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The eyes are often called the window to the soul, but they do much more than just convey emotion. They play a significant role in communication, particularly when it comes to how we resonate our voices.

Effective embouchure helps maintain vocal tract resonance, vocal quality and ease of singing.

As a voice specialist, I recently had the opportunity to conduct research at NIDA (National Institute of Dramatic Art) looking at vocal creak in student actors. I'll admit, I went into this study with plenty of questions: Would their voice training affect their everyday speaking patterns? Does creak show up more in casual conversation than formal speech? Here's what I discovered... What's Vocal Creak, Anyway? If you're not familiar with the term, vocal creak (or vocal fry, cr

Musical Directors, like me, want to help our newest members get up to speed. At the same time, we don't want to be away from our existing singers for too long. They need us as well. In my own ensemble, the Endeavour Harmony Chorus , we have a good and capable music team who do a wonderful job. But new members still need some of my time for training, and that was the way we did it - face to face education with our new recruits separately, during rehearsal time. To reduce this