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Presented by Juliette Caton / Edited by Sam Benoiton Matthew Mills (he, him) is a Lead Consultant Speech and Language Therapist, and Head of Speech and Language Therapy at the London Gender Identity Clinic, where he has worked since 2009. He is a National Adviser in Trans Voice for the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists, founder member of the Trans Voice Clinical Excellence Network and External Examiner for the Voice Studies MA/MFA at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Matthew is current President of the British Association of Gender Identity Specialsts (BAGIS). VOICE CHOICE Listen to Matthew’s favourite vocal performance ‘Home' MJ Rodriguez on the VocalScope Podcast Guests Playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4pjclKQVRnnUnMW0vgu0H0?si=8380f4264b42464e  VOCALSCOPE BOOK CLUB - Join the VocalScope Book Club: https://www.vocalscopevoice.com/bookclub  VOCALSCOPE Linktree: https://linktr.ee/vocalscope  VOCALSCOPE Socials: @vocalscope www.vocalscopevoice.com

Presented by Juliette Caton Edited by Sam Benoiton Gillie Stoneham began her career as a speech and language therapist and after completing her Masters in Human Communication was a Senior Lecturer on a BSc Speech Language Therapy programme for many years.  She began to specialise in voice both within this role and through her company which offers theatre skills in the workplace to build personal impact.   Through clinical practice within her lecturing role she first worked in gender affirming voice and communication in 2006  in the South West of England, and has developed a specialist role in the 17 years since.  She presents nationally and internationally in specialist conferences and study days and took up a part time consultancy role for the Tavistock & Portman Trust at the London Gender Clinic in 2016, working closely with Matthew Mills.  It was whilst she was in this post, that she co-authored 2 books with Matthew Mills and designed and delivered specialist training programmes for voice therapists nationally.  Gillie is a founding member of the Clinical Excellence Network (known as the CEN) in trans voice and communication and also of BAGIS which is the (British Association of Gender Identity Specialists). She also helped in writing the competency framework for the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT).  TRAIN WITH GILLIE at VOICE STUDY CENTRE  Certificate in Gender-Affirming Voice & Communication Coaching with Gillie Stoneham Join Gillie for a deep dive into coaching transgender voices, drawing on her specialist knowledge to deliver introductory and orientation material right through to professional competence and vocal coaching implications – and everything in between. https://voicestudycentre.com/online-certificated-courses/certificate-in-gender-affirming-voice-communication-coaching-with-gillie-stoneham/#overview Gillie's Website: www.actorfactor.co.uk  Gender Identity South West - www.genderidentitysouthwest.co.uk Gillie’s socials: @gilliestoneham /  @ActorFactorinfo  Linked In: Gillie Stoneham VOICE CHOICE Listen to Gillie’s favourite vocal performance ‘Hope There's Someone' from the album I Am A Bird Now by Anohni - (Antony Hegarty transitioned and is now known as Anohni) Antony & the Johnsons on the VocalScope Podcast Guests Playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4pjclKQVRnnUnMW0vgu0H0?si=8380f4264b42464e  VOCALSCOPE BOOK CLUB - Join the VocalScope Book Club: https://www.vocalscopevoice.com/bookclub  VOCALSCOPE Linktree: https://linktr.ee/vocalscope  VOCALSCOPE Socials: @vocalscope www.vocalscopevoice.com

Vocalscope Podcast & Book Club Host, Juliette Caton, announces the 2023 VocalScope Book Club Reading List, which launches with the first two seasons - 'Trans & Non-Binary Voices' (Season 1 - January to March) and 'Sounds of Race' (Season 2 - April to July).  In the VocalScope Book Club members get to: READ & DISCUSS Nominate and vote for the monthly book selection. Share the journey of reading and learning along the way with like-minded practise focussed peers in our online members group. QUESTION & PROCESS VocalScope Podcast Presenter, Juliette Caton, will host a members only monthly Q&A event giving you direct access to ask the Author of the Month your questions, before we open it up for group chat and discussion. INSPIRE & IMPLEMENT Harness new learning by exploring and developing together innovative yet practical ways that allow our reading and discussion to inform, elevate and transform future practise in our respective studios, clinics, practises, conservatoires, institutions & performing careers. Find out more and sign up: https://vocalscope.ac-page.com/book-club-sign-up #vocalscope #bookclub #vocalscopebookclub #2023ReadingList 

