{"title":"Filosofando Sobre/Con la Voz: Desplegando Teoría Para Profundizar Prácticas Comprometidas Con la Justicia Vocal","authors":"C. Hamel, Ann J. Cahill, Antonio Ocampo-Guzman","doi":"10.1080/23268263.2023.2278863","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23268263.2023.2278863","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36249,"journal":{"name":"Voice and Speech Review","volume":"86 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2024-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139386093","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Christine Hamel, Ann J. Cahill, Antonio Ocampo-Guzman
{"title":"Philosophizing About/With the Voice: Deploying Theory to Deepen Practices Committed to Vocal Justice","authors":"Christine Hamel, Ann J. Cahill, Antonio Ocampo-Guzman","doi":"10.1080/23268263.2023.2278862","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23268263.2023.2278862","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36249,"journal":{"name":"Voice and Speech Review","volume":"42 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139175366","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Discurso Del Presidente de VASTA en la Conferencia 2023","authors":"Antonio Ocampo-Guzman","doi":"10.1080/23268263.2023.2276988","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23268263.2023.2276988","url":null,"abstract":"Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationNotes on contributorsAntonio Ocampo-GuzmanAntonio Ocampo-Guzman, actor, director y profesor de teatro oriundo de Bogotá, Colombia, es Profesor Asociado y Jefe del Departamento de Teatro en la Universidad Northeastern, en Boston, Massachusetts. Actualmente es el presidente de VASTA (Asociación de Profesores de Voz y Habla). Antonio se entrenó como actor en la Escuela del Teatro Libre y con Shakespeare & Company, y recibió una Maestría en Bellas Artes en Dirección Escénica junto con un Diploma Académico en Estudios de la Voz en la Universidad York, en Toronto, Canadá. Es un Maestro Designado del Método Linklater, y autor de La Liberación de la Voz Natural: El Método Linklater (UNAM, 2010).","PeriodicalId":36249,"journal":{"name":"Voice and Speech Review","volume":"117 11","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134957600","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Staging Sex: Best Practices, Tools, and Techniques for Theatrical Intimacy <b>Staging Sex: Best Practices, Tools, and Techniques for Theatrical Intimacy</b> , Chelsea Pace, with contributions from Laura Rikard, New York, United States of America, Routledge, 2020, 123 p., US $35.96 (paperback), ISBN 978-1-138-59648-1","authors":"Heidi Malazdrewich","doi":"10.1080/23268263.2023.2278242","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23268263.2023.2278242","url":null,"abstract":"\"Staging Sex: Best Practices, Tools, and Techniques for Theatrical Intimacy.\" Voice and Speech Review, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), pp. 1–2 Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationNotes on contributorsHeidi MalazdrewichHeidi Malazdrewich is a director, dramaturg, and theatre educator. She has worked with companies across Canada including: The Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, The Citadel, Manitoba Theatre for Young People, Rainbow Stage, Theatre Projects Manitoba, Theatre Baddeck, and Playwrights Atlantic Resource Centre. She was the Assistant Artistic Director of the Winnipeg International Storytelling Festival. Heidi holds an MFA in directing from the University of Calgary and is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Manitoba. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre and Film at the University of Winnipeg.","PeriodicalId":36249,"journal":{"name":"Voice and Speech Review","volume":"50 3S","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135474847","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effects of a Straw Phonation on Acoustic and Self-Reported Measures of Adolescent Female Singers: A Pilot Study","authors":"Jeremy N. Manternach, Chad Clark, Bridget Sweet","doi":"10.1080/23268263.2023.2269059","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23268263.2023.2269059","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTCharacteristics of adolescent female voice change include breathiness, inconsistent pitch, “cracks,” abrupt register transitions, vocal range changes, and decreased stamina. Researchers have found that semi-occluded vocal tract exercises (e.g. straw phonation) can assist with such difficulties with other varied populations, facilitating glottal closure, decreasing breathiness, and encouraging easier voicing. Therefore, the purpose of this investigation was to measure the effects of straw phonation (experimental) compared to “ah” vowel (control) warm-ups on acoustic and self-reported measures of seventh-grade female-identifying singers. We