​Voice in the Hayes Valley:
​Innovations in care & pedagogy of the artistic voice

October 15, 2017​
Sol Joseph Recital Hall

This event features didactic lectures and workshops on the care and science of the professional voice. Faculty come from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) and from various other states in the United States. This event is also crowned by the Gala Performance titled “One Larynx, Many Voices” featuring performances by SFCM voice faculty and students as well as many outstanding US and international vocal artists.

Organizing Faculty

Raul M. Cruz, MD
​PVSF
Heidi Moss Erickson, BA, BMus, MSci
​SFCM
Pamela Fry
​SFCM
Krzysztof Izdebski, FK, MA, PhD, CCC-SLP, FASHA
​PVSF | SFCM | SCU
Gloria S. Kim
​SFCM
David H. Stull (President)
​SFCM
César Ulloa
​SFCM
Ronald Ward, MD, FACS
​PVSF
Randall K. Wenokur, MD
​PVSF
Yuling Yan, PhD
​SCU

Speakers

Matt Blanco, MS
SCU
Robert Britton
SFCM
Barbara Buchanan, MA, CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist
Judith Dunlore
​Estill Voice International
Heidi Moss Erickson, BA, BMus, MSci
​SFCM
Janet Madelle Feindel, MFA
Carnegie Mellon School of Drama
J. Patrick Gannon, PhD
Peak Performance Systems
Ian Howell
New England Conservatory
Krzysztof Izdebski, FK, MA, PhD, CCC-SLP, FASHA
​PVSF | SFCM | SCU
Grace Johnson, DMA
​Singing Teacher
Ann Kearney, MA, CCC-SLP, BRS-S
Stanford University Medical Center
Raz Kennedy
Raz Productions
Quentin Kennedy, AuD
SF ENT
Marika Kuzma
UC Berkeley
Michael Mohammed
SFCM
Brian Nuyen, MD
Stanford University Medical Center
Ruby Pleasure
SFCM
Lee Strawn, DMA
SF Sings
Indre Viskontas, PhD
​SFCM
Ronald Ward, MD, FACS
​PVSF
Lisa Wentz, MA
​SF Voice Center
Steven J. Younger, MD
California Pacific Medical Center
Yuling Yan, PhD
​SCU
and more...

Schedule

9:00 AM - 9:05 AM
​Welcome
Session 1: Science
​Chair: Wenokur
9:05 AM - 9:25 AM
Izdebski
​Technology and voice
9:25 AM - 9:40 AM
Moss
"I can't smile without you": Dissecting the role of the 'lift' in vocal pedagogy, then and now
9:40 AM - 9:55 AM
Blanco
Overtone analysis​
9:55 AM - 10:15 AM
​Viskontas
Cortical control of phonation
Session 2: Clinical Issues I
​Chair: Blanco
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM
​Ward
Common meds and the artistic voice
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM
​Younger
General anesthesia and your voice
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM
Kennedy, Q
Temporary hearing loss in singers: Reasons
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
​Break
Session 3: Clinical Issues II
​Chair: Mohammed
11:30 AM - 11:45 AM
​Kennedy, R
"The road to recovery": The professional and personal challenges singers confront during the process of healing from a vocal injury
11:45 AM - 11:55 AM
​Britton
Alexander principles
11:55 AM - 12:10 PM
​Feindel
Alexander value to voice stability
12:10 PM - 1:30 PM
Lunch ​Break
Session 4: Voice Training and Pedagogy I
​Chair: Kennedy, R
1:30 PM - 1:45 PM
​Johnson
What if it is zebras? Singing technique viewed through the lens of childhood sexual trauma
1:45 PM - 2:00 PM
​Mohammed
Pedagogy and performance practice of styles that straddle classical and musical theatre styles
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM
​Howel
TBD
2:15 PM - 2:30 PM
​Dunlore
Estill Voice Program
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM
​Kuzma
Confessions of a choral director-singer-actor: Observations and comparisons of vocal instruction
2:45 PM - 3:00 PM
Pleasure
Working with a transgender singer
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
​Break
Session 5: Training and Pedagogy II
​Chair: Izdebski
3:30 PM - 3:45 PM
​Wentz
Training of a professional speaker: How I do it
3:45 PM - 4:05 PM
​Gannon
Treatment of atypical cases of performance anxiety
4:05 PM - 4:20 PM
​Kearney
Therapy for vocal fatigue. Does it always work?
4:20 PM - 4:40 PM
​Nuyen
The aging singer's voice: Diagnosis & management
4:40 PM - 5:05 PM
​Viskontas
Tapping into distinct learning and memory systems through effective practice strategies

Workshops

5:30 PM - 6:15 PM
​Dunlore
Introduction to Estill Voice Training
​Feindel
Voice and Alexander Technique
​Gannon
Counseling atypical cases of music performance anxiety
​Johnson
Singers with a history of sexual abuse: A round-table discussion
​Kennedy, R
What do when retraining an injured singer
​Moss
Review of selected mobile voice applications
Program subject to change without notice