Voice Pedagogy Blog Articles by Dr. Shannon Coates

#FriFavFive – Five #ActualPedagogy Resources

20th April 2023 | Teaching & Studio Resources, The Art of Teaching, Voice Pedagogy

As I talked about in last week's Live Office Hours (watch the replay on YouTube, if you're interested), classes, books, courses, conferences, and symposia often say that they're offering "pedagogy" when what they're *actually* offering is anatomy and physiology or acoustics or body awareness or neuroscience or any number of other (terrific!)...

#FriFavFive – Five Resources to Support Your Anti-Fat Bias Journey

10th March 2023 | Diversity Equity Inclusion, General

As I mentioned in an earlier post this week, anti-fat bias runs rampant in performance spaces. In Western culture, we tend to consider the voices of folks who we perceive to have more positive characteristics as being more valuable or having higher worth. In the voice studio, when we believe that folks have positive character traits (such as...

#FriFavFive – Five of the Worst Best Singers of All Time

18th February 2023 | Contemporary Voice, General, The Art of Teaching, The Voice Studio

If you know me at all, you know that I'm using the word "worst" here with my tongue FIRMLY IN CHEEK. And you might also know that ALL of these incredible singers are in regular rotation on my playlist. My point is just this: The world needs to hear what you have to say. And if you choose to speak to the world using your singing voice, I hope you...

8 Ways to Learn VoicePed without Reading a Text

8th January 2021 | The Art of Teaching, Voice Pedagogy

Lots of folks do not enjoy learning by reading. This blog outlines eight alternatives to cracking open a text book for folks who want to learn voice pedagogy but who don’t want to do it by reading.