The Constitution of Voice Knowledge

Abstract

The editor in chief considers the fund of knowledge upon which singers draw by first considering how this knowledge is “constituted” (a term coined by author Jonathan Rauch), then how knowledge advances over time via academic writing and adult learning opportunities like the new NATS Science-Informed Voice Pedagogy Institute. She calls for both sides of the pedagogy aisle (science and art) to cross over by echoing cognitive musicologist David Huron’s call to learn as much as possible through effort, and by cognitive scientist Gary Marcus’ example of learning to play a musical instrument as an adult with no previous experience.