Program Highlights
54th Annual Symposium: Care of the Professional Voice
May 28 – June 1, 2025
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PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
Quintana Awardee Lecture:
A Short History of Larynx Models M1-M6
Ronald Callaway Scherer, PhD
Keynote Speech:
The Voice in Our Head:
How the Brain Learns and Tunes to Human Voices
Bharath Chandrasekaran, PhD
Masterclass (Friday at AVA):
Renée Fleming
G. Paul Moore Lecture:
Music and Mind
Renée Fleming
Friday Morning Special Session:
Voice and Emotion
Leah Helou, PhD, moderator
Sophie Scott, PhD, Miriam van Mersbergen, PhD, Johan Sundberg, PhD, Tua Hakanpää, PhD
Friday Workshops
Panels:
• Providing Voice Therapy in the Post-COVID Era…
Let’s Get Creative!
• Vocal Therapy in Focus: A Dialog Among Specialties
• Performers : What to Do and What to Avoid
AWARD APPLICATIONS
Deadline February 15th
The Sataloff Award for Young Laryngologists
Hamdan International Presentation Award
Deadline March 1st
Gisele Oliveira Award for SLP Students
Best Student Presentation Award
Deadline March 30th
Dysphonia International Research Award
Closed
Van L. Lawrence Fellowship
Friday Morning Special Session: Voice and Emotion
Moderator: Leah Helou, PhD, CCC-SLP
The Westin Philadelphia Hotel, Grand Ballroom, Salon I
8:00 Emotional Expression as a Vocal Performer: Introduction
Leah Helou, PhD, CCC-SLP
8:10 Emotion and the Voice – From a Neuroscience Perspective
Sophie Scott, PhD
8:50 Perspectives on Voice Production and Emotion
Miriam van Mersbergen, PhD, CCC-SLP
9:30 Coffee Break – Exhibit Hall
10:00 Going Off-Score to Express Emotion in Singing: Phrasing, Intonation, and Coding
Johan Sundberg, PhD
10:35 A Vocologist’s Approach to Teaching Emotional Expression in Singing: Bringing Science Into Pedagogical Practice
Tua Hakanpää, PhD
11:10 Panel Discussion
Moderator: Leah Helou
Panel: Scott, van Mersbergen, Sundberg, Hakanpää
11:50am End of session
2025 Gala Awardees
Friday, May 30th, 2025
