking the path of dharma and meditation for 16 years and has been a student of the shamanic traditions for 12 years, undergoing intensive initiations under the guidance of his teacher, Maestro Manuel Rufino. Jerry is a gifted vocalist and multi-instrumentalist. He is a member of the sound meditation ensemble, Dream Seed, and...
Sarah Algoet
Sarah Algoet truly believes that your voice deserves to be heard! She has the privilege of working with a diverse range of singers and speakers at singsing!, the thriving private school and coaching practice she founded in 2007.
Dr Melissa Treinkman
Melissa Treinkman, DMA, is an assistant professor of musical theatre vocal performance at the University of Southern California, where she teaches applied voice and vocal pedagogy.
Dana Zenobi
Dana Zenobi enjoys a multi-faceted career as a performer, teacher, and voice pedagogy scholar. A champion of art song by women, her 2022 album and annotated score anthology...
Frankie Armstrong
Frankie Armstrong has has been singing professionally since 1964. In 1975, she began her pioneering voice workshops based on ethnic styles of singing, where singing is as natural as speaking.
Noel Smith
Noel Smith is a highly skilled singer, voice teacher, producer, pianist and multi-studio owner. She has grown her home office voice studio into a six-figure business that spans three locations, incorporates a network of teachers, and has a loyal following of 100+ students.
Dr Charlene Santoni
Dr Charlene Santoni is a trained opera singer, voice educator, researcher, and clinician. She has a Master’s degree in Singing Voice Pedagogy and a PhD in Music and Health Science with a specialization in voice from The University of Toronto. In 2014, she was awarded The National Association of Teachers of Singing Voice Pedagogy Award.
Hilary Davies
Hilary Davies is a Health and Care Professions Council-registered Music Therapist, specialising in music therapy with autistic people.
Carolyn Andrews
Carolyn Andrews is an independent speech and language therapist and senior teaching fellow at the University of Strathclyde. With 25 years’ clinical experience she specialises in adult voice problems and adult stammering, and enjoys walking alongside her clients and students to build their knowledge, practice and voice use.
Dr Yoon Irons
Dr Yoon Irons is Associate Professor of Arts for Health and Wellbeing at University of Derby, where she is director of singing research lab.
Michael Goldstein
Michael Goldstein is a Professor of Psychology and Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow at Cornell University.
Nicolás Hormazábal
Nicolás Hormazábal is a teacher of Vocal Distortions and Extreme Vocals with an emphasis on Rock and Metal styles. A pioneer in teaching vocal distortions in Chile, he has trained many singers of the South American metal scene.
Carissa Scroggins
Carissa Scroggins is a professor of singing at Southern Illinois University, a public institution in Illinois, USA. She is a lyric coloratura soprano, with roles like Die Königin der Nacht (Die Zauberflöte), Ännchen (Der Freischütz), and Constance Fletcher (The Mother of Us All) under her belt.
Nina Eidsheim
Nina Eidsheim is the author of Sensing Sound: Singing and Listening as Vibrational Practice and The Race of Sound: Listening, Timbre, and Vocality in African American Music, and co-editor of the Oxford Handbook of Voice Studies and Refiguring American Music.
Jennifer Rhodes
Jennifer works as a freelance Singing and Voice/Accents tutor, predominantly in conservatoire settings.
Adam J Moxness
Adam is an Instructor of Theatre and Music Theatre Voice in the Conservatory for the Performing Arts at Viterbo University.
Miriam van Mersbergen
Miriam van Mersbergen is an Associate Professor in the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Memphis where she teaches Anatomy & Physiology of the Speech Mechanism, Voice Disorders, Advanced Clinical Instrumentation for Voice, and Dysphagia.
Jenna Brown
Jenna has authored over 20 peer reviewed publications and conference proceedings, with recent publications on voice and choral pedagogy in the Journal of Voice, The Voice and Speech Review and Australian Voice.
Michele Capalbo
Michele Capalbo is a performer, adjudicator, lecturer, teacher and researcher. A Canadian singer with over two decades of international performance experience in opera and concert, her specialty is the music of Verdi and Puccini.
