Joining Alexa this week to discuss all things vibrato is Professor of Voice and Voice Pedagogy and Chair of Voice at the University of Texas at San Antonio, John Nix. John is a voice researcher himself, and his mentors include Barbara Doscher and Ingo Titze. John has produced 50 published articles and eight book chapters, co-chairs the Voice Science Advisory Committee, and serves on both the Journal of Singing and the Rowman and Littlefield/NATS book editorial boards.

KEY MOMENTS  

‘Vibrato extent is measured in cents not hertz because that confuses it with rate’

‘The vibrato esthetic has become more international than regional over time’

‘Heightened emotion imprints itself upon our voice through the tremulousness’ 

‘It’s easier to target something slower than your natural rate’

RELEVANT LINKS & MENTIONS

• Research/Researchers mentioned: Carl Seashore; Ingo Titze; Joshua Glasner; Iwata & Large; Thomas Shipp; Paul Patinka; King & Horii; C. Dromey; Dr Jenevora Williams; David Howard; Graham Welch; Eric Prame; Randy Wooding
• Voce Vista: https://www.vocevista.com/
• Journal of Singing: https://www.nats.org/cgi/page.cgi/about_journal_singing.html
• (Article) Shaken, Not Stirred: Practical Ideas for Addressing Vibrato and Non Vibrato Singing in the Studio and the Choral Rehearsal by John Nix
• Oren Brown

ABOUT THE GUEST 

 John Nix is Professor of Voice and Voice Pedagogy and chair of the voice area at the University of Texas at San Antonio.  His mentors include Barbara Doscher (singing, pedagogy) and Ingo Titze (voice science).  Current and former students have sung with the Santa Fe, Arizona, Chautauqua, St. Louis, Nevada, Omaha, Utah Festival, and San Antonio opera companies, and two have served as NATS Intern Program Master Teachers.  In addition to his active voice teaching studio, he performs research in voice pedagogy, literature, and acoustics, having produced 50 published articles and 8 book chapters; he also co-chairs the NATS Voice Science Advisory Committee, serves on The Journal of Singing’s editorial board, and serves on the Rowman and Littlefield/NATS book editorial board. 

EPISODE RESOURCES 

Website:

• https://www.johnnixvoiceteacher.com/

Contact John Directly!

• [email protected]

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