AAI08B SINGING WITH FREEDOM

This elective course aims to free up your singing voice, enriching your tone, resonance, stamina and ease of vocal production. Throughout this course, you will experience the McClosky Voice Method*, a simple series of relaxation exercises and steps for correct postural alignment that can improve the singing voice. By becoming attuned to the physical process, you will attempt to use these techniques in all singing situations. There are ample hands-on sessions where experienced Certified McClosky Voice Technician** help you to improve your vocal technique with individualized attention using song excerpts from various genres. *The McClosky Voice Method is based on the work of David Blair McClosky (1902-1988). In the 1950's, in collaboration with otolaryngologists at Syracuse University and the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary in Boston, he developed the techniques to resolve vocal problems without surgery. It is now used by performing musicians, speakers, and teachers to maintain healthy, resilient voices even under demanding conditions. **Certified McClosky Voice Technicians (CMVTs) are voice teachers, professional singers and speakers, music educators, choral conductors and speech and language pathologists. They are experienced in helping other professional voice users to modify their vocal habits to rebuild and enhance healthy, robust and lasting speaking and singing voices.