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is a doctoral student and serves as conductor of the
Treble Glee Club. She holds a BME from The Florida Building a Better
State University and an MM from Michigan State. Voice Care Toolkit
Brain Smart Rehearsals Friday 9:00 am - 9:50 am
National Shrine Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Grand Salon
Friday 1:10 pm - 2:00 pm
National Shrine Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Join Singing Voice Specialist Philip A. Doucette for
Sanctuary an interactive lecture/demonstration designed to help

choral professionals of all levels and backgrounds de-
This session will explore the benefits of being “brain- mystify dysphonia. Attendees will learn about current
smart” in rehearsals. Participants will be up and mov- best practices in the prevention of voice injury as well
ing for nearly the entire session and will leave with re- as effective approaches for the care of the professional
sources to keep the director and the singers fired up for voice user based on current research and years of clini-
the entire year. Participants will experience brain break cal experience. Participants will also engage in guided
activities and creative teaching strategies that can be group practice of voice-optimization exercises for sing-
used to increase focus, energy, and creativity in choral ing and speaking as well as a Q&A. Attendees will leave
rehearsals. Participants will leave with a toolkit of more empowered to advocate for themselves, educate others,
than eighty brain break, team, and learning activities and implement strategies to optimize healthier voice
that they can use to enhance their choral rehearsals use.
and improve the overall experience for their singers.
Philip A. Doucette (BM, MM, MA,
Stephen Rew holds his MME from CCC-SLP, SVS) is a licensed speech-
UMKC Conservatory of Music. In over language pathologist and singing voice
a decade as a public educator, he has re- specialist whose clinical work focuses on
ceived his district’s Teacher of the Year assisting high-demand voice users in suc-
Award two times. He is the past president cessful management of voice changes related to injury
for the Missouri Choral Directors Association. Rew is a and illness. He has been a featured presenter on issues
vocal music teacher at Raymore-Peculiar High School that bridge the medical and performing arts commu-
and is also entering his twenty-fourth year as a profes- nities, especially preventative care of the professional
sional church musician, serving as the music director at voice, demystifying care for the injured voice, and de-
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church nearby the loca- veloping effective approaches for optimal singing dur-
tion where he and his wife, Cindy, and their children, ing life-stage related voice change. He is an active cho-
Mason and Chloe, live in their dream home. ral conductor and has served as the associate director
of the Wilmington Children’s Chorus since 2009.

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