Speech Language Pathologist Lori Sonnenberg joins us for the 3rd time(!) for an important episode on destigmatizing voice health and voice injury. A must hear episode for anyone involved in the singing community from teacher to singer to practitioner. Always a thrill to have Lori on the pod. 

@LyricStageMC's production of Godspell opened last night to rave reviews. We recap the premiere, update this week's undergrad ped practicum, and run down what we've been binging. Also, Sarah and Dr. P announce an all-start line up of guest episodes to come in April and May to finish out season 5!

Sarah and Dr. P are reminded that sometimes, being given an opportunity to try a new sound as a singer can take us out of ourselves and help us make more efficient noises. Which is sometimes uncomfortable at first. Happy Friday #VocalFam!

Dr. P and Sarah hash out the changes and evolution that Dr. P's ped classes have taken over the last 15 years. From re-creating opera singers 15 years ago, to now having fully incorporated contemporary styles into every class, this was so much fun to consider what it means to teach voice pedagogy in 2022. 

Sarah and Dr. P discuss upholding some standards of excellence, despite our troubled times. A little bit about Percepts of F1 and F2 and Dr. P's voice modeling assignment. We round out with a review of the Dr. Strange trailer, which we misrouted the audio for, but the spirit is still there. Hang in there #VocalFam you're almost through February!

#VocalFam, sorry it took so long for us to be back! Dr. P and Sarah talk about voice acoustics for the first time in quite a while, leading up to revealing that Sarah actually took at lesson with Dr. P yesterday. And they both lived to tell about it! We also covered this week's pop culture news.

Happy New Year #VocalFam! Dr. P and Sarah spend most of the day talking about memorization. In this era of brain fog we've all got new challenges to overcome when trying to memorize our programs or help our students do the same. 

STOP...SPOILERS FOR SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME! It's VocalFri and it's Christmas, which means we wrap up the calendar year with a Christmas blockbuster review. If you have not seen No Way Home...GO NO FURTHER! If you have...why don't you please celebrate us HOME like VocalFri invited Kenny Loggins to a Christmas brunch. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays #VocalFam!

The high voltage sequel to "Treble Middle Voice" has arrived! This time it's ALL ABOUT THE HIGH NOTES! #VocalFam Kayla Gautereaux and Yvonne Redmon join us back on the podcast for us to talk about every singers deep desire...how to hit that high note! We talk top of the staff transitioning and the infamous Whistle voice. Information, citations, exercises, concepts, we've got it all in this JAM PACKED Holiday season. Come open up a box of [ɔ] with a side of manual occlusion and amuse bouche of affect! This one's got something for everyone.

Words were all made up by someone, and wow do we love words in singing teaching! A little reflection on some registration terminology as we prepare for this Thanksgiving break. Also, a BIG VOCALFRI ANNOUNCMENT! And, we cover this week's pop culture news. Apparently there was a new No Way Home trailer?