Save the Date!

Please join us for the
10th Annual
Northwest Voice: The Art and Science of the Performing Voice Conference

April 25-26, 2025
Seattle, Washington (in-person only)

Extra-early bird registration open now until January 15th

Early bird registration open now until March 15th

Who We Are


Northwest Voice
is a collaboration between the University of Washington's Voice Section of the Speech & Hearing Sciences Department, the Division of Laryngology in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, and esteemed colleagues in vocal pedagogy and performance in the Pacific Northwest.


Northwest Voice focuses on the intersection and integration of the art and the science of the performing voice, and vocal production in general. Our mission is to provide the latest research and information from the areas of medicine, voice science, vocal pedagogy and performance, and the assessment and treatment of voice disorders, to professionals and students in medicine, speech pathology, theater, and vocal pedagogy and performance.

The first "The Art & Science of the Performing Voice" conference put on by Northwest Voice in April 2016, was made possible by a generous grant from the University of Washington Bergstrom Award for Art & Science. Because of this support we were able to establish an annual conference.

In The News

Albert L Merati, MD
Professor and Chief, Laryngology
University of Washington Medical Center
Department of Otolaryngology -
Head & Neck Surgery

Conference Co-Founders and Organizers

Martin Nevdahl, MS, CCC-SLP
Associate Teaching Professor Emeritus
University of Washington
Speech & Hearing Sciences

Kari Ragan, DMA
Singing Rehabilitation Specialist
Affiliated with UW Laryngology Program
The Voice Studio of Dr. Kari Ragan

Conference Committee

Mara Kapsner-Smith, MS, CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist;
Lecturer
University of Washington
Speech & Hearing Sciences

Nicholas Klein, DMA
Voice Area Coordinator;
Assistant Professor of Music Cleveland State University
School of Music

C. Andrew Lee, MS, CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist
University of Washington
Medical Center
Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 

Juli Rosenzweig, MS, CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist
University of Washington Medical Center
Department of Otolaryngology -
Head & Neck Surgery

Cara Sauder, PhD, CCC-SLP
Assistant Teaching Professor
Researcher
University of Washington
Speech & Hearing Sciences

Emily Wilson, MS, CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist;
Lecturer
University of Washington
Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery 
Speech & Hearing Sciences

Lisa Zughni, MS, CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist
University of Washington
Medical Center
Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery