VocalFri Podcast

Distortions with Toni Linke

27 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

#VocalFam you've waited 9 years for an episode dedicated to vocal distortions, well here it is! Toni Linke, @toni_linke_music (IG), @ToniLinke (YouTub...

Mark Tempesta

20 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week Prof. Pigott and Dr. P were joined by Dr. Mark Tempesta. Mark is Assistant Professor of Voice and Vocal Pedagogy at the University of North ...

Chronically Singing with Marita Stryker and Joanne Bozeman

13 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

#VocalFam! We had an exciting and informative episode this week as Prof. Pigott, Benjamin, and Dr. P were joined by Dr. Marita Stryker and Joanne Boze...

NATS Science Informed Voice Pedagogy Institute Vol. 2

06 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week Prof. Pigott and Dr. P hosted Lynn Helding, John Nix, and Allen Henderson, the directors of the NATS Science Informed Voice Pedagogy Institu...

Embodied Music Lab Online Courses with Ian Howell

23 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Prof. Pigott and Dr. P were joined for their annual chat with Embodied Music Lab's Dr. Ian Howell. EML is in the process of launching several courses ...

Diversity in Repertoire: Zipporah Peddle and Paul Patinka

16 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week Prof. Pigott and Dr. P hosted Zipporah Peddle an Paul Patinka, the new associate editors of the Journal of Singing "Diverse Voices" column....

MRI of Musical Theater Vocal Tract Configurations

09 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

#VocalFam, Happy 2026! To kick off the new year Prof. Pigott, Alice, and Dr. P hosted Matt Edwards, Aaron Johnson, and Denis Michael Rudisch to discus...

VocalFri Christmas IX: Winter Wicked Wonderland!

23 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The 9th annual VocalFri Christmas episode, our sequel to last year's Wicked Part 1 review, our Wicked: For Good review. This was also a special reunio...

Death Strike

05 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

#VocalFam, what an incredible conversation to start your December! This week Prof. Pigott and Dr. P were joined by the author Dave Maass and illustrat...

Michaela Kelly: The Composition of a Voice Lesson

21 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week Alice and Dr. P were joined by Dr. Michaela Kelly to discuss her dissertation work and Journal of Singing article "The Composition of a Voic...

Joanna Cazden: Everyday Voice Care

14 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week Prof. Pigott and Dr. P were joined by Joanna Cazden, a noted Speech Language Pathologist and voice teacher to share about her new edition of...

Anne Slovin: Disability Informed Pedagogy

31 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today Prof. Pigott and Dr. P were joined by Dr. Anne Slovin to discuss her dissertation work on disability informed practices in our teaching. It is v...

The Bound Breath: Chest Binding and Singing

24 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

#VocalFam, this week Prof. Pigott, Alice, and Dr. P were joined by an esteemed group of colleagues including Devin Dolquist, Victoria Vargas, Shayna I...

Kayla Gautereaux: Scientific Method Informed Voice Teaching

17 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Gautereaux joins the 5-timers club. Longtime #VocalFam Kayla Gautereaux joined us for an awesome chat about how she is using the framework o...

Fall Potpourri

10 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A Fall VocalFri in house. Dr. P catches us up on his upcoming Faculty Tuesday recital titled "Amok Time," and catches Sarah up on the ongoing tech upg...

Mathias Aaen: CVT and Beyond Registers

03 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

#VocalFam this is a must listen for those of you who are either interested in voice registration or who want to know more about Complete Vocal Techniq...

Voices of Influence: Brian Manternach

26 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What a lovely chat with #VocalFam Dr. Brian Manternach discussing his new book Voices of Influence. The new book shares some of the wisdom he learned ...

Body Based Voice Ped with Jeremy Ryan Mossman

19 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

#VocalFam, we have admired Jeremy Ryan Mossman's work from a far for many years now. Dr. P loves the way he discusses the integrated body. This is an ...

