Dr Brenda Smith

Dr. Brenda Smith, DMA, is a lyric soprano, teaches studio voice, singer’s diction, and vocal pedagogy at the University of Florida in Gainesville, FL.  She is widely recognized for her contributions to the concept of lifelong singing through proper voice care. In 2022, Dr. Smith and her husband, Ronald Burrichter, co-authored Class Voice: Fundamental Skills for Lifelong Singing, a textbook for training voice in group settings. Brenda Smith is the author of Diction in Context: Singing in English, Italian, German and French (Plural, 2020) and So You Want to Sing for a Lifetime: A Guide to Performer, a publication sponsored by the National Association of Teachers of Singing (Rowman & Littlefield, 2018). Dr. Smith and Dr. Robert T. Sataloff have collaborated on a variety of projects to promote vocal health through choral singing. They are the co-authors of two textbooks, Choral Pedagogy, 3rd ed. and Choral Pedagogy and the Older Singer that unite voice science, vocal pedagogy with choral conducting. (Plural, 2013/2012).

Brenda Smith serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Voice and is a Consulting Editor for Plural Publishing. In recognition of demonstrated excellence in teaching and her interest in voice science, Dr. Smith received the Van Lawrence Fellowship in 2000, presented by the Voice Foundation and the NATS. Before joining the University of Florida faculty, she taught at Westminster Choir College, Dickinson College and Rowan University.