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MA Voice Pedagogy Student To Present At PAVA's 2023 Symposium!

Thursday 15th June 2023

We are thrilled to announce that MA Voice Pedagogy student Caro Avilés has been chosen to present a paper at this year’s Pan American Vocology Association Symposium, which will be held in Miami, Florida, USA from 29th September to 1st October.

Caro's paper is titled ‘Training the Mixed Voice: how to blend M1 and M2 and how to avoid pressed phonation in high notes in CCM singers’, and she will be presenting via a workshop and micro-workshop.

The Pan-American Vocology Association’s (PAVA) annual Symposium will this year be housed in the Newman Alumni Center at the main University of Miami campus in Coral Gables, Florida, USA.

Congratulations, Caro!

Caro Avilés

Caro Avilés is a Professional Singer with vast experience in popular music styles such as Jazz, Bossa nova, Soul, R&B, Pop, Latin Folklore, etc.  She sings in Spanish...


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