calculated each participant’s Acoustic Voice Quality Index (AVQI) prior to and after a 4–5-minute straw phonation (n = 6) or unoccluded “ah” vowel (n = 6) warm-up. Results indicated robust improvement in AVQI scores after both warm-ups, with a trend toward more acoustic improvement after straw phonation (5 improved, M = 0.48, compared to 4, M = 0.35). All participants self-reported that their respective voicing helped them to be more warmed up, but the effect was statistically much larger in the straw group (7.23 to 5.00, 10-point scale). Some participants self-reported that straw phonation was more effective than their typical warm-up. These results may indicate more robust benefits from straw phonation, which could facilitate increased motivation during a difficult transition.KEYWORDS: Straw phonationadolescent female singerSOVTEvocal qualityAVQI Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Notes1. This data collection began in March 2020, just prior to the COVID–19 shutdown. When the school reopened to visitors, we no longer had access to students in this location, and our resulting sample size was smaller than intended. We believe these methods and pilot data will inform future studies.Additional informationNotes on contributorsJeremy N. ManternachJeremy N. Manternach, PhD, is Associate Professor and area chair of Music Education at the University of Iowa, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate choral pedagogy, music education, and research courses. Dr. Manternach is a frequent guest clinician and conductor at the state, conference, and local levels. His research on vocal/choral pedagogy and acoustics has appeared in such venues as the Journal of Research in Music Education (JRME), the Journal of Voice, and the International Journal for Research in Choral Singing (IJRCS). He currently serves on the editorial board of the JRME.Chad ClarkChad Clark, PhD, is the vocal music teacher at Lakewood High School in Lakewood, CO, and the Music Director at St. Andrew Presbyterian Church in Boulder, CO. His research interests include teacher self-efficacy and adolescent voice change instruction, the effects of choral conductor and singer gesture on conglomerate choral sound, straw phonation, and various semi-occluded vocal tract exercises (SOVTE) and their impact on cho","PeriodicalId":36249,"journal":{"name":"Voice and Speech Review","volume":"24 9","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135820078","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"VASTA Presidential Address to the 2023 Conference","authors":"Antonio Ocampo-Guzman","doi":"10.1080/23268263.2023.2275982","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23268263.2023.2275982","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36249,"journal":{"name":"Voice and Speech Review","volume":"137 ","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136102812","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Unearthing “Vocal Transparency” Part Two: The Integration of the Miller Voice Method and the Michael Chekhov Technique—Breath for Transformation","authors":"Kristi Dana","doi":"10.1080/23268263.2023.2272553","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23268263.2023.2272553","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTThis article describes why the integration of the Miller Voice Method and Michael Chekhov Technique is useful for actors seeking to speak their character’s words with spontaneity, clarity, and specific point-of-view. Citing Dr. Arne Dietrich’s Transient Hypofrontality Theory, the article highlights how combining circular breathing techniques, such as Miller Voice Method’s Active Breath, with psychophysical practices, such as the Michael Chekhov Technique, can downregulate the higher order functions of the brain’s prefrontal cortex, leading to an altered state of consciousness. The characteristics of altered states of consciousness and their advantages for the actor is discussed. Also included in this article is an outline, created using the author’s teaching-based research, of a 10-step approach to the integration of the Miller Voice Method and Michael Chekhov Technique, as well as lessons learned from an actor’s case study, from process to performance.KEYWORDS: BreathactingneuroscienceMichael ChekhovMiller Voice Disclosure StatementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author.Notes1. Active Breath is maintained by breathing in and out through the mouth, specifically. It can be done through the nose, but actors are taught in mVm to keep the lips slightly parted, allowing for the most efficient intake for the purposes of speaking/verbal communication.2. Top of the breath refers to the end of the inhale and the bottom of the breath refers to the end of the exhale.3. In passive breathing states, there is a slight caesura at the end of the exhale. We aim to eliminate this in Active Breath.4. It