Kristen Murdaugh
Kristen Murdaugh (she/they) is a voice pedagogue, voice scientist, singer, and activist. An evidence-based, identity-affirming, student-centered voice teacher, she believes in helping her students find their most authentic voices through the intersection of cutting-edge voice science and tried-and-true voice pedagogy.
Megan Durham
Megan Durham (she/her), serves on the voice faculty at the University of Louisville and works as a singing voice specialist.
Heather Baker
Heather Baker is a Contemporary Voice Teacher based in the North of England and a Founding Director of the Institute for Vocal Advancement (IVA), delivering global training to voice teachers.
Dr. Lawrence Zazzo
Dr. Lawrence Zazzo is an internationally recognised countertenor as well as historical musicologist. Currently Head of Performance and Senior Lecturer at Newcastle University, he was formerly a vocal professor at both the Royal College and Royal Academy of Music in London and continues to perform in concert halls and opera houses throughout the world.
Jan Prokop
Jan Prokop, D.M., is the Music Theater Voice Coordinator and Adjunct Professor of Voice at Montclair State University. A founding faculty member of the Actors Studio MFA Program at the New School she later taught at CAP21/Tisch @ NYU.
Duncan Rock
Duncan Rock is an operatic baritone recognized for his performances on notable international stages and his dedication to supporting performers' health through his expertise in nutrition and physiotherapy.
Matt Edwards
Matt Edwards is one of the leading voice teachers for commercial and musical theatre styles in the United States. He is currently an Associate Professor and Coordinator of Musical Theatre Voice at Shenandoah Conservatory.
Andrea Caban
Andrea Caban is Professor and Head of Voice & Speech at California State University, Co-Director and designated Master Teacher of Knight-Thompson Speechwork®, and professional accent coach for film and theatre.
Beatrice Szczepek Reed
Beatrice Szczepek Reed is Professor of Linguistics at King’s College London, where she is the Co-Director of the Centre for Language, Discourse and Communication. Beatrice studies spoken language, particularly the phonetics and phonology of natural conversation.
Dr. Laura Cirelli
Dr. Laura Cirelli is an Assistant Professor in the Psychology Department at the University of Toronto Scarborough and the director of the TEMPO lab (timing, entrainment, & music perception).
Kim Steinhauer
Kimberly Steinhauer, Ph.D.,has devoted her entire career to the voice—in song, education, and research. As a singer, she has been employed in a variety of musical venues ranging from pop, musical theater, and opera to sacred music.
Anne Whitaker
Anne Whitaker is a California transplant now based in London. Her work as a voice coach spans professional coaching and conservatoire training programs including The Royal Central School for Speech and Drama, Mountview, and The Globe.
Catherine Brown
Catherine Kay Brown is an adjunct voice instructor at Immaculata University and a private voice teacher in Downingtown, Pennsylvania (USA). Ms. Brown runs ongoing mindfulness courses for people with voice disorders and is currently collaborating with the University of Miami on several research projects related to voice and mindfulness.
Nancy Summitt
Nancy Summitt taught K-12 music for 7 years prior to obtaining her Ph.D from the University of Memphis, and has held past professorships at the University of Tennessee at Martin and DePauw University.
Dr Luke Aldridge-Waddon
Dr Luke Aldridge-Waddon (he/him) is a Clinical Psychology Trainee at Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Oxford. His current role is within Psychological Medicine, focusing on supporting people experiencing persistent physical health conditions such as chronic pain and ME/CFS.
Marco Morbidelli
Marco Morbidelli holds a master’s degree in voice studies from The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and works at Mountview as Course Leader for the BA Performance programme (Acting, Actor Musicianship and Musical Theatre pathways) as well as Joint Head of Singing.
Celia Stewart
Celia Stewart, Ph.D. CCC-SLP, an Associate Professor at New York University, teaches Voice Disorders, Advanced Voice Disorders, Motor Speech Disorders, and Interdisciplinary Habilitation of Speaking Voice/Vocal Performance: Synergistic Remediation Effect.
Monona Rossol
Monona Rossol was born into a Vaudeville family, began working as a professional entertainer at age three, and continues to perform occasionally to this day. She has a BS in Chemistry with a minor in Math, an MS and MFA with majors in art and a minor in music.
David Meyer
A leading scholar and researcher of the singing voice, David Meyer is an active performer, teacher, clinician, and voice scientist.