Cuban Art Song Project: Isabella Lamadriz and Jon Price

12 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

#VocalFam we continue to try to promote diversity in our art song canon with a special guests Isabella Lamadriz and Jon Price from the Cuban Art Song ...

David Sisco: Whole Hearted Voice Pedagogy

05 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

David Sisco returns to share his new book Whole Hearted Voice Pedagogy. As voice teachers we all need to continue our paths towards student centered ...

Season 9 Premiere

29 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back #VocalFam!   Today we reviewed our summer's that were in lighting rounds.   On the docket and in order we covered: Upcoming season 9 gu...

That Hope is You

09 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Season 8 concludes with a message of hope. During the first 20 minutes we encouraged the #VocalFam to give singers, voice teachers, and our entire com...

Emily Siar: Singer Attitudes of Voice Impairment

18 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

#VocalFam, today we are joined by Dr. Emily Siar to discuss her dissertation research surveying and interviewing singers who have been through voice h...

VocalFri In House

11 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We had our first in house episode in a few months with Prof. Pigott, Dr. P, and Alice. We finally got a report on Little Women from Sarah. We covered ...

Theresa Brancaccio & Aaron Johnson: The Future of Vocal Dosimetry

28 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today Dr. P and Alice were joined by Prof.s Theresa Brancaccio (Northwestern University) and Aaron Johnson (New York University - Langone) to share ab...

Ian Howell: Hearing Singing

28 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today we were joined by longtime #VocalFam Ian Howell to preview his new book Hearing Singing: A Guide to Functional Listening and Voice Perception. ...

Joanne Bozeman: Hypermobility in Singers

21 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week we are joined by Joanne Bozeman to share about Hypermobility. What it is, how do symptoms present, and what do singers and singing teachers ...

Modular Lessons with Chadley Ballantyne

14 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We are joined by longtime #VocalFam Dr. Chadley Ballantyne to tell us about his work with modular units for voice lessons. We've wanted to do this epi...

Middle Voice Musings

07 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It's a deep dive into everyone's favorite range: middle voice! C4-C5 can be a wonderful or gnarly journey depending on vowel, style, the weather, or t...

Practical Practicum Problems

24 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It's our first old school VocalFri of the season. Prof. Pigott and Dr. P were going to discuss middle voice musings, but that is now pushed to Feb. 7....

Seth Killen: Lesson Grading

10 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Join us for a new year as season 8 rolls on! Today we were joined by Seth Killen from Anderson University to talk about new paradigms for voice lesson...

VocalFri's Wicked Christmas 8!

22 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It's a Wicked VocalFri Christmas! VocalFri is joined by Dr. P's teenagers who are now musical theater nerds in the truest sense to review Wicked: P...

Kerrie Obert: Strategic Breathing

06 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

#VocalFam we are joined for our Fall Finale with the great Kerrie Obert! Please check out all her wonderful courses from GetVocal-Now.com, including h...

Dana Lentini: Teaching the Child Singer

22 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. P and Prof. Pigott are joined by #VocalFam Dana Lentini as we continue to try be more inclusive in our pedagogy with an episode about teaching kid...

New Nasality Nuances

15 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We are coming back to Dr. P's original research agenda! Our first in house episode in a few months. Prof. Pigott, Dr. P, and CU grad Benjamin break do...

Vibrato: Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey

01 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What a crew!!!! Today we were joined by #VocalFam Theodora Nestorova, Yvonne Redman, John Nix, and Joshua Glasner to drop some knowledge on Vibrato! T...

ICVT Toronto Preview!

25 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

VocalFam, Prof. Pigott was out today, but fret not, we had a great panel with International Congress of Voice Teachers' Program Chair Kari Ragan, NATS...

Ken Bozeman: Transformational Pedagogic Concepts

18 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Our dear friend Ken Bozeman returns for his 3rd feature episode. Ken has been touring the world discussing pedagogic concepts that have transformed hi...

