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Systematic Approach To Kinesthetic Singing Tools

Thursday 3rd March 2022, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM (London Time)

This workshop will focus on the use of kinesthetic singing tools during studio application.

Kinesthetic singing tools provide a more expeditious approach to a new sensory experience than ongoing explanations by the teacher.

Decades of voice research have provided an organizational template from which to study voice mechanics through five-voice systems: respiration, phonation, registration, articulation, and resonance.

This workshop will use videos from voice lessons to demonstrate what vocal challenge was observed that led to the selection of a specific kinesthetic tool filtered through a systematic approach.

This provides clarity for studio application to guide singers toward vocal efficiency.

Dr Kari Ragan

Singer, author, and voice pedagogue Kari Ragan holds degrees from the University of Washington (DMA) and Indiana University (MM, BM). She was the recipient of the prestigious Van L. Lawrence Award (2012), the NATS Foundation Pedagogy Award (2009), and the Wicklund Singing Voice Specialist Certificate (2010), and she was selected as a Master Teacher for the NATS Intern Program in 2021.

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