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On the Voice

novations from our varied professional experiences will 4 For more information on Clayne Robison and his group-
further strengthen our ability to nurture and inspire the voice teaching approach, see “Vocal Beauty Boot
voices in our studios, classrooms, and ensembles. Camp,” accessed September 15, 2024, https://www.
beautifulsinging.com/book/ch11.php; and “10-Fold
Amelia Rollings Bigler is associate professor of music Teacher Efficiency Through Vocal Boot Camp,” ac-
(voice and voice pedagogy) at Coastal Carolina Univer- cessed September 15, 2024, https://beautifulsinging.
sity. In 2022, she was recognized by the National Associ- com/singing/.
ation of Teachers of Singing as the inaugural recipient 5 Amelia Rollings Bigler, “The Effects of Small and Large
of the Clifton Ware Group-Voice Pedagogy Award. Group-Voice Instruction on University Student Percep-
tions: A Longitudinal, Mixed-Methods Study” (podium
presentation, 52nd Annual Symposium: Care of the
NOTES Professional Voice, Philadelphia, PA, June 4, 2023); and
Amelia Rollings Bigler and Katherine Osborne, “Small
1 Patrick K. Freer, “Reclaiming Group Vocal Instruction,” and Large Group-Voice Instruction Strategies in a Uni-
Canadian Music Educator 57, no. 2 (2016): 42–47; David versity Setting: A Collective Case Study” (podium pre-
Harris, “Seven Essential Voice Science Tools for Cho- sentation, 10th International Congress of Voice Teach-
ral Singing,” Choral Journal 59, no. 8 (2019): 47–58; and ers Symposium, Vienna, Austria, August 4, 2022).
Brandon A. Magid, “Beyond Bel Canto: Applications of 6 To learn more about the Center and the Summer Group-
Contemporary Commercial Music (CCM) Voice Peda- Voice Pedagogy Intensive, see “The Center for Group-
gogy in the Secondary Choral Classroom,” Music Educa- Voice Pedagogy and Research,” Coastal Carolina University,
tors Journal 110, no. 2 (2023): 54–58. accessed September 15, 2024, https://www.coastal.edu/
2 “Clifton Ware Establishes Group-Voice Pedagogy Grants,” humanities/centersandinitiatives/thecenterforgroup-
National Association of Teachers of Singing, January voicepedagogyandresearch/; and “CCU’s New Center
18, 2022, https://www.nats.org/cgi/page.cgi/_article. for Group-Voice Pedagogy and Research to Hold Sum-
html/What_s_New/Clifton_Ware_establishes_Group- mer Program for Teachers,” Coastal Carolina University,
Voice_Pedagogy_Grants; and “Clifton Ware Group- April 14, 2023, https://www.coastal.edu/ccustories/
Voice Pedagogy Award,” National Association of Teach- news/news-article/index.php?id=5549.
ers of Singing, accessed September 15, 2024, https:// 7 Lisa Sain Odom, “Teaching Group Voice Lessons,” CS
www.nats.org/Clifton_Ware_Group-Voice_Pedagogy_ Music, July 1, 2023, https://www.csmusic.net/content/
Award.html. articles/teaching-group-voice-lessons/.
3 Amelia Rollings Bigler, Dana Lentini, Craig Philip Price, 8 Merriam-Webster defines pedagogy as “the art, science,
and Cynthia Vaughn, “Better Together: Pedagogical or profession of teaching.” See Merriam-Webster,
Strategies for Group-Voice Instructors in Academic, “pedagogy,” accessed September 15, 2024, https://
Community, and Independent Settings” (premium work- www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pedagogy. The
shop, 58th National Conference of the National Associ- Oxford English Dictionary defines pedagogy as “the
ation of Teachers of Singing, Knoxville, TN, June 28, art, occupation, or practice of teaching.” See Oxford
2024); and Cynthia Vaughn, Dana Lentini, Craig Phil- English Dictionary, s.v. “pedagogy (n.), sense 3,” ac-
ip Price, Ayumi Nakamae, and Amelia Rollings Bigler, cessed September 29, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1093/
“Better Together: Exploring Group-Voice for All Ages OED/1029842480.
and Stages,” (breakout presentation, 58th National 9 Richard Rosewall, “Voice Class: Approach for the Eight-
Conference of the National Association of Teachers of ies,” NATS Bulletin 40, no. 3 (March/April 1984): 34–37.
Singing, Knoxville, TN, June 30, 2024). Recordings of 10 For example, see Cynthia Vaughn and Meribeth Dayme,
these sessions may be available on the NATS Live Learn- The Singing Book, 4th ed., ed. Matthew Hoch (Rowman
ing Center, see https://nats.sclivelearningcenter.com/ & Littlefield, 2024); Clifton Ware, Adventures in Singing:
MVSite/Default.aspx. A Process for Exploring, Discovering, and Developing Vocal Po-

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