Speech and language pathologist and singing voice specialist Kerrie Obert has conducted thousands of endoscopies to diagnose and help patients with laryngeal disorders. She is an author of four books, has presented globally at many events and is also the executive principle of getvocal-now.com. Kerrie joins Alexa as this week's guest on Singing Teachers Talk. 

KEY MOMENTS

‘The more I learn about the tongue and the pharynx, the more I think this cause needs to be championed’ 

‘I like to think about the tongue being like a game of tug of war’ 

‘We think an emotion then our body feels it’

RELEVANT LINKS & MENTIONS

• getvocal-now.com
• BAST Membership: https://www.basttraining.com/membership-levels/
• Singing With Your Whole Self by Samuel H Nelson & Elizabeth L Blades 
• BAST Book Review - Singing With Your Whole Self by Samuel H Nelson & Elizabeth L Blades: https://www.basttraining.com/singing-with-your-whole-self-a-guide-to-feldenkrais-and-singing/

ABOUT THE GUEST 

 Kerrie Obert is a speech language pathologist and singing voice specialist from Columbus Ohio. Ms. Obert holds degrees in both musical theatre performance and speech language pathology. She spent nearly 20 years working at The Ohio State University JamesCare Voice & Swallowing Disorders Clinic where she performed thousands of endoscopies as part of a diagnostic team and provided therapy to patients with a wide variety of laryngeal disorders. Ms. Obert was instrumental in setting up the Singing Health Specialization at OSU and served as the Director of Medical Arts for that program. Although she stepped away from her clinical duties at OSU, she remains on the faculty for research purposes. Ms. Obert has written four books on voice and has conducted clinical research using acoustics, MRI and EGG. She has presented on several continents and is passionate about bridging science and art. Ms. Obert is the executive principal of Getvocal-now.com, an online continuing education platform for singers, speech language pathologists and voice teachers. Her current research interests are in pharyngeal and tongue positions as they relate to boosting high frequency energy. 

EPISODE RESOURCES 

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Guest Website:

• www.ObertVoiceStudios.com

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