Luciano Simões: Brazilian Song

11 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week Dr. P and Prof. Pigott were joined by Dr. Luciano Simões in a great episode to bring some international awareness to the #VocalFam. We lear...

David Juncos and Dana Zenobi: Acceptance and Commitment Training

27 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

#VocalFam we are in for a treat this week! Prof. Pigott, Dr. P, and the CU TAs were joined by Dr. David Juncos and Dana Zenobi to discuss their resear...

Kimberly Monzón: Singing Through the Cycle

20 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

#VocalFam we have entered a new VocalFri era with not only our first great guest episode of season 8, but also our first ever episode with our first t...

What do YOU want a DMA to do for YOU?

13 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We meant to talk about nasality today, then Prof. Pigott saw Dr. P's white board in his office. We ended up discussing learning outcomes for a DMA deg...

Jubilant Jury Journeys

06 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week Prof. Pigott and Dr. P take a hypothetical journey as they dream what voice juries could look like, if they just started everything over. A ...

Season 8 Premiere!

30 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

So much has changed in so little time. #VocalFam Season 8 is upon us, and WHAT A LINEUP we have planned for you this season. Prof. Pigott and Dr. P ca...

Voice Pedagogy Preparation

03 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Season 7 comes to a close! Today we started preparing Sarah for her TEACHING of Voice Pedagogy in the Fall Semester. More to come on that, but it led ...

Phone Use at Performances

19 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. P and Sarah address this week's controversial Ian Bostridge performance where he stopped mid song cycle to ask the audience to put down their phon...

Sparks and Wiry Cries

12 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The #VocalFam is joined by the Sparks and Wiry Cries duo of Martha Guth and Erika Switzer to talk about their joint art song centered project. They sh...

NATS National 2024 Preview

05 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

NATS President Diana Allan and President-Elect Alexis Davis-Hazell join us to preview the upcoming NATS National Conference in Knoxville from June 28-...

Academic Voice Job Searches

22 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Coming off of Dr. P's recent faculty search and interview process Sarah was curious to hear more about what the job search process is like in 2024. Dr...

Words Revisited

08 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

One of our VocalFri philosophies has always been not getting caught up on what terminology we use, as long as we can define and describe how we are us...

On Varied Repertoire Selection

01 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Sarah and Dr. P dove into various perspectives of repertoire selection in teaching classical, musical theater, and contemporary styles. Dr. P had revi...

Room Acoustics: The Singer's Experience

16 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

#VocalFam we are back! Today's a special episode for a few reasons. First, we start with a pretty big announcement for the podcast. Then, we are joine...

VocalFri Christmas 7

20 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

VocalFri's 7th Christmas Special! This year's special is a little different. Typically we just cover 1 pop culture happening for our holiday cheer, bu...

Ian Howell: Advice for Young Musicians

12 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Sarah and Dr. P are back from maternity leave! Well, at least Sarah is; Perna never left. The #VocalFam is joined by longtime friend of the pod Dr. Ia...

Theodora Nestorova: Interdisciplinary Avenues

22 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

#VocalFam Theodora Nestorova returns to the pod to tell us more about her work at McGill during her PhD and their new inter- and intra-disciplinary Ap...

Laura Strickling: 40@40

15 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Soprano, Laura Strickling joins the #VocalFam to tell us about her journey into the world of singing of art song. We hear about her multiple collabora...

Functional Voice Training

08 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Old school VocalFri with Dr. P on a soapbox about Functional vs. Task Specific voice training. If you'd like to hear two voice teachers talking about ...

NATS NSA Expansion

01 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

#VocalFam! Season 7 is here! What a better way to kick off a new season than with 3 great guests to discuss the largest ever expansion of the NATS Nat...

Season 7 Preview

19 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Dropping this one a bit early #VocalFam! Get ready for Season 7!!!!!!! -Sarah tells us about her NATS Intern Experience -We talk a little bit about pl...