Jesse Smith is a rock singer, musician and songwriter based in London. A rock and pop vocalist, a self releasing singer songwriter and also currently working as a singer on the BBC’s ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ series under the genius musical direction of Dave Arch, Jesse is the front man for the band Romances, The Legacy Showband, The Classic Rock Show, Boot Led Zeppelin and London's premier rock night - Rock The Boat. Jesse also starred in Thriller Live in the West End and has toured Europe with the cult heavy-metal cinematic experience Gutterdämmerung. With these projects Jesse has performed all over the world in venues such as the Royal Albert Hall, Wembley Arena, The London Palladium, The Olympic Stadium - Munic AND having started his singing career early was a finalist for Junior Eurovision with appearances in three of the Harry Potter movies! Jesse's Website: www.jessesmithuk.com  VOICE CHOICE Listen to Jesse’s favourite vocal performance Freddie Mercury singing Innuendo on the VocalScope Podcast Guests Playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4pjclKQVRnnUnMW0vgu0H0?si=8380f4264b42464e  VOCALSCOPE BOOK CLUB - Join the VocalScope Book Club: https://vocalscope.ac-page.com/book-club-sign-up  VOCALSCOPE Linktree: https://linktr.ee/vocalscope  VOCALSCOPE Socials: @vocalscope

Tessa Niles first entered the music scene in 1981 and has since become one of the best known session singers of the past three decades. With her versatile voice and ability to blend within a myriad of styles, she has hundreds of recording credits and live appearances to her name, performing with some of the biggest names in the music industry. If you were listening to music during the 1980’s and 90’s then chances are that she performed live with some of your favourite artists and sang on your most loved tracks as she has worked with Bowie, Tina Turner, Sting, Duran Duran, Annie Lennox, Tears For Fears, The Pet Shop Boys,The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Elton John, Tom Jones, Kylie Minogue, Robbie Williams.. In 2015 she turned author with her memoir titled ‘Backtrack’ - the voice behind music’s greatest stars. “She was described by Producer and Musical Director Steve Anderson as “the ultimate backing singer, not only because she does it with grace and excellence but because her knowledge of harmony is second to none. I fall in love with voices rarely - he says - but I fell in love with hers the moment we did our first session together and have been that way ever since.” Tessa's Website: www.tessaniles.com VOICE CHOICE Listen to Tessa’s favourite vocal performance Stevie Wonder singing All In Love Is Fair on the VocalScope Podcast Guests Playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4pjclKQVRnnUnMW0vgu0H0?si=8380f4264b42464e VOCALSCOPE BOOK CLUB - Join the VocalScope Book Club: https://vocalscope.ac-page.com/book-club-sign-up VOCALSCOPE Linktree: https://linktr.ee/vocalscope VOCALSCOPE Socials: @vocalscope

