Vocal Pedagogy Professional Workshop (VPPW)
July 11–14, 2024
The Vocal Pedagogy Professional Workshop (VPPW) is designed to provide collegiate and private voice instructors and vocal music educators with unique learning opportunities in both musical theater and classical voice pedagogy.
Registration for the 2024 program is now open.
Who Should Register
Collegiate and private voice instructors and vocal/choral music educators. No audition is required.
2024 Program Pricing
Tuition | $886 |
Tuition—Berklee Students, Faculty, and Alumni | $773 |
2024 Workshop Courses
Vocology Courses
- Anatomy and Physiology for Singing
- Embracing Complexity: Registration Concepts
- Breathing for Singing: One Way, No Way?!
- Theory and Practice: Singing Voice Acoustics in the Studio
- Why Bother with Acoustic Vocal Pedagogy?
Body and Mind Courses
- Alexander Technique for the Teaching Studio: Principles and Practice
- Body Mapping for Musicians
Vocal Pedagogy
- Coming to Terms: Defining Conflicts in the Voice Pedagogy Vocabulary
- The Hormonal Seasons and the Singing Voice
- Shaping Timbre: Using the Tongue and Pharyngeal Walls to Shape Timbre
- Teaching Musical Theater: Discovery and Foundation Building
- Teaching Musical Theater: Aesthetic Recipes for Styles
- Sustainable Authenticity: A Holistic Approach to Pop/Rock
- Musical Theater Developmental Repertoire: Advancing Skills Through Song
- Teaching Online: A New Pedagogy with Advanced Technology
- Creating Safer Spaces for Singing Practice
Master Class Teachers
Kevin Wilson
Patty Thom
Kenneth Bozeman
Sara Goldstein
Participants will leave with an enriched and functional understanding of the anatomy and physiology of the singing mechanism, knowledge of current developments in voice pedagogy and speech science, and a systematic practical approach to both classical and musical theater technique.
Participants who complete the full workshop may receive a Boston Conservatory at Berklee Certificate of 18 Professional Development Points (PDP)*.
*PDPs must be requested at registration.
2024 Faculty and Guest Instructors
- Kevin Wilson, director
- Kayla Gautereaux, voice faculty member
- Dr. Emily Siar, voice faculty member
- Tara Stadelman-Cohen, vocal pedagogy faculty member
- Kerrie Obert*
- Zipporah Peddle, voice faculty member
- Ken Bozeman*
- Joanne Bozeman*
- Dr. Ian Howell*
- Dr. Jay Marchand*
- Dr. Jessye DeSilva, voice faculty member
- Vanessa Mulvey*
- Patty Thom, voice chair emerita
- Sara Goldstein, interim chair of voice
*guest instructor
2024 Schedule
Thursday
9:00 a.m. | Workshop Registration |
10:00 a.m. | Welcome and Introductions |
11:00 a.m. | Anatomy and Physiology |
1:00 p.m. | Lunch |
2:00 p.m. | Embracing Complexity: Registration |
3:30 p.m. | Perception of the Singing Voice |
5:00 p.m. | Inclusive Language in the Voice Studio |
6:00 p.m. | Social Hour: Wine and Cheese |
Friday
8:30 a.m. | Donuts and Coffee Social |
9:00 a.m. | Breathing for Singing: One Way, No Way! |
11:00 a.m. | Why Bother with Acoustic Vocal Pedagogy |
1:00 p.m. | Lunch (Not Provided) |
2:00 p.m. | Body Mapping for Musicians: Mapping the Ribs for Breathing, Balance, and Arm Movement |
4:00 p.m. | Timbre Shaping Using the Tongue and Pharyngeal Constrictors |
6:00 p.m. | Dinner (Not Provided) |
7:30 p.m. | Master Class: Alexander Technique for the Teaching Studio—Principles and Practice |
Saturday
8:30 a.m. | Donuts and Coffee Social |
9:00 a.m. | Foundations of Voice Technique |
11:00 a.m. | Crosstraining and Musical Theater Aesthetics |
12:00 p.m. | Master Class: An Inside View |
1:00 p.m. | Lunch (Not Provided) |
2:00 p.m. | Optimizing Online Teaching |
3:30 p.m. | The Hormonal Seasons and the Singing Voice |
5:00 p.m. | Visualizing Respiration |
6:00 p.m. | Dinner (Not Provided) |
7:30 p.m. | Sustainable Authenticity: A Holistic Approach to Pop/Rock |
Sunday
9:00 a.m. | Musical Theater Developmental Repertoire: Advancing Skills Through Song |
11:00 a.m. | Cultivating Young Voices |
1:00 p.m. | Musical Theater Master Class |
3:00 p.m. | Salutations and Evaluation |