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

10 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. P and Sarah's spoiler ridden review of Guardians of the Galaxy: Mixtape Volume 3 is actually about singing? Mabye? Or was this an episode about b...

Student and Self Care

21 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Whoa! This one got a little deep. Sarah, Liz, and Dr. P dive into some heavy discussions for a Friday morning. We all want to do our absolute best for...

Theodora Nestorova: On Vibrato

07 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We were thrilled to be joined by one of today's most promising up and coming researchers in the field of voice, Theodora Nestorova. She shared her jou...

Amanda Flynn: So You Want to Sing Musical Theatre

24 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

#VocalFam! The guest episode train keeps rolling with a fantastic conversation with Amanda Flynn. (https://www.amandaflynnvoice.com/) We hear Amanda's...

Acoustic Vocal Pedagogy Workshop

10 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Three longtime #VocalFam join us to preview this summer's upcoming Acoustic Vocal Pedagogy Workshop. Hear from Ken Bozeman, Ian Howell, and Chadley Ba...

QuantumKangia

27 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

#VocalFam you guessed it! Its finally Kangin' time! Join Sarah and Dr. P hanging out down in the Quantum Realm as we unpack Ant Man and the Wasp: Qua...

Dana Zenobi: Utilizing Voce Vista in the Diction Classroom

15 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What a treat to have Dana Zenobi with us to tell us about her innovative methods for teaching vocal diction. She has been incorporating spectrograms i...

Summer Vocology Institute: Ingo Titze, Lynn Maxfield, Brian Manternach

10 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We kick off episode 201 with a preview of the Summer Vocology Institute with distinguished guests Ingo Titze, Lynn Maxfield, and Brian Manternach. Are...

VocalFri 200

03 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

#VocalFam we've officially been together for 200 episodes!!! Very hard to believe. Thank you to each of our #VocalFam who sent us shoutouts! Tune in t...

NATS Science-Informed Voice Pedagogy Institute

29 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

VocalFam, we are joined by our friends Lynn Helding, John Nix, and Allen Henderson to tell us about this summer's inaugural NATS Science-Informed Voic...

Spectral Moments in the Woods with Dr. Joshua Glasner

20 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Our January acoustics miniseries rounds out with Dr. Joshua Glasner telling the #VocalFam about Spectral Moments. If you are interested in voice resea...

Ian Howell: In a Transient State of Mind

13 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Longtime #VocalFam Dr. Ian Howell of the Embodied Music Lab joins the pod for the first appearance in some time to tell us about his journey through ...

A Spirited VocalFri Christmas 6!

22 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In the old yuletide tradition Michael rejoins us for our sixth annual Christmas special covering a bit of this year's pop culture favorites. We share ...

Noel Smith

02 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

#VocalFam this was one of our favorite conversations ever! What an incredible journey that Noel Smith, singer, songwriter, voice teacher, and author h...

NATS Intern Program: A Giving Tuesday Event

22 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

#VocalFam! Here is your chance! Your opportunity to make an impact in the lives of young singers and teachers of singing. VocalFri is proud to partner...

Nancy Bos

18 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Such a great conversation with Nancy Bos! Nancy's first time on the pod in 2022 was for our Singing Through Change episode back in April, but this was...

Wakanda Forever

14 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

VocalFam! Sarah and Dr. P give an update on how the Southern Region NATS conference went this weekend. Also, Dr. P updates us on how the NATS Science ...

International Initiatives: Connecting Voice Teachers Around the World

05 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

#VocalFam, we were joined by a wonderful panel to hear more about collaborations, initiatives, and relationships being developed globally to support v...

Elizabeth Benson: Training Contemporary Commercial Singers

28 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

VocalFri is joined by Elizabeth Benson to discuss her book Training Contemporary Commercial Singers. A great conversation about her journey from clas...

Rings of Power

22 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Our spoiler ridden review of Rings of Power. We even brought in a Tolkien aficionado in the form of Sauron...we mean Jamey, Sarah's husband. 

