Journal of Singing - On Point
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JOS On Point
- Lift Your Voice
- World Voice Day 2022 (April 16) carries the theme “Lift Your Voice.” In his Editor’s Commentary for the March/April issue of the periodical, Journal of Singing Editor in Chief Richard Sjoerdsma, while gratefully acknowledging journal contributors’ expansion of the theme in their various columns for the commemorative issue, chooses another route. He exhorts, in these challenging times, lifting our voices with a resounding NO to all manifestations of evil that surround us, and with an equally resounding YES to the cultivation of good in all its guises.Pages_from_JOS_078_4_2022_431.pdf (application/pdf, 191.3 K) posted at 8:50 AM, April 11, 2022
- Listener's Gallery ‘Birgit Nilsson: A League of Her Own’
- JOS-075-3-2019-379_-_Listeners_Gallery_-_Review_-_Birgit_Nilsson_-_A_Leagure_of_Her_Own.pdf (application/pdf, 128.7 K) posted at 12:45 PM, April 16, 2019
- Loaded Words: The Ongoing Evolution of “Support”
- In the November/December issue of the Journal of Singing, author Brian Manternach offers “Loaded Words: The Ongoing Evolution of ‘Support’” in the latest installment of “The Independent Teacher” column. Manternach notes that while the term “breath support” is frequently referenced by some teachers, others entirely eschew it, “believing it to be ambiguous at best and harmful at worst.” Manternach presents various definitions of the term, examines potential problems with how it is used, and considers alternate phrases that may be less “loaded,” while also highlighting some areas of general consensus in the ongoing evolution of the word “support.”JOS-081-2-2024-205.pdf (application/pdf, 198.6 K) posted at 2:17 PM, November 25, 2024
- Manual Mimicry in the Teaching and Learning of Phonemes for Singing
- The integration of body movement during vocalization is seamless and ubiquitous in both speaking and singing, and a growing literature is dedicated to body movement in voice pedagogy. Caron Daley and Heather Leavy Rusiewicz, in “Manual Mimicry in the Teaching and Learning of Phonemes for Singing,” published in the March/April issue of the Journal of Singing, present a rationale for the use of manual mimicry gesture in the voice studio and choral rehearsal to facilitate articulation, resonance, and expressivity.JOS_077_04_2021_521.pdf (application/pdf, 838.9 K) posted at 3:48 PM, March 5, 2021
- Mindful Voice: Focusing The Scope: The Voice Practitioner’s Role in Trauma-Informed Care
- The Mindful Voice column in The March/April issue of the Journal of Singing focuses on “The Voice Practitioner’s Role in Trauma-Informed Care.” Co-authors Elisa Monti, Megan Durham, and Allison Reynolds explore the term “trauma-informed,” which has gained popularity in the singing voice community since the outbreak of COVID-19. In this important article, the authors cover the definition, effects, and statistics of trauma and offer useful guidelines to teachers on how to be supportive in the presence of trauma-related reactivity, but in a manner that is within the scope of the voice specialist.JOS-080-4-2024-455.pdf (application/pdf, 462.6 K) posted at 2:01 PM, March 1, 2024
