DAY 1 — Thursday, July 9
Systematic Listening and Teaching: Building Your Pedagogical Framework

This day introduces the conceptual and perceptual foundations that shape everything a voice teacher does. Participants explore how systematic vocal pedagogy organizes listening, diagnosis, and intervention, with attention to auditory perception and motor learning.

8:30 AM — Registration
9:00 AM — Welcome, Introductions, and Group Sing (Amelia Rollings-Bigler)
10:00 AM — What Does a Voice Pedagogue Need to Know?: A Rubric for Teacher Success (Emily Siar & Kayla Gautereaux)
11:00 AM — Building a Framework: Introduction to Systematic Vocal Pedagogy (Emily Siar)
12:30 PM — Lunch
1:30 PM — Let's Explore the Vocal Universe: A Systematic Approach to Technical Development in a Group Setting (Amelia Rollings-Bigler)
2:30 PM — The Method to the Madness: Scientific Method-Informed Voice Teaching (Kayla Gautereaux)
4:00 PM — Break
4:30 PM — Application Afternoon: Cohorts
6:00 PM — Wine and Cheese Social Hour with MFA Sing-In

DAY 2 — Friday, July 10
Mapping the Registers: Considering Voice Types, Genre, and Style

Registration is one of the most important yet challenging concepts in voice teaching. This day provides a practical framework for understanding how registers function across classical and contemporary styles, including belting.

8:30 AM — Donuts and Coffee
9:00 AM — From Tissue to Timbre: The Anatomy and Physiology of Vocal Registration (Tara Stadelman-Cohen)
11:00 AM — Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Building Registration Skills Across Voice Type and Genre (Emily Siar & Kayla Gautereaux)
12:00 PM — Lunch
1:00 PM — Breaking Good: Using Yodeling to Facilitate Registration Across Styles (Amelia Rollings-Bigler)
3:00 PM — Break
3:30 PM — Application Afternoon: Cohorts
5:30 PM — Dinner Break

7:00 PM — Open Mic Night (Scott Nicholas, collaborative pianist)

DAY 3 — Saturday, July 11
Teaching the Whole Singer: Trauma-Informed, Embodied, and Sustainable Singing

This day explores how voice, body, emotion, and health interact in learning and performance. Participants gain practical tools for supporting singers in ways that are both effective and humane.

8:30 AM — Donuts and Coffee
9:00 AM — Building Your Voice From The Inside Out: Exploring Deep Core Connections (Sarah Whitten)
11:15 AM — The Well-Regulated Singer: Alexander Technique Tools for the Voice Studio (Sara Goldstein)
12:45 PM — Lunch
1:30 PM — Embodying Vibrations: Images Through Voice (David Jiles)
3:30 PM — Break
4:00 PM — Application Afternoon: Cohorts

5:30 PM — End of Day

DAY 4 — Sunday, July 12
Paths of Practice: Genre, Pedagogy, and Professional Identities

This day examines how different pedagogical pathways shape how singers are trained and how teachers build careers. Faculty share how genre aesthetics, curricular structures, and professional realities influence teaching choices.

8:30 AM — Donuts and Coffee
9:00 AM — Group Voice Pedagogy: Let's Get Started! (Amelia Rollings-Bigler)
11:00 AM — The Ups and Downs of Music Performance Anxiety: Heart Rate and Audition Panel Perception of Singers (Bri Meikle)
11:30 AM — Lunch
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM & 1:30 - 2:30 PM — Breakout Sessions:

• Chase Function to Sing Fierce: Teaching Classical Singing (Dr. Rebecca Folsom) - Seully Hall

• Finding Equillibrium: Exercises for Cultivating the Balanced Musical Theatre Voice (Zipporah Peddle) - Houston Hall

• Setting Up and Running a Thriving Voice Studio (Dr. Dana Lynne Varga) - Opera Studio, 8F 406

2:30 PM — Application Afternoon: Final Cohort Debrief

3:30 PM — Closing Discussion and Group Photos

4:00 PM — End of Workshop