Journal of Singing - On Point
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JOS On Point
- Exceptional Students in the Voice Studio: Understanding and Training Students with Asperger’s Syndrome
- Although it remains a pedagogy largely unaddressed in higher education music curricula, teaching voice lessons to exceptional students who experience difficulty in learning due to impaired communication and social skills is an increasingly encountered challenge. Ann Cravero, in her article “Exceptional Students in the Voice Studio: Understanding and Training Students with Asperger’s Syndrome,” appearing in the November/December issue of the Journal of Singing, focuses on an approach to voice pedagogy for students identified with a singular disorder, Asperger’s Syndrome.JOS-077-02-2020-159.pdf (application/pdf, 675.4 K) posted at 2:45 PM, December 9, 2020
- Exogenous Testosterone and the Transgender Singing Voice: A 30-Month Case Study
- In their article, “Exogenous Testosterone and the Transgender Singing Voice: A 30-Month Case Study,” published in the March/April issue of the Journal of Singing, coauthors Ari Agha and Laura Hynes initiate the first rigorous, scientific description of the timing and nature of the singing voice changes of an assigned female singer taking testosterone. The article includes links to illustrative audio recordings of the singer’s changing voice and pushes traditional boundaries of voice research by considering the singer’s embodied, emotional experience of their voice.Pages_from_JOS_078_4_2022_441.pdf (application/pdf, 723 K) posted at 9:45 AM, March 7, 2022
- Exploring Adjunct Teaching, Part 1
- In a two part article, “Exploring Adjunct Teaching,” appearing in the March/April and May/June issues of the Journal of Singing, voice pedagogue Brian Manternach investigates issues related to adjunct voice instruction in higher education. Part 1 examines how reliance on adjunct labor has impacted academia at large, as well as how it impacts studio voice lessons. In order to more accurately portray what adjunct teaching looks like on a day to day basis, Part 2 relates personal experiences of five teachers who currently work, or have previously worked, as adjunct voice teachers.JOS-076-04-2020-459.pdf (application/pdf, 187 K) posted at 11:32 AM, August 13, 2020
- Exploring Adjunct Teaching, Part 2
- In a two part article, “Exploring Adjunct Teaching,” appearing in the March/April and May/June issues of the Journal of Singing, voice pedagogue Brian Manternach investigates issues related to adjunct voice instruction in higher education. Part 1 examines how reliance on adjunct labor has impacted academia at large, as well as how it impacts studio voice lessons. In order to more accurately portray what adjunct teaching looks like on a day to day basis, Part 2 relates personal experiences of five teachers who currently work, or have previously worked, as adjunct voice teachers.JOS-076-05-2020-581.pdf (application/pdf, 411.4 K) posted at 11:31 AM, August 13, 2020
- Exploring the Pedagogic Legacy of Barbara Doscher
- The late Barbara Doscher, iconic voice pedagogue and author of the seminal and widely used text, The Functional Unity of the Singing Voice, continues to find voice through her many students. One of the most prominent of those, John Nix, in his article “’Well for God’s sake, don’t peep!’—Exploring the Legacy of Barbara Doscher,” published in the January/February 2020 issue of “Journal of Singing,” outlines the technical aspects and teaching style of one of the twentieth century’s most important voice teachers.JOS-076-3-2020-255_-_Nix_-_Legacy_of_Barbara_Doscher.pdf (application/pdf, 458.9 K) posted at 4:36 PM, January 6, 2020
