Debbie Winter is the director of the Voice Study Centre and creator of popular Facebook group Voice Geek. Debbie has three published peer reviewed articles and she’s partnered with the University of Wales Trinity Saint David to form a training pathway in vocal pedagogy. Hear her discussion with Alexa on taking the academic route on this week's Singing Teachers Talk.

KEY MOMENTS

‘A lot of foundation students go on to do some publishable work’ 

‘We give 5 times more support than your average academic degree’ 

‘You can’t be a lone wolf in the academic field’ 

EPISODE RESOURCES 

BAST Training

Guest Website:

• voicestudycentre.com

Social Media:

• @voicestudycentre

RELEVANT LINKS & MENTIONS

• Voice Geek Facebook Group
• Cardiff Metropolitan University
• University of Wales Trinity St David
• Estill
• Juliet Russell
• Emily Foulkes
• Dr David Juncos
• Sophie Garner
• Chadley Ballantyne
• Jeanie LoVetri Somatic Voicework
• Dr Trineice Robinson-Martin
• Line Hilton:com
• Respiratory Function in Speech & Song by Thomas J Hixon
• Voice and Speech Trainers Association (VASTA)
• The Voice and Speech Review (VASTA)
• Rockford Sansom
• Journal of Voice
• Journal of Interdisciplinary Voice Studies
• National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS)
• Journal of Singing (NATS)
• Christian Herbst (Vocal Registers Research)
• British Voice Association
• Association of Teachers of Singing (AOTOS)
• British Association for Performing Arts Medicine (BAPAM)
• Debbie Winter: [email protected]

ABOUT THE GUEST

Debbie Winter (LLB Hons, MA) lectured in Law and sang professionally on the jazz scene before deciding to change careers and become a vocal coach. Debbie worked in partnership with the University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD) and leading pedagogues to develop a unique training MA pathway in Vocal Pedagogy.

She is the Director of The Voice Study Centre and is responsible for all aspects of provision ranging from academic content, staffing, recruitment, pastoral care, business development and innovation.

Debbie was nominated for the Student-Led Teaching Fellowship awards for her outstanding work on the previous programme at Cardiff Metropolitan University and is the only external provider to receive such recognition. The programme was also shortlisted for the Music Teacher Awards for Excellence ‘Outstanding Music Educational Product’ in 2019 and UWTSD has recognised the Voice Study Centre to be a Centre of Excellence.

Debbie has also established the popular Facebook group Voice Geek, which consists of 5.3k members. She has also published three peer-reviewed articles on practitioner research and

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