Voice Final Exam Recap

Things to Study for 2027 Final:

Restructuring (breath support)

Focus Line (landing vocal intention)

Resonation (chest, hard palate, teeth, sinuses, nasality, mask, skull)

Larynx

Vocal Folds (what happens to them with overuse, injury, cigarette smoking, upper respiratory infection)

Moist Air versus Water

Laryngo-pharyngeal reflux affects on voice & how to avoid

How to Help Yourself when there is a vocal issue (voice doctors, vocal rest, homeopathic remedies including neti pot & herbs)

What NOT to do when there is a vocal issue 


Any questions on the above material? Please ask below & I will respond by Final Exam time on Weds, Dec. 7 @ 10am.


Thanks,
Joanna

Cazden, pg. 65 - 87

Hi guys!
FYI - For the Final, you need to know the information Cazden includes on homeopathic herbs, and their uses for the voice in particular. Any comments, questions, and/ or confusions about these chapters? Please comment below!
Thanks,
Joanna

Cazden, pg. 43 - 62

 FYI - for the Final you need to know the following: who the laryngologist & the speech pathologist are and when to go see them; how upper respiratory infections affect the voice; and what a neti pot / nasal irrigation is. Any comments, questions, and/ or confusions about this chapter? Please comment below by class time on Tuesday, Nov. 15.
Thanks!
Joanna

Cazden, pg. 27 - 45

FYI - for the Final, you are required to know the following:
All about laryngo-pharyngeal reflux; what food and drink to partake in and what to avoid.
Any comments, questions and/or confusions about this reading? Please comment below by Tuesday, Nov. 8.
Thanks,
Joanna

Cazden, Intro - pg. 24

For the midterm, you will need to know all about the larynx, and vocal folds, including signs of sickness, and what cigarette smoking does to the voice. Any comments, questions, and/ or confusions about this chapter? Please comment below!

Bianca's Response to Fitzmaurice

I think it was such an honor to hear or read this whole Restructuring and Destructuring process.  It just made it more clearly to hear the process broken down the way Fitzmaurice did.  It was interesting how she said some students are in "beginning" for like 10 weeks and that sounds like us.  I really enjoyed reading her interview because it was juicy info. that could trully help me as a growing actor.  I've even psyched myself to at least do some of her work for 20 minutes a day! So I am excited to grow and learn more of Fitzmaurice's work.

Catherine Fitzmaurice Interview

Hey guys!
I love what Catherine Fitzmaurice says about sympathetic vibration, and the audience going to see live theatre in order to be physically "touched" by your vocal vibrations / resonation. What other insights in the interview do you find especially helpful and/or evocative? Anything that is confusing or unclear?
Please comment below by Tuesday, 10/ 25.
Thanks!
Joanna