Lectures & workshops

I love teaching voice and teaching-about-teaching! If I can help in an area not specifically listed here, please ask.

Topics for arts students:

• Vocal health and everyday self-care
• Introduction to Fitzmaurice Voicework
• Master classes in singing and/or speech

Topics for voice teachers:

• Vocal anatomy/physiology review and update
• Introduction to Fitzmaurice Voicework
• Breath principles for the voice in performance: what's going on, how to understand what your students do and where their problems are; and why it's good that there are many variations on what works.
• How the brain learns to sing: basic divisions of the brain and each one's contribution to vocal skill; how the throat sends us messages (or doesn't); getting beyond leftbrain/rightbrain myths about music; and what all this means for teachers and students.
• The metaphorical language of voice pedagogy: what, when, why, and how to use imagery in voice teaching. 
• Goals and outcomes: tools to help every voice teacher define expectations and goals; measure student progress; describe what you do to administrators; and get faster results.
• 
  

Topics for speech-language pathologists:

• Vocal anatomy/physiology review and update
• Breath management for vocal performance: a theme with variations
• Hands-on relaxation techniques for the clinical setting
• Principles of voice therapy:  Integrating body, mind and spirit in a clinical perspective
  
• Introduction to Fitzmaurice Voicework

Topics for public speaking and other business groups:

• Vocal health and everyday self-care

Partial list of past clients/venues:

• The Voice Foundation Symposium on Care of the Professional Voice
• National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) national convention
• American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) national convention
• Voice and Speech Trainers Association (VASTA) national/international conferences
• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center public and CME/CEU programs on voice care
• Scripps Center for Voice and Swallowing
  
• National Folk Music Alliance national convention 
• Toastmasters International regional conference
• American Academy of Dramatic Arts
• Schools of Theater: UCLA, UC Santa Barbara, Cal State University Northridge.
• National Women's Music and Theater Festivals