Vocalarts Science Symposium 2011

Nonprofit Organization US Postage Paid Hattiesburg, MS 39402 Permit No. 148

Karen Peeler is professor of voice and pedagogy at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, where she heads the graduate program in vocal pedagogy and is co-director of the Helen Swank Voice Teaching and Research Laboratory, and advisor for the graduate interdisciplinary program in singing health. Dr. Peeler holds degrees from Tulane University (BA, English), the Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music (MM, vocal performance), and the Florida State University (DM, vocal performance). Included among her teachers and coaches are Elena Nikolaidi, Oren Brown, Hubert Kockritz, John Wustman, Harold Heiberg, Thomas Grubb, Karl Pilss and Hans-Peter Schilly. She has performed leading roles in opera, operetta and musical theater throughout the United States and has concertized widely in the U.S., Austria and Italy. She can be heard with her chamber trio, TRIO ARIANA, on their compact disc of original music for voice, viola and piano, Renovations and Rhymes on the Eroica label.

This event is made possible in part by a grant from the Discretionary Fund of the National Association of Teachers of Singing, Inc.

January 21 - 22, 2011

Thad Cochran Center The University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg Campus AA/EOE/ADAI

SCHOOL OF MUSIC 118 College Drive #5081 Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001

Thomas F. Cleveland is director of vocology at the Vanderbilt Voice Center and associate professor of Otolaryngology in the School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, where he conducts research and is involved in team management and care of the singing voice. Dr. Cleveland has lectured in Australia, Brazil, England, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden, Turkey and the United States. He is the author of more than 70 articles and research papers that have been published in the NATS Journal, The Journal of Singing, The Journal of Research in Singing, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America and The Journal of Voice. Dr. Cleveland holds a Ph.D. from the University of Southern California and conducted graduate and postgraduate research with Dr. Johan Sundberg at the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, as a Fulbright Scholar and as the recipient of a grant from the Voice Foundation of America.

Vocal Arts and Science Symposium

In keeping with its mission to provide cultural enrichment, development of musicians, teachers, and creative and research professionals in the arts and arts/music education, the School of Music invites you to attend its first bi-annual Vocal Arts and Science Symposium with two of our nation’s leading pedagogical and voice experts, Dr. Karen Peeler, Professor of Voice and Vocal Pedagogy at Ohio State University, and Dr. Thomas Cleveland, Director of Vocology at Vanderbilt University’s Bill Wilkerson Center, as our master clinicians.

Local speech therapists and ear, nose, throat physicians will be joining Dr. Peeler and Dr. Cleveland periodically throughout the symposium: speech and hearing specialists Richard Saniga, Ph.D., SLP-CCC and Steven J. Cloud, Ph.D., CCCSLP; otolaryngologists, John D. Sobiesk, M.D., Robert McCrary, M.D., FAAAI-ENT and Facial Plastic Surgery, and Charles E. Guice, III, M.D. FACS-ENT and facial plastic surgery. Additional professional singers and speakers will serve as panelists.

Two power-packed days from 8 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. of pedagogical material and topics including voice production, tension in the singing voice, medicine and handling pathologies (allergies, respiratory illnesses, etc.), treating and working with the voice after injury or surgery, to name a few. Fun-filled master classes for speakers and singers (avocational and professional) are also planned to give practical methods and techniques on vocal improvement in both singing and speech. Additionally, lectures and presentations will be interspersed with panel discussions and Q & A sessions.

The symposium is open to members of the National Associations of Teachers of Singing (NATS), the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA), private studio teachers and professional singers (not affiliated with NATS or MTNA), professional speakers, speech and hearing specialist, voice specialist and otolaryngologists, K-12 teachers, actors/orators, ministers, choral directors, church music directors, forensics teams, avocational singers (with all styles of music), church choir members, students and all who have an interest in professional or avocational voice usage.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FRIDAY, JANUARY 21

“Your Voice: Important Production Principles” “Your Voice: The Influence of Science on Its Training and Care” “Voice Health Care and Maintenance: What Every User Should Know” Master (Performance) Class Techniques for the Speaking Voice (actors, orators, ministers, conductors, public speakers and teachers) Panel Discussion/Q & A “Medicine and Your Voice—Usage Plus Negative Effects (Pros and Cons)” “Troubleshooting Tension in the Singing Voice” “Helping the Post-Injury Voice” Master Class for the Avocational Singer (choristers, gospel, barbershop, etc.)

7:30 – 8:30 p.m. – Recital: “The Joy of Singing” Westminster Presbyterian Church (115 N. 25th Avenue, Hattiesburg, Miss.)

SATURDAY, JANUARY 22

“The Non-classical Singer: Production Principles, Pitfalls and Profits” “The Professional/Classical Singer: Problems and Pitfalls” Master Class for the Belt-Pop, Jazz, Contemporary/ Contemporary Christian Music Singer “Pursuing a Career in Singing” Master Class for the Professional/Legit Singer

REGISTRATION FORM Program # 11N 1662

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TEACHERS - Application has been approved for CEUs from The University of Southern Mississippi for 1.35 CEUs for educators. CEUs are an additional fee of $26. Sign-up and fee payment for CEUs will be on-site at check-in only. Please do not include CEU payment with the registration fee. CEU registration is not available after the workshop begins. No refunds are available for CEUs.

To register by: PHONE 601.266.4186 (VISA or MasterCard only) FAX 601.266.5839 (VISA, MasterCard or purchase order only)

ASHA - This conference is offered for 1.1 CEUs (intermediate level, professional area). There is no charge for ASHA CEUs and teachers can attain CEUs for attendance

For refund policy, special accomodations and hotel information, please visit our Web site or call the Office of Professional Development and Educational Outreach at 601.266.4186 for details.

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