Sharon L. Radionoff
Rehabilitation of the Injured Singing Voice
An alternative consonant categorization when teaching exercises from the SVS perspective
Workshop Session 2026

Singing Voice specialists work with many singer and non-singer types, not to mention a variety of genres. IPA is a common tool used to aid singing in many languages for Western classically trained singers. The SVS needs to be equipped to work with a wide variety of training backgrounds, therefore, it is necessary to understand the basics of how breath is treated in different consonants. While IPA is a useful tool, many clients that have come for disordered voice training at the SSI have had no experience with IPA. The goal of the SSI is to facilitate health and wellness in an expedient manner with clear understanding of desired goals.
It is beneficial to take difficult concepts such as IPA or consonant categories, and reorganize them in an accurate but simpler categorization for use by those not familiar with IPA or Western classically trained methodology. This workshop will present an alternative for consonant categories
The purpose is for the SVS to be able to communicate with all those who walk through their door and to bring the ‘systems balance’ back into alignment so that the singer can access the instrument for his/her desire use with longevity.

Sharon L. Radionoff, Ph.D., is Singing Voice Specialist and Director of the Sound Singing Institute. Dr. Radionoff is an active lecturer, researcher, and author. Her most recent projects include: book chapters in “A user’s Manual for the Aging Voice,” “So you want to sing Sacred Music, a DVD release of a live filmed presentation entitled “Where Does My Voice Come From” available from the Sound Singing Institute, The Vocal Instrument” by Plural Publishing, “How Voices Learn: From Cognition to Aesthetic Experience,” a publication in Choral Journal, as well as “Artistic Vocal Styles and Technique,” in The Performer’s Voice by Plural Publishing. Further articles by Dr. Radionoff can be found in Texas Sings! as well as in The Journal of the Association of Anglican Musicians. She serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Voice and is a member of TVF, CMS, MENC, TMEA, and NATS. Dr. Radionoff is also a Singing Voice Specialist and voice care team member at the Texas Voice Center in Houston.
Dr. Radionoff earned a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Eastern Michigan University, a Master of Music degree from Southern Methodist University, and a Ph.D. in Music from Michigan State University. She also completed a Professional Fellowship at the America Institute for Voice and Ear Research in Philadelphia, PA, under Dr. Robert T. Sataloff.
Dr. Radionoff may be contacted at the Sound Singing Institute by phone at (713) 960-1648, fax at (713) 456-2594, or e-mail: drsharon@soundsinging.com Log on to the website www.SoundSinging.com for further information concerning lectures or publications.