I love the change of seasons; it gives me a ritualistic time of reflection and renewal. A chance to honor where I’ve been and what is coming, and how I want to show up. My friend Jess recently told me that Feb. 2nd (Groundhog Day) is a more modern day version of the ancient Celtic holiday “Imbolc,” which is the halfway point between the Winter … Continue reading Change of Seasons – Change of Heart // Julie Dean
You know those moments when your mind is suddenly and irrevocably opened up and everything is different from that point on? Most of us have a number of those in our lives on a number of subjects, if we’re lucky (and learning). I have a handful that are directly related to my relationship with curiosity, which I didn’t even know I had, or needed to … Continue reading Cultivate the Curiosity Superpower in Voice Lessons // Laura Donohue
Why do we warm up? Some might say we do this for our vocal health, to exercises our voices, to prepare them for a long day of singing and talking. Some might use warm-ups as tools for technical mastery, to work out issues that arise in repertoire. Perhaps some of us warm up (or say we did) because our voice teachers always told us we … Continue reading Warming Up to Mindfulness: Using Vocal Warm-Ups to Calm Anxiety and Love Your Voice // Kelly Hoppenjans
I was reading this book recently about creating your dream life and one of the exercises in it was to write down your heroes. And I just stared at the page. For probably about an hour. Racking my brain. And then I cried. A lot. I don’t have any heroes. At least not in the traditional sense I understand. I wasn’t brought up being asked … Continue reading Heroes // Kat Reinhert
You’ve seen personality charts. From your daily horoscope and Cosmo quizzes to in-depth analyses like Meyers-Briggs and Clifton Strengths. We love to find out about ourselves, and personality charts are all about that! They become useful tools when the light they shed can help us, professionally or personally. As a voice teacher your personality and teaching style have attracted students and encouraged them to stay … Continue reading Read the Room with the SING Personality Profile // Meredith Colby
There’s never been a shortage of advice when it comes to helping singers improve. However, the most obvious question has never been definitively answered: What matters most? How is it that there are miles of books and research papers and yet no unified answer? At first, the search for an answer just leads to more questions. Does our curiosity set us on a path up … Continue reading What Matters When Teaching is What Remains After Lessons // Mark Baxter
Contemporary Voice Specialist Julie Dean talks about navigating anxiety in herself and her students during COVID-19. Continue reading An Anxious Teacher to Anxious Students in Anxious Times // Julie Dean
Contemporary Voice Specialist Jess Baldwin discusses ways we can be sensitive to the effects of trauma in our studios. Continue reading Incorporating Basic Trauma Awareness into the Voice Lesson // Jess Baldwin
Independent Teacher Mark Baxter discusses how struggling singers usually have no clue that an invisible entourage is to blame for their vocal restrictions, and how their ghostly gang should be the first thing you address. Continue reading I Hear Dead People // Mark Baxter
Berklee Associate Professor Marcelle Gauvin discusses her expansion from functional vocal pedagogy into artistic Wayshowing. Continue reading Becoming A Wayshower // Marcelle Gauvin
Singing in Popular Musics 