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{Season Finale} FVPC #143 Clifton Strengths, Curse of Knowledge, Pinterest and Post Recital Regrets
21 May, 2021: The fifth season of the FULL VOICE Podcast comes to a close with Michelle Markwart Deveaux talking about Clifton Strengths. Shannon Coates discusses the Curse of Knowledge, Karen Michaels talks about the business applications of Pinterest, and Nikki shares insight and remedies for post recital regrets.
Your Western-Classical Degree Did Not Prepare You to Teach Popular Musics
As a voice teacher, you probably spent four years or more and thousands of dollars on a western-classical degree that was supposed to prepare you to “sing anything,” but as soon as you started teaching voice lessons, you realized the things you learned weren’t helping your popular music style students get the results either of you wanted. Dr. Shannon Coates of the VoicePed UnDegree and The Vocal Instrument 101 sharessome of the things you probably didn’t learn in your classical degree that help you serve your popular music style students.
How to develop a SUPER FAST warm up | Dr Shannon Coates with #DrDan
We all live super busy lives and as a result, we are all searching for efficient ways to make our lives more streamlined. This week we welcome Dr Shannon Coates (www.shannon-coates.com) to the show to discuss ways to develop disciplines that will benefit our vocal health without eating into our precious time.
The Mindfulness of Singing Podcast with Special Guest Shannon Coates
Our special guest this week is Dr. Shannon Coates. We discuss how private voice studios can better serve Neurodivergent students and have a fully accessible studio. Dr. Coates is a “teachers teacher” and has a coaching business working with the independent voice studio teacher.
FVPC #141 Teaching Harmony Singing, Messy Learning, Digital Libraries, The Epiglottis
In episode 141, Nikki shares teaching activities that build harmony singing skills. Shannon Coates is helping teachers understand the term messy learning and what progress can look like in voice lessons. Takenya Battle shares digital libraries for voice teachers. Heather Nelson talks about the epiglottis.
Singing Past the Gate Keepers | Dr Shannon Coates with #DrDan
Join Dr Dan and Dr Shannon (a longtime friend of Voice Essentials) for a provocative discussion about singing to be ‘good enough!’
NATS Chat – ‘Teaching Very Young Singers’ with guest Shannon Coates
Shannon Coates was our guest for NATS Chat, presented by Inside View Press, on March 11, 2018. Shannon shared her extensive experience to discuss the special dynamics of teaching very young singers. The lively and informative chat included expectations for very young singers, tools and resources for independent voice studio teachers, and incorporating the instruction of very young singers into voice pedagogy curricula.
Now You’re a Voice Teacher Part 1: Shannon Coates and Kari Ragan
VocalFri’s spring series for new voice teachers begins! For the inaugural episode of this very special series on teacher mentoring for new voice teachers of all ages, we brought in great members of the #VocalFam Dr. Shannon Coates and Dr. Kari Ragan! Both are experienced singers and teachers, but we wanted to kick off the series with these terrific colleagues because they dedicate a great deal of their professional work to training and mentoring voice teachers. VocalFam if you are new to voice teaching, or if you’ve been doing it for decades, this is an episode you MUST hear! Be sure to check out each of their websites to check out their offered services. Here we gooooooooo! See Less
Teaching the Child Singing Voice with Dr. Shannon Coates — Student NATS (SNATS) Chat, Spring 2021
The National Association of Teachers of Singing Student group (SNATS) held its spring 2021 SNATS Chat with Dr. Shannon Coates about working with children in the voice studio.
FVPC #135 Lifting Low Energy Singers, Self Care for Teachers, Warm-Up of the Week, NATS Live Learning Centre
In Podcast #135, Dr. Shannon Coates shares three simple activities to lift low energy students. Steve Farrell offers mindful strategies for self-care. Nikki shares a jazzy dominant seventh study (free download), and Allen Henderson talks about the NATS Live Learning Centre.
FVPC #133 Creating a Safe Space, Singer-Friendly Online Courses, Continuing Professional Development Opportunities, The Voice Culture Podcast
Returning guest Steve Farrell (yoga, meditation, therapeutic counselor) shares strategies for creating “safe” spaces for our students online and in-person. Brenda Earle Stokes talks about her online courses in piano and solfege. Shannon Coates shares exciting ways you can continue your professional vocal pedagogy learning. Discover a fantastic new podcast for voice teachers – The Voice Culture Podcast.
Formant-Free Singing Pedagogy | Dr Shannon Coates with #DrDan
With so much advancement going on in the world of learning to sing, and teaching singers, you could be forgiven for thinking that the baby is being thrown out with the proverbial bathwater. Join Dr Dan and Dr Shannon (a longtime friend of Voice Essentials) for a provocative discussion about where voice teaching has arrived, and where we think it might be going…