Episodes
Friday Dec 20, 2013
Walking in a Winter Singalong Land: On the Joys of Singalong Cinema
Friday Dec 20, 2013
Friday Dec 20, 2013
(Re-run: This program originally aired on December 23, 2011)
The holiday season wouldn’t be the same without a trip to the local movie theatre for a Singalong Sound of Music or Singalong West Side Story. Join performer and impresario Laurie Bushman, the host of the famous singalong soirees at San Francisco’s Castro Theatre, and VoiceBox host Chloe Veltman, for a look at the culture of the singalong and what makes these events so much fun.
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Friday Nov 29, 2013
Angelic Cherubs?: On training boys to sing beautifully
Friday Nov 29, 2013
Friday Nov 29, 2013
(Re-run: This program originally aired on August 5, 2011)
Vienna isn’t the only place where boys sing like angels. The Bay Area and other parts of this country boast some formidable choruses made up of talented young male singers. Kevin Fox, the founding artistic director of the Pacific Boychoir Academy based in Oakland joins VoiceBox host Chloe Veltman for a chat about the defining characteristics of boys’ voices and the ins and outs of training them en masse.
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Friday Nov 08, 2013
Friday Nov 08, 2013
(Re-run: This program originally aired on June 24, 2011)
High school choruses are the place where many kids get their musical education. And with TV shows like “Glee” whipping up enthusiasm for group singing among teens, high school choir is finally becoming hip. VoiceBox host Chloe Veltman chats with Steven Hankle, chorus teacher at San Francisco’s Mission High School; and Todd Wedge, chorus teacher at San Francisco's School Of The Arts; about the ins and outs of their jobs.
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Friday Sep 27, 2013
Forever Young: A Guide to long-term vocal health for singing children
Friday Sep 27, 2013
Friday Sep 27, 2013
(Re-run: This program originally aired on August 19, 2011)
Children love to sing. But sometimes they can fall into bad habits if they don’t have parents or teachers to help them figure out how to look after their voices from a young age. Voice experts and American Speech Language Hearing Association members Sarah Schneider and Katherine Verdolini Abbott join VoiceBox host Chloe Veltman for a look at how kids’ voices work and what keeps them safe when they sing.
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Friday Jul 05, 2013
Friday Jul 05, 2013
(Re-run: program initially aired on April 1, 2011)
Traveling is part of everyday life for professional singers. But touring can be challenging to vocalists from a health perspective. VoiceBox host Chloe Veltman invites voice therapists and American Speech Language Hearing Association (ASHA) members Sarah Schneider and Joanna Cazden for a conversation about how vocalists can cope with such hazards as cramped tour buses and airless planes to stay healthy on the road.
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Friday May 17, 2013
First World Problems?
Friday May 17, 2013
Friday May 17, 2013
Voice health experts Soha Al-Jurf, Shirley Gherson and Sarah Schneider explore vocal healthcare trends around the world and chat about the extent to which vocal healthcare is widely accessible to people all over the globe or whether it's predominantly a first world phenomenon.
Friday May 10, 2013
Friday Apr 26, 2013
With a Little Help From My Friends
Friday Apr 26, 2013
Friday Apr 26, 2013
Dr. Krzysztof Izdebski, the founder and chairman of the Pacific Voice and Speech Foundation, chats about the evolution of voice care as a branch of medicine and how the often-overlapping network of laryngologists, speech pathologists, singing voice specialists, vocologists, singing teachers, voice coaches and other experts all play a role in ensuring that patients receive the care they need to be able to use their voices fully once again.
Friday Sep 21, 2012
Yoga Of Voice
Friday Sep 21, 2012
Friday Sep 21, 2012
There are countless ways in which voice as been used within yoga over the last several thousands of years, including Vedic hymns, tantric mantra, devotional chant, Indian raga and more. Yoga and singing instructor Ann Dyer talks about how and why these ancient practices are relevant today and how they can make professional singers better performers.
Friday Jun 29, 2012
Under the Knife
Friday Jun 29, 2012
Friday Jun 29, 2012
Laryngologist Mark Courey and voice pathologist Sarah Schneider explain what happens when professional singers undergo voice surgery from the operating theater to the all-important rehab process. Program generously underwritten by The American Speech Language Hearing Association (ASHA).
Friday Jun 22, 2012
The Fachs of Life
Friday Jun 22, 2012
Friday Jun 22, 2012
Fach, a method for classifying a classically trained singer’s vocal “type,” can be both a blessing and a curse to a singer’s career. The San Francisco Opera Center’s Sheri Greenawald discusses the workings of fach and how it can change over the course of a vocalist’s lifetime.
Tuesday Oct 18, 2011
It Takes Two, Baby: On the relationship between speaking and singing
Tuesday Oct 18, 2011
Tuesday Oct 18, 2011
Every voice specialist knows that if you want to sing healthily, you first have to be able to speak healthily. Join VoiceBox host Chloe Veltman and American Speech Language Hearing Association voice experts Sarah Schneider and Joanna Cazden for a conversation about the connection between the two ways we use our voices. This episode of VoiceBox is generously underwritten by the American Speech Language Hearing Association (ASHA). Visit www.asha.org for more information. playlist)
Friday Jul 09, 2010
A Healthy Voice is a Happy Voice
Friday Jul 09, 2010
Friday Jul 09, 2010
With the summer concert season in full swing, vocalists are in danger of straining their voices more than ever as they try to reach those carousing outdoor crowds. Sarah Schneider, a speech language pathologist at the UCSF Voice and Swallowing Center, discusses the best ways for singers to look after their most important asset and common myths associated with vocal healthcare. (this episode originally aired in 2010)
Friday Apr 16, 2010
The Aging Voice
Friday Apr 16, 2010
Friday Apr 16, 2010
This week’s VoiceBox looks at what happens as voices age. Join UCSF voice expert, Sarah Schneider, for an in-depth discussion about the effects of time – and other related factors – on the quality of many a famous singer’s vocal abilities. (this episode originally aired in 2010)