Singing Teachers Talk – Détails, épisodes et analyse

In this episode, Alexa welcomes Genevieve Tawiah - a specialist in vocal physiotherapy. Genevieve shares her insights on how different elements of physiotherapy can aid vocalists and performing artists. They discuss the importance of personalised care, from addressing neck, shoulder, and respiratory issues to managing restrictive costumes that impact vocal performance. Genevieve also explores the importance of self-awareness, and how she assists her patients in building a connection with their bodies.

QUOTE

'The beauty of being a physio and working in healthcare is we want to give people tools for their toolbox…We want to empower people and give them the skills, the knowledge, to go away self manage that where they can.'

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RELEVANT MENTIONS & LINKS

• Singing Teachers Talk Ep.120 Understanding Singing and Fitness with Duncan Rock
• Singing Teachers Talk Ep.40 Integrated Skills: Teaching Singing to Dancers with Jennie Morton
• Singing Teachers Talk Ep.97 Elevate Your Performance Through Anatomical Efficiency with Jennie Morton
• Singing Teachers Talk Ep.149 Part One: Finding the Best Posture and Alignment for Singing with Jennie Morton
• Singing Teachers Talk Ep.150 Part Two: Finding the Best Posture and Alignment for Singing with Jennie Morton
• Jennie Morton
• Chris Johnson Vocal Coach
• Chris Johnson’s Teach Voice
• Lucie Rayner
• Prehab
• Performing Arts Medicine Association
• Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
• BAPAM

ABOUT THE GUEST

Genevieve is a Performance Physiotherapist with a specialism in vocal physiotherapy. She is passionate about improving her patients’ awareness and understanding of their bodies. Originally from Derby, she moved to Manchester to study physiotherapy before moving to London to pursue her interest of working in the performing arts industry. Since graduating she has attained experience working in the NHS as well as private sector; worked on West End shows such as Wicked, Harry Potters Cursed Child, The Drifters Girl musical and more; supported various TV shows; and provided vocal and general physiotherapy support for singers both at schools, in show, on their tours and in clinic. She is currently writing her first article on vocal physiotherapy collaborating with colleague Lucie Rayner. Genevieve enjoys treating people from different backgrounds and is keen on taking a whole body/whole person approach and collaborating with her patients.

Guest Website: tawiahphysio.co.uk
Guest Email: [email protected]
Social Media: @tawiaphysio

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In this episode, Alexa Terry welcomes back BAST Training founder, Line Hilton, to delve into the niche field of Performing Arts Medicine, understanding what it umbrellas and how it’s evolving. Line particularly addresses the physical and mental health challenges performers face, discussing the holistic approach she takes in her work to help performers overcome physical and mental blocks to enhance their performances.

QUOTE

'We can't just look at the performer or the singer in isolation of their voice, or what they have to do for their job, but everything else matters and counts.'

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RELEVANT MENTIONS & LINKS

• Andy Murray: Will to Win and Resurfacing  
• I Am: Celine Dion 
• BAPAM
• Voice Care Centre
• PAMA
• Singing Teachers Talk Ep.127 PAMAthon 2023 A Free Performing Arts Medicine Extravaganza
• University College London
• Morty Lefkoe
• The Chimp Paradox by Professor Steve Peters
• Singing Teachers Talk Ep.33 The Chimp Paradox by Steve Peters Book Review
• Mental Health First Aid England
• Sarah Joyce
• Singing Teachers Talk Ep.69 Understanding Pregnancy for the Singer and the Self-Employed with Sarah Joyce and Cat Ogden
• Insight timer app
• Calm app
• The Samaritans
• Singing Teachers Talk Ep.32 The Bio-Psycho-Social Model with Stephen King

ABOUT THE GUEST 

Line Hilton is a multifaceted voice, performance, and resilience coach with a unique background in nursing, jazz performance, and performing arts medicine. With a holistic she focuses on vocal health, mental resilience, and eliminating limiting beliefs to achieve healthy, high performance.

With a portfolio career that began in nursing and transitioned into professional singing and education, Line discovered her true passion in helping her clients overcome obstacles to their vocal and creative success. Her work is grounded in the belief that optimal performance requires not only technical skill but also a growth mindset and robust mental and physical health. Line’s mission is to raise the standards of vocal, mental, and physical well-being in performers.

