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

Christian Simon teaches the Healthy Cow

http://podcast.music.lsu.edu/Christian Simon-Healthy Cow.mov

BIANCA MOORE-Goddess Tremor

Click on the link, wait a few moments, and the video will begin.


http://podcast.music.lsu.edu/BIANCAMOORE_GODDESS.mov

Sarah Reid's Standing Tremor pt1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecYJbjlsetI

Juliana Teaches Full Cow

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcGSl1hj-8M

Tiera teaches Standing Arch

http://podcast.music.lsu.edu/WILLIAMSSTANDINGARCH.mov

Molly Teaches Bow Pose

http://podcast.music.lsu.edu/RiversBow.MP4

Ryan Teaches "The Camel"

Rachel Teaches "Baby Cobra"

FARLOW_HALFPLOW

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http://podcast.music.lsu.edu/FARLOW_HALFPLOW.MOV

Monique McCain Happy Whore

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http://podcast.music.lsu.edu/MCCAIN_HAPPYWHORE.mov

Lauren Cook-Happy Baby

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http://podcast.music.lsu.edu/LAURENCOOK_HAPPYBABY.mov

Jacob Cook : Cookie Legs in the air

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http://podcast.music.lsu.edu/Cookie legs in the air.mov

MAILE TEACHES TWIST TREMOR

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http://podcast.music.lsu.edu/MAILETWIST.mov

SOFIA TEACHES THE DYING COCKROACH

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http://podcast.music.lsu.edu/SOFIACOCKROACH.mov

LILY TEACHES PELVIC TILT

Click on the link below, wait a few moments, and watch the video.

http://podcast.music.lsu.edu/LILYTILT.mov

JAY TEACHES LEGS WIDE

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http://podcast.music.lsu.edu/JAYLEGS.mov

Comments on the Reading, "The Free & Placed Voice" pg. 67 - 87

Hi guys!
For the mid-term you need to understand why vocal placement is important to acting work, specifically why is forward placement important?
Please comment by next Tuesday, Oct. 4, on anything else you found interesting / confusing in Rodenburg's chapter on "The Free & Place Voice."
Thx!
Joanna

Comments on the Reading, "The Breath" pg. 38 - 66

Hey guys!
Please post any questions / concerns / observations from the reading below. For the mid-term, you are required to know all about breath support, and the importance of being aware of breath patterns. In addition, you are required to know classroom terms such as: destructuring (tremors); Catherine Fitzmaurice; fluffy sound; feeling breath; alpha state; and the names of the different tremoring poses and how you do them (thus far, we've learned - the twist, legs in the air, happy baby, half plough, dying cockroach, legs wide & happy whore).
thx!
Joanna

Comments on the Reading Intro - pg. 38

For the mid-term, you will need to know the following material:

• A detailed explanation of the Vocal Process
• How tension & habits limit, block & suppress the voice
• Common physical tensions 
• What is centre and why is it important

Please comment on your thoughts / impressions / questions or confusions regarding the first reading.
Thx!

How Do You Describe Voice?

Read the following story on the NPR website:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5617413

Reply to this post with your own description of ONE of the following "celebrity" voices:
1. Brittany Spears
2. Donald Duck
3. George Clooney
4. Reverend Al Sharpton
5. Jennifer Lopez

Please let us know which voice you are describing, and feel free to google the names of the celebrities above to hear a recent recording of their voices to respond in the moment.