In this interactive workshop, participants will explore and apply tangible visual feedback strategies that enable speakers and singers to more accurately feel what they are doing with their voice during treatment and training. Voice pedagogy has traditionally used mirrors to train breathing and postural alignment. Students today not only have a myriad of digital tools for real-time visual feedback and recording at their fingertips, but they also have access to apps for acoustic feedback and assessment. This workshop will show why visual feedback is useful and how to use it effectively in the voice studio and clinic. Participants will employ visual feedback, e.g., videos of vocal artists, “selfie” videos, spectrograms, a paper larynx model, and mirrors, to enhance kinesthetic sensitivity and vocal coordination during practice. “Palatal Push-Ups” and True Vocal Fold “Flips,” will be chosen from Estill Voice Training® exercises that balance vocal output power and maximize range. This workshop will be especially helpful to teachers, therapists, and artists who desire to optimize their performance through multi-sensory learning.

Estill Voice Training®, an innovative system for teaching voice developed by Jo Estill, merges art and science in unique exercises that coordinate Power, Source, and Filter structures for optimal speaking, singing, and health. The Alexander Technique, a unique approach to the re-education of postural dynamics, optimizes functioning and fully coordinated balance, poise, and self-expression in the activities of daily life (sitting, standing, walking), as well as in the highly skilled performance requirements of athletes and artists. The presenters have over 30 years of teaching and performing experience and will combine these disciplines throughout the workshop.