Line is the founder of BAST Training, a leading program for aspiring singing teachers, and has lectured at prestigious institutions like UCL and the Royal Northern College of Music.

Whether working with high-profile artists or emerging talent, Line’s dedication to fostering creativity, health, and professional growth is at the core of everything she does.

Guest Website: linehilton.com 

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Alexa is joined by Dr Nicholas Perna to talk about nasality. They discuss and unravel the mysteries of the nose’s role in vocal production. From debunking myths about nasal resonance to exploring the benefits of nasal airflow, Dr Perna’s insights will challenge your assumptions and expand your understanding of vocal technique. Whether you’re a singing teacher or a curious vocalist, this episode offers a fresh perspective on an often misunderstood aspect of voice production.

KEY MOMENT

"The easiest observation you can obviously make, just to know whether there's anything happening or not, is to simply sustain a tone, pinch your nose shut, and see if, you notice any difference.”

EPISODE RESOURCES

• Voice Study Centre
• (Podcast) Singing Teachers Talk: Ep.151 How to Sing with Twang with Kerrie Obert
• (Podcast) Singing Teachers Talk: Ep. Dr Matt Edwards
• (Podcast) Singing Teachers Talk: Ep. Aaron Johnson
• Journal of Singing: Click Here
• (JoS) Nasality Deconstructed by Nicholas Perna: Click Here
• Heidi Moss: 
• Spectrum Effects of VPO in Singing by Gill, Lee, La, Sundberg: Click Here
• Effects of Nasalance on the Acoustics of the Tenor Passaggio and Head Voice by Nicholas Perna
• Celine Dion: An NBC News Special with Hoda Kotb (Full Interview): com/watch?v=ncwhU70I3T4
• The work of Christian Herbst: Click Here
• University of Colorado Boulder: Click Here
• The work of Berton Coffin: Click Here

ABOUT THE GUEST

Dr Perna is Associate Professor and Director of Vocal Pedagogy at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He has publications in the Journal of Singing, Journal of Voice and VOICEPrints. A Presser Music Foundation awardee, he has presented research on four continents at events such as the Voice Foundation’s Symposium, ICVT, NATS National Conference, and Physiology and Acoustics of Singing (PAS). Perna is currently Vice President for Outreach for the National Association of Teachers of Singing and is the creator and co-host of the VocalFri Podcast. Perna holds graduate degrees from the University of Miami & the University of Houston. In 2024 Perna began his tenure as Executive Director of Opera Mississippi. Previous faculty positions include Mississippi College, West Virginia University, and he has been a voice research associate at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.

Guest Website: nicholasperna.com

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This week Alexa is joined by an author, educator, presenter, and vocal coach who specialises in teaching the child singer. She is the founder of Born 2 Sing Kids and mentors other voice teachers in working with this particular demographic. Dana Lentini joins us from New York to tell you all you need to know about teaching children to sing. 

KEY MOMENTS

I always want to grow and become a better version of myself
I use lots of props in my lessons to make it fun
Think about teaching as a life skill

RELEVANT LINKS & MENTIONS

• Zoltán Kodály Method/John Spencer Curwen Solfege Hand Signs 
• Teaching the Child Singer: Pediatric Pedagogy for Ages 5-13 by Dana Lentini
• Kids’ Singing Song Book Series - Level 1 by Dana Lentini
• Teaching Singing to Children and Young Adults by Dr Jenevora Williams
• Teaching Children to Sing by Kenneth Phillips 
• Full Voice Music (Nikki Loney)
• Voice Teachers for Young Singers Facebook Forum
• The Full Voice Podcast with Nikki Loney 

ABOUT THE GUEST

Dana Lentini is a US-based mentor, author, presenter, and educator specialising in working with the child singer. After cultivating techniques as a singer, performer, and music educator, Dana Lentini created Born 2 Sing Kids to nurture the development of young singers through a systematic, yet customised approach. Through various forms of mentorship, she helps teachers learn about the unique differences in teaching singing to children and how to build their own successful studios. 

