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After The Session
After The Session: Diagnosis and Treatment of 4 Professional Performers Attending a Specialist SLT-Led Performers’ Voice Clinic at a Tertiary Level London Hospital with Tori Burnay
Voice Study Centre
Friday 14th July 2023This fascinating short course began with Tori giving an overview of her job role and the South London Voice, Airway & Swallow Centre (SOLVAS) team in which she works. She talked through the function of the Voice Specialist Speech and Language Therapist and the aim of an SLT intervention, and made her intro very relevant to singers and performers despite SLTs’ primary focus usually being on the speaking voice.
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After The Session: Dynamic Coordination - Posture through an Alexander Technique Lens with Michele Capalbo
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Wednesday 12th July 2023Michele Capalbo’s hour-long short course explored both common and alternative postural models for singers, taking into account the Alexander Technique (AT), and provided some practical approaches to ‘discovering a dynamic, efficient balance’.
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After The Session: The Diaphragm in Voice - A Touch-Based Approach with Walt Fritz
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Friday 7th July 2023Physical therapist and MA Voice Pedagogy student Walt Fritz’s two-hour short course explored the effectiveness of manual therapy in treating diaphragm-related issues as well as strategies for improving awareness and strength.
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After The Session: Singing as Pregnancy and Postpartum Exercise with Hayley Williams
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Thursday 6th July 2023Hayley Williams’ pregnancy and postpartum lecture sought to create a singing method to educate and rehabilitate pregnant and postpartum women.
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After The Session: Training the Passaggi of Classical Genre Voices with Ken Bozeman
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Friday 30th June 2023Ken Bozeman’s classical passaggi short course began by discussing acoustic and laryngeal vocal registers and the two primary register transition zones (passaggi) – lower and higher – with a focus on the lower passaggio.
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After The Session: New Directions in Singing for Health Research and Practice with Professor Stephen Clift
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Friday 23rd June 2023This insightful lunchtime lecture from Professor Stephen Clift discussed the intrinsic wellbeing value of music and singing while delving into recent research trends and randomised controlled trials relating to the subject at hand.
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After The Session: Prosody as a Process of Meaning Making with Rein Ove Sikveland
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Friday 16th June 2023So, what is prosody? What are its features and why should they be studies? Who does it affect? Conversation analyst Rein Ove Sikveland’s ‘Prosody as a Process of Meaning Making’ lecture on Thursday 15th June 2023 provided an expert’s answer to all these questions and more.
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After The Session: Getting The House In Order
Voice Study Centre
Friday 25th November 2022Voice Study Centre Lecturer, Sophie Scott, fills us in with a review on Chris Johnson’s course ‘Getting The House In Order: Training Functional Register For CCM‘
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