View Poster Paper Sessions > Sunday, July 3
posted on 2:42 PM, February 28, 2022
12 – 2 p.m. (Exhibit Hall - Grand Ballroom II-III, 7th Floor)
- Singing Outside SATB: Teaching Countertenors in the Choral Classroom. Presenter: Melissa M Baughman
- In this study, we examined the perspectives and experiences of choral directors teaching countertenors and other voice types outside SATB. Our findings provide insight into specific strategies instructors are familiar with, value, and use to teach students with unique voices.
- In this study, we examined the perspectives and experiences of choral directors teaching countertenors and other voice types outside SATB. Our findings provide insight into specific strategies instructors are familiar with, value, and use to teach students with unique voices.
- The Sounds of Brazilian Portuguese and the Main Pitfalls for the Non-native Singer. Presenter: Juliana Franco
- Brazil has a rich culture and song repertoire that remains largely unknown to most. This unfamiliarity is mostly due to the challenges that language presents. I created a helpful guide with valuable tools necessary to master the diction, improve interpretation, and enable singers to better connect with their audiences.
- Brazil has a rich culture and song repertoire that remains largely unknown to most. This unfamiliarity is mostly due to the challenges that language presents. I created a helpful guide with valuable tools necessary to master the diction, improve interpretation, and enable singers to better connect with their audiences.
- Encouraging Civic Engagement Through Performance. Presenter: Lily Guerrero
- Do you want to create more performance opportunities for your students while promoting civic engagement? Why not try a themed recital with a nonprofit partner? I will provide four case studies of concerts that raised funds for community organizations. This endeavor taught singers how to plan and organize a recital while supporting their local community. Learn how you can provide these entrepreneurial skills for your students while taking part in thoughtful community action.
- Do you want to create more performance opportunities for your students while promoting civic engagement? Why not try a themed recital with a nonprofit partner? I will provide four case studies of concerts that raised funds for community organizations. This endeavor taught singers how to plan and organize a recital while supporting their local community. Learn how you can provide these entrepreneurial skills for your students while taking part in thoughtful community action.
- Qualitative comparison of audio & video transmission platforms for music lessons. Presenters: Ian Howell and Kayla Gautereaux
- This project will explore the quality of multiple online audio and video transmission platforms that predominantly did not exist prior to the Covid-19 pandemic. Tests will highlight automatic gain adjustments, frequency range (i.e., bandpass filters or down-sampling), frequency response, audio compression, video resolution, and audio and video latency relative to best-case ping signals. A wide range of both free and commercial platforms will be explored, covering a variety of use cases.
- This project will explore the quality of multiple online audio and video transmission platforms that predominantly did not exist prior to the Covid-19 pandemic. Tests will highlight automatic gain adjustments, frequency range (i.e., bandpass filters or down-sampling), frequency response, audio compression, video resolution, and audio and video latency relative to best-case ping signals. A wide range of both free and commercial platforms will be explored, covering a variety of use cases.
- Comparison of Voice Teacher Voice Quality Before and After Online Instruction and Masked, In-Person Instruction Using Acoustic and Perceptual Measures: A Pilot Study. Presenters: Brian M Manternach and Jeremy N. Manternach.
- We conducted a study to examine perceptual and acoustical measures of voice quality among one singing teacher prior to and after self-reported rigorous days of in-person voice instruction conducted while wearing a KN95 protective mask, in order to measure voice deterioration. These data were then compared to similar data collected before and after rigorous days of virtual online instruction in order to see if one medium of teaching (online versus masked, in-person) is more vocally fatiguing than the other.
- We conducted a study to examine perceptual and acoustical measures of voice quality among one singing teacher prior to and after self-reported rigorous days of in-person voice instruction conducted while wearing a KN95 protective mask, in order to measure voice deterioration. These data were then compared to similar data collected before and after rigorous days of virtual online instruction in order to see if one medium of teaching (online versus masked, in-person) is more vocally fatiguing than the other.
- Vibrato Variability as a Diagnostic Tool: Perceptions of Vibrato Health, Production, and Expression. Presenter: Theodora Nestorova
- Many voice professionals of Western Musical genres consider vibrato to be a byproduct of both technique and style. This study evaluates the perception of variable vibrato by vocal pedagogues and vibrato timbre’s perceived connection to vocal health, efficient biomechanical production, and artistic expression.
- Many voice professionals of Western Musical genres consider vibrato to be a byproduct of both technique and style. This study evaluates the perception of variable vibrato by vocal pedagogues and vibrato timbre’s perceived connection to vocal health, efficient biomechanical production, and artistic expression.
