Announcing 2016 Gala Honorees
2016 Honorees
Chita Rivera, Catherine Malfitano, Drexel University & President John Fry, Paulo Szot
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Chita Rivera, Catherine Malfitano, Drexel University & President John Fry, Paulo Szot
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The Voice Foundation and NATS Foundation present the Van L. Lawrence Fellowship Congratulations to Matthew Schloneger, PhD, and Matthew Edwards, DMA This year, against all odds, the judge’s numerical rating resulted in a tie at the top of eleven high-quality submissions. Matthew Schloneger is a voice professor and Chair of the Department of Fine Arts…
We are happy to announce the Perceptual Voice Qualities Database (PVQD) 296 Audio Files (in .wav format) of the CAPE-V vowels and sentences. Research done by Patrick R. Walden, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, St. John’s University This database was created through generous funding from The Voice Foundation’s Advancing Scientific Voice Research Grant. It contains voice samples which…
Joint Meeting We are pleased to announce a joint meeting of The Voice Foundation’s 44th Annual Symposium: Care of the Professional Voice and the International Association of Phonosurgery Exhibitor Prospectus 2015 Tuesday-Sunday, May 26 – May 31, 2015 Philadelphia Westin – Philadelphia, PA We look forward to seeing many new faces!
Celebrating a Life and Legacy Tribute Concert in loving memory of Professor Garyth Nair March 28, 2014 8:00 p.m. (reception following the concert) Concert Hall Dorothy Young Center for the Arts Drew University, 36 Madison Avenue, Madison, NJ, US, 07940 RSVP online or to angelika.nair@gmail.com by March 21, and include any words you would like added to the tribute…
Is it Resonance or Voice Quality? We’ve made a couple of important edits to our author information. With apologies to Dan Ihasz and Elizabeth Ann Benson. “The inspiration for this issue arose during a Voice Foundation presentation when Dr. Ronald Scherer quietly commented to me in the back row, ‘Does she mean voice quality…
OUR SPEAKER Laura is also an opera singer and has sung with LA Opera, Long Beach Opera, Lyric Opera of San Diego, as well as orchestras and opera companies around the country. Between singing gigs, Laura studied improvisation for years, and went on to teach improv courses for Operaworks and guest improv classes at many…