VocalFri Podcast

Sarah and Dr. P discuss upholding some standards of excellence, despite our troubled times. A little bit about Percepts of F1 and F2 and Dr. P's voice modeling assignment. We round out with a review of the Dr. Strange trailer, which we misrouted the audio for, but the spirit is still there. Hang in there #VocalFam you're almost through February!

#VocalFam, sorry it took so long for us to be back! Dr. P and Sarah talk about voice acoustics for the first time in quite a while, leading up to revealing that Sarah actually took at lesson with Dr. P yesterday. And they both lived to tell about it! We also covered this week's pop culture news.

Happy New Year #VocalFam! Dr. P and Sarah spend most of the day talking about memorization. In this era of brain fog we've all got new challenges to overcome when trying to memorize our programs or help our students do the same. 

STOP...SPOILERS FOR SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME! It's VocalFri and it's Christmas, which means we wrap up the calendar year with a Christmas blockbuster review. If you have not seen No Way Home...GO NO FURTHER! If you have...why don't you please celebrate us HOME like VocalFri invited Kenny Loggins to a Christmas brunch. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays #VocalFam!

The high voltage sequel to "Treble Middle Voice" has arrived! This time it's ALL ABOUT THE HIGH NOTES! #VocalFam Kayla Gautereaux and Yvonne Redmon join us back on the podcast for us to talk about every singers deep desire...how to hit that high note! We talk top of the staff transitioning and the infamous Whistle voice. Information, citations, exercises, concepts, we've got it all in this JAM PAC...

Words were all made up by someone, and wow do we love words in singing teaching! A little reflection on some registration terminology as we prepare for this Thanksgiving break. Also, a BIG VOCALFRI ANNOUNCMENT! And, we cover this week's pop culture news. Apparently there was a new No Way Home trailer? 

Our spoiler ridden Eternals review! Was the first MCU film to receive the dreaded Green Splat from critics as bad as they said? Did the audience respond positively? But more so...a sex scene in a Marvel movie?!?!?!? All this and more as we celebrate what was easily Marvel's most inclusive feature film to date. 

We are joined by Caitlin Moore and Joshua Glasner to tell us about their experiences to NATS' premiere mentoring program, the NATS Intern Program. Such great experiences to be had. Application deadline for this year's program is 12/15. Check out more on nats.org.

Emily Martin and Elizabeth McDonald join the #VocalFam to tell us about their MANY voice entrepreneur endeavors including Women on the Verge, EM2Connect, and From the Voice Of...Be sure to check out all of their great content and join the From the Voice of community. A really great conversation about everything from our failures leading to opportunities, ego in our profession, and how we can do th...

#VocalFam, did you know Sarah and Dr. P don't plan this radio show? We started out a bit like a Seinfeld episode about nothing. However, we led to a lovely discussion about what's true versus what's useful, Dr. P starting Phonation in undergrad pedagogy, and sharing a variation of an exercise from our Treble Middle Voice episode that Dr. P has found useful for treble Musical Theater singers. 

#VocalFam, don't miss this one! We were thrilled to host Kerrie Obert on the podcast to talk about her work and time with Jo Estill, 20,000 hours of stroboscopies, and her now legendary work on twang and pharyngeal shape. But, wait, there's more! She also shared some wonderful insight on the tongue and its impact on singing. 

A sequel to The Breathing Episode, Dr. P finally discusses when he does foreground respiration in lessons. Hint: it's when weird stuff is happening! Also we cover this week's pop culture news with the House of Mouse's big two lawsuits and RTD is back to helm Doctor Who.

Today we are honored to have Dr. Liliana Guerrero with us to discuss Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion. Join the #VocalFam as we begin our journey towards making space for these sort of conversations which are a focal point in today's society. As a voice community may we be a part of the incredible work that Lily and many others are actively engaged. One of the most important episodes we've done....