should be noted that in To the Actor: On The Technique of Acting, Chekhov refers to the higher ego as the higher self.5. More detailed definitions and applications of the Qualities of Movement can be found in Michael Chekhov’s numerous books, including To the Actor: on the technique of acting and On the Technique of Acting.6. It should be noted that the MICHA Workbook lists the third sister of the Three Sisters as Floating. Michael Chekhov began developing the “Three Sisters” sensations shortly before his death but did not term them as such. This article uses Rising instead of Floating as it is based on my studies with MICHA teachers Bethany Caputo and Ted Pugh and their current use of this term for the third sister.7. The masseter muscle runs through the rear part of the cheek and closes the jaw in chewing. An image, and further details, can be found here: https://www.physio-pedia.com/Masseter8. The temporalis is a fan-shaped muscle on the side of the skull that threads underneath the cheekbone and connects to the mandible. It elevates, retracts, and moves the mandible from side to side. An image and further details can be found here: https://www.kenhub.com/en/library/anatomy/temporal-muscle9. The blade of the tongue is just behind the tip.10. The velum is commonly referred to as the “soft palate.” It separates the oral and nasal cavit","PeriodicalId":36249,"journal":{"name":"Voice and Speech Review","volume":"64 8","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135273722","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reexamining Glottalization and Health in Voice and Speech Pedagogy","authors":"Dayle Towarnicky","doi":"10.1080/23268263.2023.2269053","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23268263.2023.2269053","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTThroaty speech sounds like glottal stops, creaky voice, and epiglottal stops are phonemic speech sounds found in various languages cross-linguistically, yet voice and speech literature has historically associated such sounds with poor vocal technique, vocal misuse, and/or vocal abuse. Currently, there is no clear evidence to support the notion that speech sounds which serve as realizations of phonemes in one language are unhealthy when used prosodically in another. Speech sounds targeted (both historically and contemporarily) for reduction and removal from speech patterns for supposed health concerns in English-speaking voice training tend to be the same speech sounds which are targeted as socially undesirable compared with standardized accents of English. Critical examination of cross-linguistic evidence, social context, and previous historical assumptions are necessary to challenge the classification of a speech sound as poor technique or vocal misuse/abuse.KEYWORDS: Glottal stopglottal attackcreaky voicevocal frycross-linguisticvoice and speech pedagogyvoice care AcknowledgmentsSpecial thanks to Juliette Blevins, my thesis advisor at the CUNY Graduate Center. Thank you Juliette for all your support in my graduate education, research, and thesis writing.Disclosure StatementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Notes1. Completed in partial fulfillment of my degree in linguistics from the CUNY Graduate Center.2. Thank you to Jason Bishop for suggesting Grice et al (Citation2023) for a comprehensive definition of prosody. Thank you to my anonymous reviewer for suggesting clarification on the usage of the term prosody in this article.3. Some languages in this list have three contrastive phonation types: modal, creaky, and breathy. See Gordon and Ladefoged (Citation2001) for more information on three-way contrastive phonation.4. “Tense” phonation is also attested in Haoni, Jingpho, Mpi, Wa, and Yi spoken in China and Thailand, while “stiff” phonation is attested in Bruu, spoken in Thailand and Laos (Gordon and Ladefoged Citation2001, 404–406).5. In Nuu-chah-nulth, Davidson categorizes the glottal and epiglottal stops as phonologically patterning with the ejectives because he finds the glottal constriction in the two phonemes to be more important in the phonological patterns than voicing contrast. For both sounds he affirms that they are phonetic stops (Davidson Citation2002, 9–10).6. While Alutor is also listed on PHOIBLE as having both glottal and epiglottal stops, I was unable to check the listed source due to a language barrier. PHOIBLE (Moran and McCloy Citation2019) lists their source as: Kibrik, Aleksandr Evgen’evic and Kodzasov, Sandro Vasil’evic and Murav’eva, Irina Anatol’evna. 2000. Jazyk i fol’klor aljutorcev. Moskva: IMLI RAN, “Nasledie”. 