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Workshop Program

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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.

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10:00 am: The 1-hour Summary Challenge: D’Amico, Goffi-Fynn, Hijleh, & Lissemore

11:00 am: The Basics of Sound using Praat: Lissemore

  • Intro to Praat

  • Sound Waves

  • B R E A K (15 minutes) at 11:45 am

  • 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

  • Notes vs frequencies

  • Adult Female voice

    • Ranges and voice types

    • Transitions 

  • Adult Male voice

    • Ranges and voice types

    • Transitions

  • Gender Considerations 

4:30 pm: B R E A K (15 minutes)

4:45 pm: Respiration physiology with spirometry demonstrations: Lissemore & D’Amico

  • The pressures that create voice

  • Lung compliance

6:00 pm: End of Day

TUESDAY, JUNE 24TH, 2025

10:00 am: Voice Analysis: Lissemore

  • Spectral visualization (45 mins)

    • Spectrograms and Power Spectra

    • Inverse relationship between time and frequency

    • Analysis Windows

      • Wideband vs. narrowband

      • Resonances vs. harmonics

  • Demonstration using Praat

11:15 am: B R E A K (15 minutes)

11:30 am: Muscular Tension Dysphonia: D’Amico & Goffi-Fynn

  • Definition

  • Symptoms

  • Medical diagnosis and therapy

  • Singing rehabilitation and  demonstration

12:45 pm: L U N C H (75 minutes) 

2:00 pm: Source-Filter Theory: Hijleh & Lissemore

  • The source

  • The filter

  • 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

  • Classical and Popular Voice Differences

  • Demonstrations

  • 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

  • Classical and Popular Voice Differences

  • Demonstrations

  • Play Time

11:30 am: B R E A K (15 minutes)

11:45 pm: The Aging Voice: D’Amico & Goffi-Fynn

  • Definition

  • Symptoms

  • Medical diagnosis and therapy

  • Singing rehabilitation

1:00 pm: L U N C H (75 mins) 

2:15 pm:

Donald Gray Miller Memorial Lecture: Ronald Scherer 

  • Presentation and discussion of a major published paper by Dr. Miller

  • 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

  • Definitions

  • Symptoms

  • Diagnosis & Therapy

  • Singing rehabilitation

4:50 pm: Noisy Phonations: Cross & Lissemore

  • Types

  • Physiology

  • 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

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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) â€‹

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:

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The developer of VoceVista, Bodo Maass, is offering a 25% discount on all VV products to all SVSW participants:​

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Use discount code SVSW2025 at checkout

 

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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.

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