I am a graduate student in music at Ithaca College and I did my undergraduate studies at the University of New Hampshire. The most beneficial class I took while at UNH was Vocal Pedagogy. I learned more about my voice and teaching singing than I have in any of my education methods classes. For the final project in the class, the participants had to research a subject related to vocal pedagogy. I chose to compare the male and female adolescent voices. The female changing voice is often overlooked because of the drastic change in the male voice. I will offer tips to help handle a choir of adolescent singers and incorporate exercises in the curriculum to achieve a homogeneous sound for the choral group.
Too many times choir teachers love to teach, but do not know enough about the adolescent voice to effectively help their students through this difficult change. Teachers should know what healthy vocal production is and be able to articulate that knowledge to the students how to produce such sounds.
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