Dana has been sought after as a presenter for universities and professional music organisations as well as for the National Association of Teachers of Singing, for whom she has also served on various panels and committees. Her consulting and courses on teaching children in the private studio are offered through her website at danalentini.com. Dana holds a Bachelor of Music degree in vocal performance from The University of Southern California, Thornton School of Music and a Master of Music degree in Vocal Pedagogy from Oakland University. Her book, Teaching the Child Singer: Pediatric Pedagogy for Ages 5-13, is available from Hal Leonard Publishing. Dana's new and unique spiral approach to repertoire development can be found in her Kids' Singing Songbook series, to be released by Hal Leonard in fall 2022.

EPISODE RESOURCES 

BAST Training

Guest Website
danalentini.com
born2singkids.com

Social Media
Instagram: @lentinidana
Facebook: @Born2SingKids

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This week’s guest has made it her mission to open up the conversation on mental health in the performing arts. Raffaella Covino has spent the past ten years working on the West End and internationally as a Dance Captain and Swing. She’s also the founder and director of Applause for thought which offers accessible mental health training and support to those in the entertainment industry. Raffaella joins Bronwyn on Singing Teachers Talk to chat about all things mental health. 

KEY MOMENTS

‘Mental health wasn’t spoken about the way it is now’ 

‘Education equals prevention’ 

‘Mental health is so tricky because it seems invisible’ 

ABOUT THE GUEST

Raffaella Covino is a creative who has spent the past decade working as a Dance Captain/Associate and Swing across the West End, UK and internationally. She took a year-long hiatus from the industry in 2018 as she navigated mental illness. But born out of that experience is the now triple award-winning Community Interest Company Applause for thought. 

AFT launched in February 2019 with the ethos and mantra ‘education equals prevention’. It facilitates lower-cost mental health, support, talks and workshops, accredited training and bespoke consultancy to the arts and entertainment industry.

EPISODE RESOURCES 

BAST Training 

Guest Website:

• www.applauseforthought.com

Social Media:

• Instagram: @applauseforthought
• Twitter: @ApplauseThought

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Dr Jenevora Williams was the first singing teacher to be awarded a PHD in voice science in the UK and was awarded the BVA Van Lawrence prize for her outstanding contribution to voice research in 2010. Her research has taken her to subjects such as vocal health, performance anxiety, teaching young singers, and singing in the brain. Dr Jenevora Williams joins Alexa this week on Singing Teachers’ Talk to discuss vocal rehabilitation for singers. 

KEY MOMENTS

‘Legally you need to be covered by insurance, and if you’re not then you’re a bit of an idiot’ 

‘Our life is governed by learned patterns of behaviour’ 

‘Parting company is an absolute last resort’ 

RELEVANT LINKS & MENTIONS

• Teaching Singing to Children and Young Adults by Dr Jenevora Williams
• Vocal Health Education
• National Association of Teachers of Singing
• Dana Lentini
• Nikki Loney
• Dr Steven Sims (ENT Laryngologist Consultant)
• Voice Care Centre
• Duncan Rock
• Joanne Bozeman (on hormones)
• Singing Teachers Talk Podcast: Ep.32 - The Bio-Psycho-Social Model with Stephen King
• Everyday Voice Care - The Lifestyle Guide for Singers and Talkers by Joanna Cazden
• The Voice Clinic Handbook
• Manual of Singing Voice Rehabilitation by Leda Scearce 
• Laryngeal Endoscopy and Voice Therapy - A Clinical Guide by Sue Jones
• The National Centre for Voice Studies

ABOUT THE GUEST

Dr Jenevora Williams is a leading exponent in the field of vocal health and singing teaching. After a successful career in Opera, Jenevora turned her attention to investigating healthy and efficient vocal function. The combination of academic study and practical experience has resulted in a unique perception for understanding the human voice. She was the first singing teacher to be awarded a PhD in voice science in the UK, and won the 2010 BVA Van Lawrence Prize for her outstanding contribution to voice research. Her book, Teaching Singing to Children and Young Adults, has been enormously popular with singing teachers throughout the world. She is well-known for her imaginative and rigorous international training courses for singing teachers and voice professionals. She now runs Vocal Health Education and Evolving Voice, training the first generation of Voice Rehabilitation Specialists worldwide. As a teacher of singing, she works with professional singers of all ages in both voice rehabilitation and career mentoring.

