NORTHWEST VOICE
2024 Program
Please click on the presenters names for descriptions of their sessions and biographical information.
Friday, May 3, 2024
8:00 Registration
8:30-8:45 Welcome and Opening Remarks (Albert Merati, MD, Kari Ragan, DMA, and Andrew Lee, CCC-SLP)
PRESENTATION
8:45-9:15 Intro to Stroboscopy (Neel Bhatt, MD)
9:15-9:45 Bridging the Gap: Musical and Pedagogical Terms for Voice Care Professionals (Kari Ragan, DMA)
KEYNOTE
9:45-10:45 Get over it! Application of the Overload Principal in the Clinical and Studio Setting (Marci Rosenberg, BM, MS, CCC-SLP)
10:45-11:15 BREAK
PRESENTATION
11:15-11:30 Use Related Vocal Fold Lesions (Brandon Kim, MD)
11:30-11:45 Push, Squeeze, or Stretch? Training Optimal Pitch Changing Methods in the Voice Studio (Melissa Treinkman, DMA)
11:45-12:00 Using Spectral Moment Analysis to Quantify the Acoustic Differences Between Opera and Musical Theatre Styles in Treble Voices (Violet Joy Hansen, BA, BFA, MFA)
12:00-12:15 Fear No Sound: Exploring Pedagogies for Rough Vocal Effects (RVEs) in Popular Music (May Oskan)
12:15-12:30 Q&A with presenters
12:30-1:45 LUNCH ON YOUR OWN
PRESENTATION
1:45-2:15 Teaching Intense Belt Effectively and Safely (John Henny)
WORKSHOP
2:15-2:30 Let it Go! How Breath Conservation Patterns in Singers Contribute to Conversation Related Vocal Fatigue (Juli Rosenzweig, MS, CCC-SLP)
2:30-3:15 Clinical SVS Workshop (Marci Rosenberg, BM, MS, CCC-SLP)
3:15-3:30 BREAK
PANEL
3:30-4:30 Videos on Videos: Teaching Voice in the TikTok Era: Panel Discussion (Nick Klein, DMA, moderator; Blake Cline, Cate Frazier-Neely, MM, Christie Rotarius, BM, MM; Jae Bernado BM; Vicki St. Pierre, DMA)
Saturday, May 4, 2024
8:00 Registration
8:25-8:30 Overview/Questions (Albert Merati, MD, Kari Ragan, DMA, and Andrew Lee, CCC-SLP)
KEYNOTE
8:30-9:30 On the Road Again: Essential Items for the Touring Toolkit (Steve Sims, MD)
PANEL
9:30-10:30 Snake Oil or Sage Advice: Medical Evidence, Opinions and Superstitions to Keep the Performing Larynx Healthy (J.P. Giliberto, MD, moderator; Brandon Kim, MD; Jaime Chang, MD; Steve Sims, MD; Craig Villari, MD)
10:30-11:00 BREAK
PRESENTATION
11:00-11:30 Restoring Musical Expression in the Motor Impaired (Thomas Deuel, MD, PhD)
11:30-12:00 Making Play a Part of Practice: Targeting "Bottom up” via “Top Down” (Heidi Moss Erickson, B. Arts Biology; B.Mus, MSci)
12:00-12:15 Voice Therapy for the Neurodivergent Performer (Alex Schenk, MS, CCC-SLP)
12:15-12:30 Mindfulness of Singing Through Meditation Practice (Carolina Botero, DMA)
12:30-1:30 LUNCH ON YOUR OWN
PRESENTATION
1:30-2:00 The Cognitive Value of the Third-Person Perspective in Voice Training (Lynn Helding, MM)
WORKSHOP
2:00-2:30 A Conceptual Framework for “Reorganizing” the Tongue/Jaw Dyad (Marci Rosenberg, BM, MS, CCC-SLP)
2:30-3:00 Potpourri Q/A (questions submitted by lunch Saturday) (Al Merati, MD & Kari Ragan, DMA)
3:00-3:15 BREAK
MASTERCLASS
3:15-4:45 MASTERCLASS with John Henny
4:45-5:00 Wrap up: What Did We Learn the Past Two Days? (Al Merati, Steve Sims, Marci Rosenberg, John Henny)
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