Fricatives Are My Favorite!
by Robyne Driggs What is a fricative? In this teaching tip, Robyne Driggs shares her experience with this valuable tool, and how they can be…
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Ask Dean: Muscle Tension Dysphonia
In this latest edition of ASK DEAN, Becky Gilhespie asked a question about vocal strain. QUESTION: Occasionally I come across a student whose voice opens…
The Key Ingredient for Singing in Mix
Weekly Teaching Tip – May 4, 2020 by Dean Kaelin Many years ago, what would eventually become the core training group for teaching “Speech Level…
The Magic of ‘ng’
Weekly Teaching Tip – Feb. 24, 2020 by Dean Kaelin I have spent my entire 37 years of teaching looking for ways to help students…
2018 Keynote Address by MaryAnnKehler, IVTOM President
President MaryAnnKehler’s Keynote Address at the 2018 IVTOM International Voice Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah This year, 2018, is the 7th IVTOM International…
Vowel Tract Exercises
Vowel Tract Exercises Spend some time playing with the shape of the vocal tract to help your students understand how small changes in tongue, lip…
Tricia Grey’s 8 Steps to Vocal Development
If you were at the 2018 Salt Lake City IVTOM conference and had the experience associating with the world’s most dedicated voice teachers, you got…
What is Mix?
Weekly Teaching Tip – May 15, 2018 by Dean Kaelin Even though we are the International Voice teachers of MIX there seems to be an…
“Chest Pullers” vs. “Flippers”
Weekly Teaching Tip – March 27, 2018 by Dean Kaelin This week’s teaching tip comes from a question a teacher sent to me. Question: What…
Balance in the Extremes
Weekly Teaching Tip – July 24, 2017 by Camiah Mingorance My husband was diagnosed a few years ago with chronic acute kidney failure and last…