 EPISODE RESOURCES 

BAST Training 

Guest Website:

• jenevorawilliams.com
• evolvingvo

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This week Alexa is joined by a physical therapist, whose approach to manual therapy has evolved to consider bio-psychosocial influences, as well as incorporating shared decision making between clinician and patient, Walt Fritz. Walt is on Singing Teachers’ Talk today to tell you all about manual therapy.

Check out the BAST Youtube channel to watch Walt work with Alexa, offering her a series of patient-perspective, self-guided exercises to help relieve symptoms of a vocal difficulty
 

KEY MOMENTS

‘Ask ten clinicians what manual therapy is then you’ll get twenty different answers’ 

‘I was trained that it was all about the connective tissues, then my evolution started’ 

‘Our work is not about what we do with the tissue, it’s about what we do with the person’

RELEVANT LINKS & MENTIONS

• Singing Teachers Talk Podcast: Ep.32 - The Bio-Psycho-Social Model with Stephen King
• The Naked Vocalist Podcast: Ep.57 - Walt Fritz on Vocal Massage, Manual Therapy, Nocebo
• Vocal Health Education
• Singing Teachers Talk Podcast: Ep.63 - Developing a Singer’s Self Awareness And Clarifying Intention with Robert Sussuma
• Research Citations (used to support Walt’s work)
• BAST Youtube Channel Segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfbgPNUpoJQ

ABOUT THE GUEST

Walt Fritz is a physical therapist from Upstate New York, USA. Since beginning work as a manual therapy educator in the mid-1990s, he has more recently evolved into teaching a unique interpretation of manual therapy for speech-language pathologists, registered dental hygienists, voice professionals, and related communities. This approach advances views of causation and impact from historical tissue-specific models into a multifactorial narrative, leaning heavily on biopsychosocial influences. His principles apply to a broad spectrum of intervention models using a model of evaluation and intervention that incorporates shared decision-making rather than clinician-as-expert. Unlike traditional laryngeal manipulation, Walt offers the clinician and patient a more subtle approach, aligning well with newer models and allowing the patient to frame the intervention from their preferences. Seeing the utility of manual therapy not as a standalone treatment but as an integral part of clinicians' more extensive body of work, Walt makes his approach easily assimilated into those treatment protocols.

Walt presents his workshops internationally through his Foundations in Manual Therapy Seminars, WaltFritz.com, and maintains a physical therapy practice in Upstate, NY.

EPISODE RESOURCES 

BAST Training

BAST Training helps singers gain the confidence, knowledge, skills & understanding required to be a successful singing teacher.

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BAST founder Line Hilton joins Alexa this week to continue on from a discussion they had in Episode 62 - How to Choose the Best Vocal Exercises. This week the focus is on the larynx and finding the best vocal exercises for larynx stability.  

KEY MOMENTS

‘Most singers don’t even realise they can control the height of their larynx’

‘Ask your students to notice what’s happening while they’re singing, awareness is the first step’

‘This is how it should feel and I can feel where it is’ 

‘Many singer are not tuned into the feeling of singing’

RELEVANT LINKS & MENTIONS

• Singing Teachers Talk Podcast: Ep.62 - How to Choose the Best Vocal Exercises with Line Hilton: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4dWJ0kU0g65yJIpgVVWP6I?si=a62fc2bfd4ac4381
• David Phelps: https://www.davidphelps.com/
• Kerrie Obert: obertvoicestudios.com
• Singing Teachers Talk Podcast: Ep.59 - Top Tongue Tips for Boosting High Frequency Energy with Kerrie Obert: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1P8K7Ys9gpeCaT2eUqIQQX?si=0a000c384b414171

 EPISODE RESOURCES 

BAST Training 

Guest Website:

• www.basttraining.com

Social Media:

• @basttraining

BAST Training helps singers gain the confidence, knowledge, skills & understanding required to be a successful singing teacher.

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Two guests for you today on the show, firstly it’s Kaya Herstad-Carney who is a BAST trainer and educational director for vocology in practice. Our second guest is Claire Cannon, lead vocalist for Flip and Fill and vocal coach specialising in advanced vocal techniques. The pair joined Alexa this week on Singing Teachers Talk to chat about becoming a vocology in practice authorised teacher. 

