64 | The Vocal Instrument 101: Interview with Shannon Coates
Returning guest Shannon Coates discusses her new online course: The Vocal Instrument 101. A fun and inspiring conversation about continuing education and diving into the science, anatomy and physiology of singing. (Please note: There is occasional ‘crackle’ in the recording due to internet connection issues, but the voices are clear.)
About Our Guest:
From Shannon: A few years back, after having taught at a music school and running my own voice studio, I went ahead and got a doctorate in voice pedagogy from the University of Toronto. Now, in addition to being an independent voice teacher, I teach undergraduate voice pedagogy courses at a few universities in Southern Ontario. The Vocal Instrument 101 is a distillation of the information I wish I could download (Matrix-style) to my own voice students, to my voice pedagogy students, and to my voice teaching colleagues who didn’t have a chance to go get a doctorate in voice pedagogy (because: ain’t nobody got time for that!).
Shannon’s short list of Awesome Voice Teacher LINKS:
Voice Science Works http://www.voicescienceworks.org/
short, sweet, super-sciency jolts of information WITH COOL PICS (website)
Your Voice: The Basics https://www.abebooks.com/book-search/title/voice-basics/author/scott-mccoy/
the sciency starter kit of all starter kits (downloadable iBook)
What Every Singer Needs to Know About the Body https://www.pluralpublishing.com/publications/what-every-singer-needs-to-know-about-the-body
dispelling myths and re-mapping singing physiology one singer at a time (paperback & ebook)
Online Course: The Vocal Instrument 101
And if you want to do more of a deep-dive and get not only the sciency 101 but the application to singing 101? You can always do Shannon’s course: The Vocal Instrument 101: https://drshannoncoates.com/the-voiceped-101-library/
Full Voice Podcast listeners can get $150 OFF by entering: FULLVOICEPODCAST at checkout. (Thank you so much Shannon!)






