Register Now for Bjِrklunden Vocal Pedagogy Seminar

From July 19 to 24, 2015, Bjِrklunden is offering the special seminar “Acoustic Vocal Pedagogy & Voice Physiology” with Kenneth Bozeman and Christian Herbst.

Participants will be provided with a basic understanding of voice physiology. In tutorial-style lectures and demonstrations, the elemental principles of breathing, laryngeal sound generation and sound modification in the vocal tract will be explained.

Instructors will concentrate on surveying acoustic voice pedagogy and how understanding the acoustics of voice production can dramatically improve teaching efficiency. Instructors will introduce basic elements of singing pedagogy as they relate to acoustic output, but will focus on the acoustic realities with which singers are dealing, the differing acoustic circumstances facing male and female voices, the challenges of male and female transition into the upper voice, and effective strategies for meeting those challenges.

This seminar is intended for voice teachers of high school, college, or adult students, college voice majors, graduate performance or vocal pedagogy majors; choral conductors who incorporate vocal training in their rehearsals; and voice therapists specializing in the rehabilitation of singers

Seminar classes meet weekday mornings and some evenings at Bjِrklunden’s lodge, just south of Baileys Harbor. Each seminar includes meals prepared by Bjِrklunden’s resident chef. For complete details regarding the unique seminar, call 920.839.2216, write to: Bjِrklunden Seminars, P O Box 10, Baileys Harbor, WI, 54202 or visit lawrence.edu/s/bjorklunden/events.