Singing in Popular Musics and Jess Baldwin Voice Studio are now offering an exclusive group for voice teachers! Teacher Development … More
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Teaching CCM Styles, Finding Your Voice, and Appropriating Styles…and Yourself // Dr. Trineice Robinson-Martin
Dr. Trineice (creator of Soul Ingredients® and author of So You Want to Sing Gospel) shares some fantastic wisdom with … More
Elizabeth Benson’s findings in her new book about CCM Voice Teachers: “Consensus is not a path to legitimacy.”
Elizabeth Ann Benson has recently published her book Training Contemporary Commercial Singers, in which she shares her findings from interviewing … More
Love the Music? Love the People: Moving Beyond Style to the Heart and Soul of Genre // Jess Baldwin
A call to action for voice teachers and music educators on behalf of BIPOC and all singers of popular musics.
Incorporating Basic Trauma Awareness into the Voice Lesson // Jess Baldwin
Contemporary Voice Specialist Jess Baldwin discusses ways we can be sensitive to the effects of trauma in our studios.
Online Teaching Resources
If you need some help getting online teaching set up, here are some resources we’ve found.
A Starting Place for Creating Your Own Vocal Exercises // Jess Baldwin
Contemporary Voice Specialist Jess Baldwin provides a starting template for creating effective vocal exercises.
Coaching a Popular Music Ensemble: An Interview with Steve Holley
Jess chats with Popular Music Educator Steve Holley about his new book.
Commercial and Popular Music Degree Program Surveys
A summary of data gathered in the Commercial Music Degree Surveys conducted by Jess Baldwin, Kat Reinhert, and Matt Edwards in 2017.
Using Sound Affinities
Jess discusses her observation of sound affinities: natural groupings of sounds on the spectrums of pitch, volume, vowel, and airflow.