Workshop Program
The all-new interactive program allows all participants to use voice analysis
software throughout the workshop and to test themselves with brief online assessments.
We’ll use two different types of software: Praat and VoceVista. Links to both sites are below.
10:00 am: The 1-hour Summary Challenge: D’Amico, Goffi-Fynn, Hijleh, & Lissemore
11:00 am: The Basics of Sound using Praat: Lissemore
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Intro to Praat
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Sound Waves
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B R E A K (15 minutes) at 11:45 am
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Demonstration
12:45 pm: L U N C H (75 minutes)
2:00 pm: Introduction to VoceVista: Hijleh
3:00 pm: B R E A K (15 minutes)
3:15 pm: Voice in Music…..Get ready to sing: Goffi Fynn & D’Amico
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Notes vs frequencies
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Adult Female voice
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Ranges and voice types
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Transitions
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Adult Male voice
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Ranges and voice types
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Transitions
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Gender Considerations
4:30 pm: B R E A K (15 minutes)
4:45 pm: Respiration physiology with spirometry demonstrations: Lissemore & D’Amico
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The pressures that create voice
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Lung compliance
6:00 pm: End of Day
TUESDAY, JUNE 24TH, 2025
10:00 am: Voice Analysis: Lissemore
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Spectral visualization (45 mins)
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Spectrograms and Power Spectra
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Inverse relationship between time and frequency
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Analysis Windows
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Wideband vs. narrowband
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Resonances vs. harmonics
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Demonstration using Praat
11:15 am: B R E A K (15 minutes)
11:30 am: Muscular Tension Dysphonia: D’Amico & Goffi-Fynn
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Definition
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Symptoms
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Medical diagnosis and therapy
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Singing rehabilitation and demonstration
12:45 pm: L U N C H (75 minutes)
2:00 pm: Source-Filter Theory: Hijleh & Lissemore
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The source
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The filter
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Demonstration using Electroglottography and Acoustic Analysis
3:15 pm: B R E A K (15 minutes)
3:30 pm: Female Voice Analysis with VoceVista: Hijleh & Lissemore
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Classical and Popular Voice Differences
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Demonstrations
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Play Time
5:00 pm: Vibrato Analysis in VoceVista: Hijleh
6:00 pm: End of Day
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25TH, 2025
10:00 am: Male Voice Analysis with VoceVista: Hijleh & Lissemore
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Classical and Popular Voice Differences
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Demonstrations
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Play Time
11:30 am: B R E A K (15 minutes)
11:45 pm: The Aging Voice: D’Amico & Goffi-Fynn
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Definition
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Symptoms
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Medical diagnosis and therapy
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Singing rehabilitation
1:00 pm: L U N C H (75 mins)
2:15 pm:
Donald Gray Miller Memorial Lecture: Ronald Scherer
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Presentation and discussion of a major published paper by Dr. Miller
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A video tutorial will be available online in the weeks prior to the lecture
3:30 pm: B R E A K (15 minutes)
3:45 pm: Vocal Pathologies: D’Amico & Hijleh
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Definitions
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Symptoms
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Diagnosis & Therapy
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Singing rehabilitation
4:50 pm: Noisy Phonations: Cross & Lissemore
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Types
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Physiology
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Acoustic analysis with Praat
6:00 pm: End of Day
THURSDAY, JUNE 26TH, 2025
All-Singing Day
Classical , Musical Theatre, and Rock Techniques
Melissa Cross, Jeanne Goffi-Fynn, Kelley Hijleh, and Richard Lissemore
The order of the day is TBD
10:00 am: Session 1
11:30 am: B R E A K (15 minutes)
11:45 pm: Session 2
1:15 pm: L U N C H (75 minutes)
2:30 pm: Session 3
4:00 pm: B R E A K (15 minutes)
4:15 pm: Session 4
5:45 pm: End of Day
FRIDAY, JUNE 27TH, 2025
The program is subject to change dependent upon presenter availability.
Praat can be downloaded for free here:
The developer of VoceVista, Bodo Maass, is offering a 25% discount on all VV products to all SVSW participants:
Use discount code SVSW2025 at checkout
Why two distinct types of software?
Praat is excellent for teaching basic concepts of voice and speech analysis.
VoceVista is designed for singing and allows for real-time analysis, whereas Praat does not.