#VocalFam! It's an old school VocalFri where we just talk about SINGING teaching! It's soupy here in VocalFri land and today's episode has great ingredients to warm your voice teaching soul. We discuss being able to alter strategies when a student elicits a negative response to your normal approach. Also, Dr. Perna has altered his teaching of voice acoustics in pedagogy class YET AGAIN, presenting...

Our first pop culture episode of season 5 brings back the original crew! Michael joins us for Shang Chi review, and shares some really heartfelt insight from his life experiences. Relive your favorite moments from the movie that's bringing audiences back movie theaters. Ta Lo awaits, on this episode of VocalFri!

#VocalFam Ken Bozeman returns for a 3rd time to share about his magnum opus Kinesthetic Voice Pedagogy 2. Such insight and wisdom in this episode for all of us! From chiaroscuro whisper (yes there are examples!) to application of absolute spectral tone color, and some awesome wisdom for our [i] vowel! This is one that really runs to VocalFri's resonance roots! Come join the #VocalFam!

BROADWAY REOPENS! Join the #VocalFam for our HUGE Season 5 premiere episode! VocalFri is joined by Waitress on Broadway's own Tyrone Davis Jr.!!! He tells us about his background, career journey, what the pandemic was like as a Broadway artist, and what it was like to be IN. THE. DINER. again for that first rehearsal back together in 18 months. We've all waited a very long time for this one! Tyron...

As promised VocalFri's season 4 official finale with our reviews of BOTH Black Widow & Loki. For those of you who like time codes, we do Black Widow first, then get into Loki around the 20 minute mark. Welcome to the Multiverse!

Lynn Helding joins the #VocalFam to talk all about learning and the "how" of voice teaching featured in her book The Musician's Mind. This is a must have book and a must listen podcast. The content today was rich and deep. Definitely one that has a wealth of wisdom for all of us! Seriously, go get the book (well, after you listen to this episode)!

Wrapping out season 4's Plural Publishing author spotlights, VocalFri is joined by Angelika Nair to tell us about her brand new book The Tongue as a Gateway to Voice, Resonance, Style, and Intelligibility. We hear about Dr. Nair's journey as a singer that led to interest in the tongue and how that led her to ultrasound technology. The book is a rich resource and one that the #VocalFam should not m...

Sarah and Dr. P are joined by #VocalFam Chadley Ballantyne for the 4th time, but first as a featured guest. We get to hear Chadley's journey coming up as a young teacher with 70 clients a week(!), meeting Ken Bozeman and their work together, we walk through how Chadley come to the famous Weird R exercise, and advertise the upcoming NEC Acoustic Vocal Pedagogy Workshop where Chadley is on the facul...

Our spoiler filled review of The Falcon and the Winter Solider (Season 1...there have to be multiple seasons of this show, right?). Who took the mantle as the new Captain America? Did Bucky finish his book? Why did we all hate U.S. Agent from the start? These answers and more! But first, Dr. P sheds some light at the end of the pandemic tunnel hope.

The epic saga concludes! Now You're a Voice Teacher Part 5 is ALL ABOUT NATS! VocalFri is joined by NATS President Carole Blankenship and Executive Director Allen Henderson to tell us why you should JOIN NATS, now that you're a voice teacher! From Journal of Singing and Live Learning Center to mentoring opportunities, networking, and professional development, there has never been a more important...

The saga continues with Part 4! Sarah and Dr. P are joined by #VocalFam Ian Howell and Yvonne Redman to discuss the performing artist turned voice teacher. Both of these incredible colleagues had significant performing careers and have also both become important voices in the voice pedagogy and teaching community. We get to hear about their path of transitioning from performing to teaching, what c...

Our spring series, Now You're a Voice Teacher continues with Part 3, "The Independent Studio Teacher." Y'all! If you are an indie teacher, or even if you have other employment but teach privately, THIS IS THE EPISODE FOR YOU! Studio owners Rebecca Pieper and Leigh Usilton both join VocalFri for the first time and bring an incredible array of wisdom to this episode. We talk about finding your ideal...