Program Highlights
55th Annual Symposium: Care of the Professional Voice
May 27 – May 31, 2026

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PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

Quintana Awardee Lecture: 
When Algorithms Meet the larynx:
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of AI in Voice Care
Diane Bless, PhD

Keynote Speech:
Let Me Pitch in to Discussions on Pitch
David M. Howard, FREng, PhD, CEng, FIET

Masterclass (Friday at AVA):
Rolando Villazon, tenor

G. Paul Moore Lecture:
In Search of the Voice: From Biology to Becoming
Susan Thibeault, PhD

Friday Morning Special Session: 
Unlocking Voices: Music and the Arts in Prison
Moderator: Katherine Verdolini Abbott, PhD, CCC-SLP
Speakers:
Jermain Archer, MPS, Charles Moore, MPS, Alex Roveda, PhD, Michael Morgan, PhD,
John Packard, baritone, Mary Cohen, PhD

Friday Workshops

Panel Discussions:

  • Bridge2AI-Voice: Advancing Voice-based Health
    Through Data Science, Ethical AI, and Cross-disciplinary
    Collaboration.
  • What’s up Your Sleeve: International Panel to Manage Dysphonia
  • Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Reinnervation:
    Historical Perspectives and Current Trends.
    A Panel in Memory of Harvey M. Tucker, MD.
  • Inside the Integrated Voice: Endocrine, Metabolic, and
    Psychogenic Dimensions of Vocal Health
  • Caring for the Vocal Athlete:
    Health, Illness, and Recovery in the Professional Singer

Friday Morning Special Session:
Unlocking Voices:
Music and the Arts in Prison

8:00am Introduction
Katherine Verdolini Abbott, PhD, CCC-SLP

8:10am Sing Sing – A Look at the Arts in Prison
Jermain Archer, MPS, Charles Moore, MPS 

8:45am The Science Behind Music-Based Interventions in Incarceration
Alex Roveda, PhD

9:20am Coffee Break

9:50am Odysseus in Juvenile Detention
Michael Morgan, PhD

10:25am Preparing and Executing the Role
John Packard, baritone

10:45am Vocal Arts in Prisons: The Whys and Hows
Mary Cohen, PhD

11:15am Panel Discussion
Moderator:
Katherine Verdolini Abbott
Panel:
Archer, Moore, Roveda, Morgan, Packard, Cohen

2026 Gala Awardees
Friday, May 39th, 2026