KEY MOMENTS

‘It’s about having the network of experts to take questions to’ 

‘If you want to progress and gain more skills and knowledge, you have to be in the room’

‘It’s important to be part of a network which is really passionate’

RELEVANT LINKS & MENTIONS

• Jono McNeil
• Wolfgang Saus
• Dr Felix Graham
• Lisa Haupert 
• Ian Davidson
• Justin Stoney
• (Amber Mogg Cathey) Nashville Vocal Studio
• Gemma Sugrue
• Teach Voice with Chris Johnson
• Voice Study Centre
• Heidi Moss
• Line Hilton
• Johan Sundberg 
• Get Vocal Now 
• Kerrie Obert
• Songbird Studio
• Kaya’s ViP Email Contact: [email protected]

ABOUT THE GUESTS

Kaya Herstad-Carney

Kaya is a creative with a wide skill set, ranging from powerful performances of her original music, vocal coaching & singing teacher training, artist development & co-writing, artistic direction for Threshold Festival and gig promotion, band & choir direction/arranging, mentoring and community workshops, in addition to her lecturing career across the popular music subjects including voice, songwriting, band skill and music industry studies. Originally from Norway, she made the UK her home in 1999. She is an established artist with a track record of performances at The Royal Variety Show, to the BBC Songwriting Showcase, touring UK and Europe. 

Kaya has a varied portfolio career and is a passionate singer, songwriter, performer and a harmony/vocal fanatic, vocal arranger and producer, festival director, mentor, musical/choir director, vocal geek and senior lecturer with a wide range of experiences and interests on and off the stage. She has a particular love for vocal habilitation and artist development in the Contemporary Commercial field of music including popular music, musical theatre and extreme vocals. 

She is the Director of Education for the global vocal organisation Vocology in Practice (ViP), managing the education programme, and is a singing teacher trainer for BAST. Before taking on the course

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Joining us today is the founder of the Singing for Health Network who has worked in music for wellbeing and music education for over 20 years. She is the director of the charity Music for Good and holds a masters degree in vocal pedagogy through the Voice Study Centre, where she is now a senior lecturer. Emily Foulkes joins Alexa this week on Singing Teachers Talk about singing for trauma and the Singing for Health Network.

KEY MOMENTS

‘We’re hard wired to sing, we were singing before we were speaking’ 

‘We can see  the connectivity of singing together’

‘If I could do this every day, I think I could manage my pain so much better’  

RELEVANT LINKS & MENTIONS

• The British Lung Foundation
• Phoene Cave & The Musical Breath
• Dr Stephen Clift; Sidney De Haan Research Centre for Arts and Health at Canterbury Christ Church University 
• Bjorn Vickhoff et al; Choral Singing Has a Soothing Effect on Heart Rate
• (For trauma awareness) Peter Levine; The Body Holds the Score by Bessel van Der Kolk; Stephen Porges Polyvagal Theory 
• Singing for Health Network Partners: Sound Sense; Sing Up & Sing Up Foundation; Making Music; Natural Voice Network 
• Sing Up

ABOUT THE GUEST 

Emily has worked in Music for Well-being and Music Education for over 20 years, from national level at Youth Music, managing grant funding and networks to working as a practitioner. Since 2008, Emily has lived in Cornwall where she is the Director of Music for Good, a charity providing and supporting music for well-being in a range of settings.
After receiving a bursary to complete MA studies, Emily gained a Distinction in her MA in Voice Pedagogy with a specialism in Singing for Health and Well-being. Her research and specialist work has led to winning commissions from the NHS and being awarded funding. Her research into Online Mindfulness and Singing for people with Anxiety and/or Depression is published in the International Journal for Community Music. Emily is a Trauma and Mental Health Practitioner and Trainer and is working with the Sing Up Foundation to further develop and roll out training for Singing Practitioners.
Emily has presented her research at numerous conferences and has trained more than 100 singing practitioners in Trauma and Mental Health informed practice. She set up the Singing for Health Network in 2021 with the vision to bridge research and practice and support the singing for health movement. The aspiration is to bring together researchers, practitioners, healthcare professionals and to provide a useful platform for sharing and supporting the field. Emily is a Senior Lecturer with the Voice Study Centre supporting students on the MA in Voice Pedagogy.

EPISODE RESOURCES 

BAST Training 

Guest Website:

• singingforhealthnetwork.co.uk

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