- Diversity in the Vocal Area: A Trip to West Africa, Yoruba Art Songs. Presenter: Miracle Ogbor
- Classical music now tries to diversify with respect to race, yet the genre remains predominantly Caucasian and European. This research shares ways to create diversity in classical music, not only with new vocal repertoire, but also to help others find safe spaces to explore cultural diversity. This project will be focused on the Western part of Nigeria whose dialect is the Yoruba language. This will help to promote an international understanding of Yoruba art songs which reflect literary, musical, instrumental and dance cultural traditions.
- Classical music now tries to diversify with respect to race, yet the genre remains predominantly Caucasian and European. This research shares ways to create diversity in classical music, not only with new vocal repertoire, but also to help others find safe spaces to explore cultural diversity. This project will be focused on the Western part of Nigeria whose dialect is the Yoruba language. This will help to promote an international understanding of Yoruba art songs which reflect literary, musical, instrumental and dance cultural traditions.
- Treble Choral Singing and Hearing in Masks: Acoustical and Perceptual Measurements of Choral Spacing Distance and Mask Type in Light of Singer/Listener Preferences. Presenters: Kathy Kessler Price, Felicia Betts, Minh-Vy Duong, and Emily DeMerchant.
- The purpose of this study is to assess through acoustical and perceptual testing the optimal measured treble singer distance for intonation and hearing, and the preferred mask for singing comfort among singers in choral formation while wearing various types of masks, both uniform and mixed varieties. Analyses of participant and expert listener surveys and recordings of the sung phrases are included. Several studies have investigated choral spacing (Daugherty, 2012, 2011, 2003, 1999; Ternström, 1999) but none have been conducted with subjects masked.
- The purpose of this study is to assess through acoustical and perceptual testing the optimal measured treble singer distance for intonation and hearing, and the preferred mask for singing comfort among singers in choral formation while wearing various types of masks, both uniform and mixed varieties. Analyses of participant and expert listener surveys and recordings of the sung phrases are included. Several studies have investigated choral spacing (Daugherty, 2012, 2011, 2003, 1999; Ternström, 1999) but none have been conducted with subjects masked.
- The Effects of Head Position and Singing Style on Postural, Acoustical, and Perceptual Measures of Musical Theatre Singers. Presenter: Amelia Rollings Bigler.
- The purpose of this study was to determine the effects, if any, of lowered, neutral, and elevated head positions (determined from measured angles between postural markers adhered to the nasion, tragus, C7 vertebra, and the vertical plane) on postural, acoustical, and perceptual measures acquired from musical theatre singers (N = 10) performing the same song in two vocal styles (musical theatre legit/classical and belt). Results will be discussed in terms of advice that might be given to singers concerning optimal head position while singing based on vocal style and the direction of future research in this area.
- The purpose of this study was to determine the effects, if any, of lowered, neutral, and elevated head positions (determined from measured angles between postural markers adhered to the nasion, tragus, C7 vertebra, and the vertical plane) on postural, acoustical, and perceptual measures acquired from musical theatre singers (N = 10) performing the same song in two vocal styles (musical theatre legit/classical and belt). Results will be discussed in terms of advice that might be given to singers concerning optimal head position while singing based on vocal style and the direction of future research in this area.
- Voice Studios in the Modern Era: Creating Safe and Diverse Opportunities for Students. Presenters: Victoria Vargas and André Chiang.
- This poster provides resources to facilitate student engagement and comfort within the voice studio. We will provide templates for information gathering such as intake forms and methods for invigorating the learning process outside of the traditionally practiced models.
- This poster provides resources to facilitate student engagement and comfort within the voice studio. We will provide templates for information gathering such as intake forms and methods for invigorating the learning process outside of the traditionally practiced models.
- Powerful Dynamics: Exploring the Master-Apprentice Tradition in Pursuit of a More Student-Centered Pedagogy. Presenter: Travis Sherwood
- Student and teacher interaction play a crucial role in the development of a student’s concept of self and their agency to embrace autonomy. This poster presentation explores one of the oldest structures of formal education, the master-apprentice tradition, and how it has both persisted and evolved in the Western classical singing community in both name and practice — masterclass, master teacher, young artist apprentice program, etc. By studying the history of this teacher-centered tradition, contemporary pedagogues may contextualize their current practices while considering modifications that may yield a more student-centered pedagogy.
