How to Heal a Broken Singer Through Love and Play This presentation shares my journey: losing my professional singing voice and finding it again after two vocal fold surgeries. In the middle of medical routines and prescribed exercises, I discovered something simple but deeply essential: to heal my voice, I had to sing. Not as…
the significance of inverted positions in freeing the speaking and singing voice
Adapting Student-Centered Pedagogy Across Three Distinct Musical Genres The concept of student-centered teaching is not difficult to grasp. And yet, much of vocal training has evolved from the master-apprentice model, which has—for centuries—promoted and institutionalized a binary, hierarchical methodology to teaching and learning. This approach prioritizes the teacher’s perceptions, silencing students’ artistic and technical instincts.When…
Bridging the Gap Between Commercial and Community Music Pop Nation Canada is Canada’s largest contemporary choir organization, engaging more than 450 singers ages 6 to 65+ across diverse performance ensembles and recreational classes. Their model prioritizes joy, movement, social connection, and the celebration of uniqueness over perfectionism, creating a space where singers can grow musically…
The Lucerne School of Music is the only university in Switzerland that offers a degree programme in folk music. The Swiss Night will feature music performed by current and former students from this programme. Both instrumental and vocal folk music will be performed. The evening will be organised and hosted by Prof. Nadja Räss (Head…