Jul 24, 2026 | Singing and Self Blog
What does Deborah Vance have to teach us about singing and selfhood? Who the heck is Deborah Vance anyway? For a period this past spring, I became obsessed with the Emmy-winning Amazon Prime series Hacks, which came onto my radar quite by accident. It’s a story...Mar 20, 2026 | Singing and Self Blog
This is the time of year in academic land where the proverbial rubber hits the road (is there a proverb about rubber tires? I don’t know). Students take a moment to look at the syllabus (for the first time?) to discover (!) what the requirements of the course...Jan 9, 2026 | Singing and Self Blog
Answering the Call (taken on Bass Lake, ON, October 2020) There’s an aphorism somewhere about how you make God laugh: Tell Her Your Plans. I was gradually warming myself to the idea of moving beyond my university voice-opera-and-other-things teaching life,...Dec 19, 2025 | Singing and Self Blog, The Disowned (Singing) Self
Stretch (sourced on Snappa.com, December 2025) As someone working with her own voice now for about 50 years, and with the voices of others for half that time, I’ve come—gratefully—to know and greet the Inner Animal. In my own personal journey, it took me a very long...Nov 28, 2025 | Singing and Self Blog
Noise Actor (sourced on Snappa.com, November 2025) I’ve been working on a Directed Study with a grad student, and they are exploring extended techniques in a big way. We started riffing on what that expression “extended techniques” really means, and...