Acoustics: Skip to the Good Part

14 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Maybe you really can skip to the good part? Every time we talk about acoustics, we find our audience wants application before they understand theory o...

Nikki Loney Full Voice Music

30 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We are joined by fellow NATSCast Podcast Network host Nikki Loney of Full Voice Music and the Full Voice Podcast. https://www.fullvoicemusic.com/ Nikk...

Student Breathing Podcasts

23 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A unique episode if there ever was one! This week, Sarah and Dr. P discussed their reactions to the voice pedagogy students' "Breathing Philosophy Pod...

NATS Science-Informed Voice Pedagogy Resources

16 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A very special episode #VocalFam! You've been hearing us talk about the NATS Science-Informed Voice Pedagogy Resources, but now hear it from the über...

D23 Updates!

10 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

If you are here for the hard hitting voice pedagogy news...COME BACK NEXT WEEK! Seriously, we have a huge episode that will drop on Friday. But THIS W...

Flipping the Pedagogy Frame

02 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Season 6 is here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a better way to kick off our 6th season than with recurring guest stars Professor Yvonne Redman and Dr. Jo...

NATS Chicago & Pop Culture Lightning Rounds

06 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Our summer special! We cover our time at NATS National Conference at #NATSChicago2022 including favorite sessions and some big announcements that were...

Mad at the Multiverse?

13 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Did we like Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Magic? Do we like the direction of the MCU? Are we mad about season 2 of Star Trek: Picard? How about...

Lyric Theatre Cross Training

06 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

VocalFri is joined by part of the team from Lyric Theatre at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign including Julie Gunn, Sarah Wigley, and our d...

A Multiverse of Pop Culture News

30 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

#VocalFam, we got your weekend update news. In this episode we covered Moon Knight, Doctor Who Easter special, Secrets of Dumbledore, and our previ...

Performing in Contemporary Musicals

22 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The #VocalFam is joined by the team behind many great contemporary musical theatre projects, Laura Josepher and David Sisco. Together they are the dri...

Singing Through Change

15 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

VocalFri is joined by Nancy Bos, Joanne Bozeman, and Cate Frazier-Neely to celebrate the 2nd anniversary of their seminal book Singing Through Change....

Lori Sonnenberg: Destigmatizing Voice Health

07 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Speech Language Pathologist Lori Sonnenberg joins us for the 3rd time(!) for an important episode on destigmatizing voice health and voice injury. A m...

Babbled, Prepared, Blessed, and Opened

01 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

@LyricStageMC's production of Godspell opened last night to rave reviews. We recap the premiere, update this week's undergrad ped practicum, and run ...

Un-comfy Fridays

25 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Sarah and Dr. P are reminded that sometimes, being given an opportunity to try a new sound as a singer can take us out of ourselves and help us make m...

Progression of Voice Pedagogy

04 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. P and Sarah hash out the changes and evolution that Dr. P's ped classes have taken over the last 15 years. From re-creating opera singers 15 years...

Standards and Strange

18 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Sarah and Dr. P discuss upholding some standards of excellence, despite our troubled times. A little bit about Percepts of F1 and F2 and Dr. P's voice...

Uncharted Territory

04 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

#VocalFam, sorry it took so long for us to be back! Dr. P and Sarah talk about voice acoustics for the first time in quite a while, leading up to reve...

Memorizing Mucho Music

14 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Happy New Year #VocalFam! Dr. P and Sarah spend most of the day talking about memorization. In this era of brain fog we've all got new challenges to o...

No Way (It‘s VocalFri Christmas V) Home

18 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

STOP...SPOILERS FOR SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME! It's VocalFri and it's Christmas, which means we wrap up the calendar year with a Christmas blockbuster r...

Treble Extremes!

03 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The high voltage sequel to "Treble Middle Voice" has arrived! This time it's ALL ABOUT THE HIGH NOTES! #VocalFam Kayla Gautereaux and Yvonne Redmon jo...