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How can singing help prisoners rebuild their lives? The formidable MJ Paranzino, co-founder of Liberty Choir, tells her inspiring story on this week’s episode of Singing Teachers Talk. Find out why MJ started a choir in Wandsworth Prison, why she… Read More »Ep.37 The Power of Community Choirs with MJ Paranzino

Owner of the singing studio known as a ‘confidence haven’ Gia Morgan joins host Alexa Terry on this week’s Singing Teachers’ Talk Show. Find out all about how Gia uses a holistic approach to teach contemporary vocal techniques and performance… Read More »Ep.36 Healing Through Singing Energies Crystals and Creating Atmosphere with Gia Morgan

In this episode, vocal coach Norwood reveals how his business, Transitions Voice Lab, flourished after he made one important change to his marketing strategy. Norwood also explains how to identify your USP as a singing teacher, how to juggle teaching… Read More »Ep.35 Identifying Your USP as a Singing Teacher with Norwood

Professional singer, actor, dancer, voice-over recording artist Philippe Hall joins Alexa on Singing Teachers’ Talk this week to discuss emotional layering, the most neglected skill in vocal training. How do you add those emotional layers into your voice and how… Read More »Ep.34 The Most Neglected Skill in Vocal Training with Philippe Hall

As you may or may not know we like to give you our reviews of resources and books as recommendations for you to add to your list, or sometimes leave off the list. And in this podcast, Alexa will be… Read More »Ep.33 The Chimp Paradox by Professor Steve Peters Book Review

Owner of the Voice Care Centre in London’s West End, Stephen King drops into The Singing Teachers’ Talk Show to chat with Alexa about all things Harry Potter, pasta, and what on earth The Bio-Psycho-Social Model actually is.  KEY TAKEAWAYS… Read More »Ep.32 The Bio-Psycho-Social Model with Stephen King

Are you looking to learn how to reach your ideal client through digital marketing, or want to know more about targeting audiences with digital marketing? Then this week’s episode of Singing Teachers Talk is for you. Join host Alexa Terry… Read More »Ep.31 Where to Start with Digital Marketing with Candi Louise

Internationally renowned leading voice teacher John Henny joins host Alexa Terry on this episode of Singing Teachers Talk. Hear all about John’s Covid scare and the brain fog that comes along with it. Join the discussion on acoustics, passive income,… Read More »Ep.30 Clearing the Brain Fog with John Henny, Covid-19, Acoustics, Passive Income, and ‘The Teaching Triangle.’

This week on Singing Teachers Talk, host Line Hilton will be talking to you about asking those awkward health questions, what questions we need to ask, why we need to ask them, and how we should go about doing it.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• It’s important to get the background health history of someone’s voice so you know what it’s capable of and how long it might last.
• Remember to be up to date with your GDPR procedures when storing any information about students and avoid having handwritten notes.
• One of the most important things to know is about any previous spinal issues and any injuries that can affect the voice, they should be taken into account.
• Medicines such as steroids can weaken the epithelial. Female oral contraception can affect the singing voice to, so it is worth asking about these specifically.
• Explain why you’re asking about their health history and ask if there is any medical issues or medicines that you should know about. Once this is disclosed then you should ask follow-up questions that can help inform your knowledge of their condition to get a better framework.
• One of Line’s top tips is to create a form to be completed in advance. This will also help with spellings of conditions of medications.

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SHOW LINKS 

Vocal Health Education: vocalhealth.co.uk

National Center for Voice and Speech Medications and the voice: ncvs.org/rx_generic_name.php

Jotform: eu.jotform.com

Dropbox: dropbox.com

Laryngeal Endoscopy & Voice Therapy by Sue M Jones: comptonpublishing.co.uk/laryngeal-endoscopy-and-voice-therapy.php

Vocal Health And Pedagogy Ed. by Robert T. Sataloff: amazon.co.uk/Vocal-Health-Pedagogy-Assessment-Treatment/dp/1597568600

Singing Voice Rehabilitation Karen Wicklund: amazon.com/Singing-Voice-Rehabilitation-Speech-Language-Pathologist/dp/143543854X

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It’s the return of Singing Teachers Talk podcast! What are the six fundamentals of singing? That’s just one of the topics of conversation on the podcast this week. Alexa Terry is joined by guest Rachel Lynes, vocal coach and ex-West… Read More »Ep.28 Finding the fundamental truths of singing with Rachel Lynes

“We need to take diversions sometimes, to come back and realise what we’ve got” Becky Gilhespie has had an interesting journey from singing, to teaching to cheffing, and now, as a result of Covid-19 back to teaching singers again. A… Read More »Ep.27 The Singing Master Chef with Becky Gilhespie

“Not only do you have to be a good artist, you have to be good at being an artist” During lockdown Nigel has been very busy helping college students to finish off their performance years, online. Having never taught online… Read More »Ep.26 The secret of authenticity with Nigel Richards

“We have these living creatures inside of us, this mass of different microbes that need to be looked after” Stephanie Moore Nutritionist and author, Stephanie Moore is a powerhouse of nutritional and health information. It’s becoming more and more accepted… Read More »Ep.25 The performer’s health starts from the inside with Nutritionist, Stephanie Moore

“Don’t take your voice for granted” Natalie Andreou Natalie Andreou’s CV includes lead roles in West End and touring shows as varied as Rock Of Ages, Wicked, Mama Mia and Evita. She and Line discuss the various pathways to the… Read More »Ep.24 How Elphaba helped me understand my voice with Natalie Andreou

One of the things that we love about Dr Jenevora Williams is her open, intelligent and enquiring mind. She has contributed to the BAST webinar library and past live training events. In this interview we find out more about what… Read More »Ep.23 How research has informed my teaching with Dr Jenevora Williams

Dr Meribeth Dayme is a familiar name to many singing teachers. From her detailed but comprehensible books on vocal anatomy, The Performer’s Voice and Dynamics of the Singing Voice, to her holistic and energy-based approach to singing and vocal training, CoreSinging®, thousands of singers… Read More »Ep.22 The pioneering spirit with Dr Meribeth Dayme (1938-2019)

Stephen King started his performance career with great promise. On the road to a dance and MT career, Stephen had to take a dramatic turn away from performing after a serious knee injury. With all the physical therapy and medical… Read More »Ep.21 From performer to healer, via an injury with Stephen King

In this podcast Line Hilton talks to Laurel Irene and Dr David Harris from VoiceScienceWorks. These two met several years ago on Dr Ingo Titze’s Summer Vocology Institute at the National Center for Voice & Speech and have not been… Read More »Ep.20 Voice science works – it really does! with Laurel Irene and David Harris

Now based in Melbourne, Australia, Lisa Perks started her singing and teaching career in the UK. In this podcast, she talks about moving to a new country as a well established singing teacher and having to completely start over with… Read More »Ep.19 Starting over again with Lisa Perks

This podcast’s guest is Manchester-based vocal coach Hannah Smikle. Hannah attended the Brit School and talks about her experience giving advice on how a singing teacher can help prepare a student who wants to or is attending a performing arts… Read More »Ep.18 Helping singers to create a positive relationship to their voice with Hannah Smikle