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Dr. Jahn answers questions about throat health and the voice.
Dr. Jahn answers readers’ questions about mucus, phlegm, and throat clearing.
Have you ever experienced an off day with your voice, with no explanation you can think of? You’re not alone. Most singers face this predicament multiple times in their career. I, for one, experience this more frequently than I would care to admit. Our voices are part of our bodies, and our bodies are constantly adapting according to our circumstances and current state of being.
Edwards has returned to his previous work for revisions and additions, all of which appear in the new So You Want to Sing Rock. In the interview below, Edwards outlines what readers can expect from the new volume and explains some of the impetus behind the changes and inclusions.
Across all fields—whether you are a performer, a speaker, an athlete, or a leader—the most magnetic individuals have one thing in common: they are fully here. Presence is the invisible force behind true impact.
If you run the tip of your tongue from the back of the top teeth backward along the roof of your mouth, you will feel a solid, bony ridged arch which is the hard palate, perhaps a small bump near the middle end of the hard palate called the torus palatinus, and then a squishy section that ends with the uvula which is the soft palate.
As applied voice teachers continue efforts to diversify the vocal canon and highlight underrepresented composers, one significant name still often overlooked is Isabella Colbran (1785–1845).
Dorothy June “Judy” Strubhar Ross led a fascinating life as a composer, teacher, and activist. An alumna of Interlochen, she graduated from Eastman School of Music (1944) with a degree in composition and settled in Miami, Florida to be near her family.
It’s been terrorizing me for years: I’m backstage, frantically flipping through an unfamiliar libretto, attempting to memorize my entire role while a stage manager counts down, “places in five!” I always wake up just before curtain, drenched in sweat and so relieved it wasn’t real.
I hope to give evidenced information about topics that are often misunderstood and cite sources so you can dive deeper. This first article will discuss everyone’s favorite muscle of respiration: the diaphragm.
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