VocalScope

Presented by Juliette Caton. Edited by Sam Benoiton.

Tina is the author of "Unleashing the potential of the musician's body" and the creator of the movement system Timani, which develops a deep understanding of the body to support technique and performance for musicians. In 2013 she founded the Musicians’ Health and Movement Institute (MHMI) where she runs a 3-year part-time certification program for professional...

Presented by Juliette Caton. Edited by Sam Benoiton.

"Xenia's approach to this subject is a breath of fresh air. Broadly rooted in calming down our physiological responses, she opens up important areas of exploration with a light touch and keen insight."

- Steven Osborne, concert pianist

Dr Xenia Pestova Bennett is an internationally active concert pianist and composer. She combines her research and experie...

Presented by Juliette Caton. Edited by Sam Benoiton.

Nina Sun Eidsheim (she/her) is Professor of Musicology, at UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. She is also a vocalist and the founder and director of the UCLA Practice-based Experimental Epistemology Research (PEER) Lab, an experimental research Lab dedicated to decolonializing data, methodology, and analysis, in and through multisensory creative practices. 

She writes a...

Presented by Juliette Caton. Edited by Sam Benoiton.

Can music make you sick? Is being a music artist detrimental to a musician's wellbeing and mental health? What are the impacts of saturation caused by the digital age on the music maker and the consumer? How can the music industry be totally transformed into a better music making and consuming world for us all?

Sally Anne Gross is both a music industry practitioner...

Presented by Juliette Caton / Edited by Sam Benoiton

Matthew Mills (he, him) is a Lead Consultant Speech and Language Therapist, and Head of Speech and Language Therapy at the London Gender Identity Clinic, where he has worked since 2009. He is a National Adviser in Trans Voice for the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists, founder member of the Trans Voice Clinical Excellence Network and External Examiner for the Voice ...

Presented by Juliette Caton

Edited by Sam Benoiton

Gillie Stoneham began her career as a speech and language therapist and after completing her Masters in Human Communication was a Senior Lecturer on a BSc Speech Language Therapy programme for many years. 

She began to specialise in voice both within this role and through her company which offers theatre skills in the workplace to build personal impact.  

Through clinic...

Vocalscope Podcast & Book Club Host, Juliette Caton, announces the 2023 VocalScope Book Club Reading List, which launches with the first two seasons - 'Trans & Non-Binary Voices' (Season 1 - January to March) and 'Sounds of Race' (Season 2 - April to July). 

In the VocalScope Book Club members get to:

READ & DISCUSS

Nominate and vote for the monthly book selection. Share the journey of reading and lea...

Jesse Smith is a rock singer, musician and songwriter based in London. A rock and pop vocalist, a self releasing singer songwriter and also currently working as a singer on the BBC’s ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ series under the genius musical direction of Dave Arch, Jesse is the front man for the band Romances, The Legacy Showband, The Classic Rock Show, Boot Led Zeppelin and London's premier rock night - Rock The Boat.

Jesse also star...

As voice coaches and singing teachers we are often reminded and acutely aware of ‘staying in our lane’ and whilst its fully appreciated and respected that vocal coaches and singing teachers are not (unless previously trained) psychotherapists or trauma specialists, this doesn’t mean that we won’t come across students, clients, choir members, performers or colleagues who are in the throes of a trauma response during our work togethe...

Professor of Practice in Voice and Vocal Pedagogy at USC’s Thornton School of Music, Helding is also the author of The Musician's Mind: Teaching, Learning & Performance in the Age of Brain Science. Lynn also authored the chapter “Brain” in Your Voice: An Inside View. At the time of recording this episode she was an associate editor of the Journal of Singing and since recording this interview she has been made Editor in Chief.

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Lead Singer of British Rock Band 'Inglorious', Singer-Songwriter Nathan James, discusses his career, how he manages the demands of being an internationally touring Rock Singer, and the unique relationship that can exist between a Singer and Vocal Coach when they have worked together for nearly two decades. 

Nathan's Twitter & Insta: @thenathanjames

Inglorious: http://inglorious.com

Inglorious Socials: @weareinglorious ...

This episode is dedicated to all those taking a stand in the #menopauserevolution

Joanne Bozeman introduces herself to us:

“I grew up in a musical home with lots of singing in our daily life, and great music playing on the stereo. I trained at University as a Classical Singer, and performed a wide range of repertoire in my community and regionally.

My career as an independent singing teacher began when I was at university, and I wa...

About John:

JOHN COLAPINTO began his career as a journalist in his native Toronto before moving to New York City in 1989 where he worked as staff writer at Rolling Stone magazine and, later, The New Yorker.  He won a National Magazine Award for his Rolling Stone story about the world’s first infant sex reassignment and expanded the story into the New York Times bestselling book As Nature Made Him (currently in development with...

Nick Clinch is founder of Notable Voices, currently London's highest reviewed voiceover and voice reel service, and there’s a reason for that. After working in audio for 15 years - first as a touring session musician, then as a qualified audio production lecturer - Nick decided to put all this experience into what he refers to as a “much better use” and built his own Voice Reel company.

Unlike any other voice reel recording service...

Dr. Ian Howell is a member of the voice faculty of the New England Conservatory of Music, where he also directs the graduate voice pedagogy program and coaches students in Baroque voice repertory.

Dr. Howell's work explores the special psychoacoustics of the singing voice, with an eye toward practical applications for singers and voice teachers. Human senses interpret reality according to a dependable set of rules. Th...

A vital listen for all voice users, music makers and audiences alike - Declan Costello ENT, discusses his very recent research into aerosols and the risks and challenges associated with singing in the Covid era. 

 Mr Declan Costello is a highly experienced consultant laryngologist with extensive expertise in treating all aspects of voice disorders and hoarseness – from vocal cord nodules and cysts to polyps, papilloma, vo...