by Mike Telin
No matter what your musical genre of choice, whether it’s opera, Broadway, pop, country & western or jazz— you name it — if there’s singing involved, chances are that at some point a singer has either withdrawn, cancelled, or chosen to lip-sync because of voice problems.
Beginning on Friday, January 31 and running through Sunday, February 2, the Oberlin Conservatory of Music will host the 2014 Symposium for Voice Performance and Pedagogy. “The weekend is all about getting together and having conversation about vocal health,” says Lorraine Manz, Associate Professor of Singing and Director of Oberlin’s Otto B. Schoepfle Vocal Arts Center. “We’re very excited to be the host because the region and the state is home to so many outstanding vocal programs that train singers not only in opera but in jazz, musical theatre and Contemporary Commercial Music.”
In addition to Oberlin voice faculty, the Symposium will feature members of the Cleveland Clinic Voice Center and guest clinician Jeanette LoVetri (above). [Read more…]