468pp. (Name d. 2. Verfassers auf Titelseite “Kodzasov”, auf d. letzten “Kodsakov”).7. Some contemporary pedagogies now use the terms “onset” and “offset” to describe i","PeriodicalId":36249,"journal":{"name":"Voice and Speech Review","volume":"39 5","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135273217","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Manual Therapy in Need of a Manual: Conceptualizing and Comparing Existing Vocal Massage Protocols and Their Use in the Treatment of Voice Problems","authors":"Lydia Flock, Stephen R. King","doi":"10.1080/23268263.2023.2262181","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23268263.2023.2262181","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTVocal manual therapy (VMT) is a heterogenous term used to describe a variety of touch-based approaches to voice rehabilitation and maintenance. VMT aims to use manipulation, massage, and reposturing to change how the voice sounds and feels. Since first described in 1990, there has been a proliferation in the use of VMT in the treatment of voice problems, with increasing interest in its usefulness within clinical and non-clinical voice settings. This forum article presents a narrative review of 42 studies investigating the use of VMT in a vocal health context. The aim was to identify the theoretical orientations of VMT protocols, draw links between the techniques employed in their administration, and highlight similarities and differences in use of language across VMT protocols. Relevant articles for review were identified via informal literature search using forward and backward citation screening and then described using narrative synthesis. Theoretical orientations were broad and influenced by speech pathology research as well as Finnish massage, naprapathy and yoga. 26 ostensibly different protocols were identified across the 42 studies, with considerable variation in protocol length and frequency. Language was highly varied across protocols. The forum article therefore advocates for greater shared understanding in VMT research and practice.KEYWORDS: Voice therapydysphoniamassagelaryngealvoice disorder Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Supplementary materialSupplemental data for this article can be accessed online at https://doi.org/10.1080/23268263.2023.2262181Notes1. Text describing the protocols was extracted from each of the reviewed articles, collated, and then inputted to the wordcloud package in the statistical software, R. This package is available via CRAN, a network of statistical computations and graphics https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=wordcloud.Additional informationNotes on contributorsLydia FlockLydia Flock is a vocal coach, manual therapist, and published researcher. Lydia was endorsed for the prestigious Global Talent Visa (Exceptional Promise Criteria) by Arts Council England. After training in musical theatre at Ithaca College, the University of Virginia (BA drama, with honors) and the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (MA music theatre), Lydia established a private voice studio, Flockstars Coaching (www.flockstars.com). Passionate about holistic approaches to voicework, Lydia has completed qualifications in advanced clinical massage (Jing Advanced Massage) and vocal manual therapy. Lydia founded Oxford Vocal Massage (www.oxfordvocalmassage.co.uk), the region’s only specialist vocal massage practice.Stephen R. KingStephen King owns the multidisciplinary Voice Care Centre (www.voicecarecentre.co.uk) in London’s West End. A published researcher and passionate about professional development, Stephen has acquired a breadth of knowledge from his qualifications in","PeriodicalId":36249,"journal":{"name":"Voice and Speech Review","volume":"77 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134976030","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Tongue as a Gateway to Voice, Resonance, Style, and Intelligibility <b>The Tongue as a Gateway to Voice, Resonance, Style, and Intelligibility</b> , Angelika Nair, San Diego, CA, United States of America, Plural Publishing, Inc, 2021, 278 pp., ISBN: 978-1-63550-363-0, US $79.95 (paperback)","authors":"Janel Miley","doi":"10.1080/23268263.2023.2264603","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23268263.2023.2264603","url":null,"abstract":"Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Additional informationNotes on contributorsJanel MileyJanel Miley is an educator, actor, and dialect coach based in Richmond, Virginia. Professional acting credits include roles at Shakespeare Theatre Company, Folger Theatre, and Shakespeare & Company. She has served as a dialect coach at universities and regional theaters across the United States and taught at University of Evansville, Virginia Commonwealth University, William & Mary, and West Virginia University. She holds an MFA in theater performance pedagogy from Virginia Commonwealth University and is a member of AEA, VASTA, and is a Guild Certified Feldenkrais PractitionerCM.","PeriodicalId":36249,"journal":{"name":"Voice and Speech Review","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135591780","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}