It’s part two of our chat with West End Musical Theatre performer, lead singer of a London Big Band, and Clinical Osteopath, Jennie Morton. Today Alexa and Jennie will be picking up right where they left off talking about the… Read More »Ep.150 Part Two: Finding the Best Posture and Alignment for Singing with Jennie Morton
West End Musical Theatre performer, lead singer of a London Big Band, and Clinical Osteopath, Jennie Morton joins Alexa on Singing Teachers Talk for part one of a two-part episode. This week the pair will be discussing how you can… Read More »Ep.149 Part One: Finding the Best Posture and Alignment for Singing with Jennie Morton
It’s Mitch Jarvis from Singing Demos joining Alexa this week. Mitch has been recording vocal reels since 2011 with the mission to help performers stand out from the crowd and get that all-important invite into the audition room. Mitch is… Read More »Ep.148 How to Record a Stand-Out Vocal Reel with Mitch Jarvis from Singing Demos
It’s Claire Delaney who joins Alexa this week to give us a tour behind the scenes of working on the ITV show ‘Mamma Mia! I have a dream’, the search for Sophie and Sky. Claire is a vocal coach with… Read More »Ep.147 TV Vocal Coach: Behind the Scenes on ITV’s Mamma Mia with Claire Delaney.
Are you a vocal coach who has been avoiding vocal acoustics, you know that topic with words such as formant, harmonic, spectrogram and frequency? Maybe you just aren’t sure how it applies to teaching singers, or maybe you’ve tried but… Read More »Ep.146 How to Understand and Apply Vocal Acoustic Pedagogy with Ken Bozeman
Alexa delves into Style Vs Technique with Kaya Herstad-Carney. A Norwegian powerhouse based in the UK since ’99, Kaya is a singer, songwriter, and vocal coach. From Royal Variety Show to festival directing, she blends creativity and technique. Join us… Read More »Ep.145 Style Vs Technique with Kaya Herstad-Carney
This week it’s Rush Dorsett who’s keeping Alexa company. Rush is a voice coach, performing artist, and founder of the Embodied Voice Academy. She has earned accolades in voice science, psychology, and sound healing. Rush is passionate about weaving together… Read More »Ep.144 Exploring the Benefits of Sound Healing for Singers and Teachers with Rush Dorsett
To help us kickstart the year Alexa is joined by VocalizeU’s very own Big Billy Clark and Elliott O’Connor who were here to help us and the singers we work with navigate the music industry. VocalizeU is a 10-day immersive… Read More »Ep.143 Navigating the Music Industry with VocalizeU’s Big Billy Clark & Elliott O’Connor
Alexa delves into gospel music’s cultural roots and teaching nuances with choral director Mark De-Lisser’s insights on the emotional essence of this powerful vocal style.
Voice scientist Aaron Johnson joins Alexa to discuss laboratories, rats, the ageing larynx, and wearable devices to detect vocal fatigue. Aaron has had a career as a professional classical singer and teacher and is now a researcher and speech-language pathologist… Read More »Ep.141 How Curiosity and Science Help Us Understand the Voice with Aaron Johnson
BAST founder Line Hilton joins Alexa to discuss the best vocal exercises for pitch accuracy training. You’ll find lots of helpful information on perceived tone deafness, singing and the premenstrual voice, navigating matching pitch, whether being ‘pitchy’ is a thing,… Read More »Ep.140 The Best Vocal Exercises for Pitch Accuracy Training with Line Hilton
Founder and CEO of Full Voice, Nikki Loney, is keeping us company this week with a teaching career spanning over three decades. Nikki works with music education specialists, children’s composers, and musicians to create music education resources for young vocal… Read More »Ep.139 Understanding Play-Based Learning for Children and Young Adult Singers with Nikki Loney
Joining Alexa this week to chat about the Alexander Technique is Patrick Ardagh-Walter, a professional singer who has worked with the likes of the Royal Opera. He’s a trained Alexander Technique teacher himself and is an assistant at a training… Read More »Ep.138 Exploring the Benefits of The Alexander Technique for Singers with Patrick Ardagh-Walter
Joining Alexa today is Professor of Performing Arts Pedagogy at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Roberta Wolff. As well as teaching on the Guildhall PGCert programme, she provides professional development on teaching skills to teachers across the performing arts… Read More »Ep. 137 Creating Optimal Learning Environments for Children and Young Adults with Roberta Wolff
Nate James is an independent soul artist with a successful career to date, having sold over a million albums, received MOBO nominations and urban music awards, and he has headlined festivals across Europe. He has also toured with the likes… Read More »Ep.136 Discussing the Music Industry’s Response to LGBTQIA Singers: In Conversation with Nate James
We first welcomed Kate Valentine to the Singing Teachers Talk podcast back on episode 85. But now, Kate is back with us in episode 135, to tell us all about Valentine Voice Care Lewes, a centre for vocal wellness development,… Read More »Ep.135 The Valentine Voice Care Mission and Building Your Own Practice Premises with Kate Valentine
Back in 2019, teenager Eddie Cortez went viral for a letter that he wrote to his teacher, explaining why he didn’t do his homework. In that letter, he said, “I don’t want to do school work over the weekend because… Read More »EP.134 How to Get Your Students to Practise with Line Hilton
To continue our discussion on the juicy topic of “belt,” Alexa is joined by voice teacher and trainer of musical theatre and CCM, Amanda Flynn. Amanda has performed in shows like “Wicked” and “Mamma Mia” and has held the position… Read More »EP.133 STT – Mastering Belt in Musical Theatre with Amanda Flynn
Joining Alexa this week to discuss all things vibrato is Professor of Voice and Voice Pedagogy and Chair of Voice at the University of Texas at San Antonio, John Nix. John is a voice researcher himself, and his mentors include… Read More »Ep.132 Understanding Vibrato in Singing with John Nix
Want to understand research papers but find them dull and impenetrable? Kate Cubley, dynamic voice researcher and vocal coach, is here to help. In this episode, Kate shares her passion for research and demystifies how to efficiently extract useful information. Learn her cheat sheet for navigating papers, focusing on the abstract, conclusion and applicable gems. Discover where to find studies, how to assess their legitimacy, and why collecting options beats seeking definitive answers. Kate also explains emerging trends in voice research like increased diversity and cultural inclusion.
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