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The Magic of Expressive Eyes: How Your Eyebrows and Soft Palate Speak Volumes
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.

Lea Baker
Jul 13 min read


Shape Your Sound: Why Embouchure is Important in Singing
Effective embouchure helps maintain vocal tract resonance, vocal quality and ease of singing.

Lea Baker
Jul 12 min read


What I Learned Studying Vocal Creak in Drama Students
As a voice specialist, I recently had the opportunity to conduct research at NIDA (National Institute of Dramatic Art) looking at vocal...

Lea Baker
Jan 313 min read


Can training of new chorus members be done online?
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...

Lea Baker
Feb 27, 20232 min read


THE UPSIDE FOR SINGERS. Stay in tune and sing with ease.
The UPside represents everything anti-gravity about our voice.

Lea Baker
Dec 18, 20223 min read


Give me more air!
"I'm running out of air!" What's going on here? Do you sometimes struggle to have enough air to finish phrases? Or need to take more...

Lea Baker
May 12, 20221 min read


Want to improve your singing? How's your speaking voice?
Even for professional singers, up to 85% of their day is vocalizing for speech rather than for singing (Chapman, 2022). How we use our...

Lea Baker
Apr 23, 20222 min read


Finding the ease in higher notes
Finding the ease in higher notes

Lea Baker
Mar 23, 20221 min read


The power of silent breaths for singers
We know intuitively that silent inhalations are an optimal way of breathing, but do you know the benefits for us as singers? This 3 min...

Lea Baker
Mar 23, 20221 min read


Five things to include in your vocal warm up for maximum benefit.
"The greatest musical instrument given to a human being is the voice". Dayananda Saraswati Why warm up? Would you run a 100m sprint...

Lea Baker
Mar 15, 20226 min read
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