As voice coaches and singing teachers we are often reminded and acutely aware of ‘staying in our lane’ and whilst its fully appreciated and respected that vocal coaches and singing teachers are not (unless previously trained) psychotherapists or trauma specialists, this doesn’t mean that we won’t come across students, clients, choir members, performers or colleagues who are in the throes of a trauma response during our work together. The voice is an emotional tool and we can’t escape the fact that trauma is something that affects the voice, the learner, the performer, the human. So, in today’s podcast, we are going to begin to discuss what it means to be “trauma-informed” in relation to voice use and our voice and rehearsal studios. We’ll be discussing mental health and trauma-related factors in professional singers whilst we also considering the prevalence and impact of trauma, exploring ways for voice professionals and voice users to embody a trauma-informed approach - so that we can start to understand what feeling comfortable and confident in own roles and scopes of work might look like if were to become ‘trauma informed’. My guest, Dr. Elisa Monti is a voice-specialized experimental psychologist with a PhD from The New School for Social Research. Elisa is a certified Performance Wellness Therapist trained in the Montello Method for Performance Wellness and in Vocal Psychotherapy. Her focus is the relationship between psychological trauma and different measures of voice. Her mission being to contribute to furthering our understanding of this relationship. Elisa is a co-founder of the Voice and Trauma Research & Connection Group and she is also a co-Founder of Monti Bianchi Performance Wellness. Recommended Further Reading & Training In the VocalScope Book Club we read The Body Keeps the Score: Mind, Brain and Body in the Transformation of Trauma By Bessel van der Kolk. The Voice Study Centre is now offering an online Trauma-Informed Voice Professional (Level 4 Course) which Dr.Elisa Monti is leading https://voicestudycentre.com/trauma-informed-voice-professional-level-4-qualification-course/ Elisa's Websites: www.voiceandtrauma.com www.montibianchi.com mbpw.teachable.com https://voicestudycentre.com/trauma-informed-voice-professional-level-4-qualification-course/ Elisa's Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/voice.and.trauma/ https://www.instagram.com/monti_bianchi_pw/ https://www.instagram.com/performancewellnessinc/ VOICE CHOICE Listen to Elisa’s favourite 'Simone Simons' from Epica singing Unleashed on the VocalScope Podcast Guests Playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4pjclKQVRnnUnMW0vgu0H0?si=8380f4264b42464e VOCALSCOPE BOOK CLUB - Join the VocalScope Book Club: https://vocalscope.ac-page.com/book-club-sign-up VOCALSCOPE Linktree: https://linktr.ee/vocalscope VOCALSCOPE Socials: @vocalscope

Professor of Practice in Voice and Vocal Pedagogy at USC’s Thornton School of Music, Helding is also the author of The Musician's Mind: Teaching, Learning & Performance in the Age of Brain Science. Lynn also authored the chapter “Brain” in Your Voice: An Inside View. At the time of recording this episode she was an associate editor of the Journal of Singing and since recording this interview she has been made Editor in Chief. A devoted teacher, she was recognized as a “legendary figure in the field of voice pedagogy” by the Contemporary Commercial Music (CCM) Vocal Pedagogy Institute at Shenandoah University, receiving their 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award. Her stage credits include leading roles with Harrisburg Opera, Nashville Opera and Ohio Light Opera, and solo recitals throughout the US, Italy, France, England, Germany, Spain, Australia and Iceland Lynn created the “Mindful Voice” column in the Journal of Singing, authoring over thirty researched articles published there under her byline from 2009-17. Other writings include articles for Journal of Voice, the chapters “Science-Informed Vocal Pedagogy” in The Routledge Companion to Interdisciplinary Studies in Singing, and “Voice, the Music of the Soul,” in Singing: The Timeless Muse with her writing described as “ground breaking and exciting,” “profoundly captivating” and “tremendously important”. Lynn's Website: https://lynnhelding.com VOICE CHOICE Listen to Lynn’s favourite 'Voice Choice' Hector Berlioz on the VocalScope Podcast Guests Playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4pjclKQVRnnUnMW0vgu0H0?si=8380f4264b42464e VOCALSCOPE BOOK CLUB - Join the VocalScope Book Club: https://vocalscope.ac-page.com/book-club-sign-up VOCALSCOPE Linktree: https://linktr.ee/vocalscope VOCALSCOPE Socials: @vocalscope

Lead Singer of British Rock Band 'Inglorious', Singer-Songwriter Nathan James, discusses his career, how he manages the demands of being an internationally touring Rock Singer, and the unique relationship that can exist between a Singer and Vocal Coach when they have worked together for nearly two decades.  Nathan's Twitter & Insta: @thenathanjames Inglorious: http://inglorious.com Inglorious Socials: @weareinglorious  VOICE CHOICE Listen to Nathan’s favourite 'Voice Choice' on the VocalScope Podcast Guests Playlist on Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4pjclKQVRnnUnMW0vgu0H0?si=8380f4264b42464e VOCALSCOPE BOOK CLUB - Join the VocalScope Book Club: https://vocalscope.ac-page.com/book-club-sign-up VOCALSCOPE Linktree: https://linktr.ee/vocalscope VOCALSCOPE Socials: @vocalscope

With three decades of high-end performing experience in both live performance and studio singing Kim Chandler’s voice can be heard on films, albums and thousands of jingles worldwide. She has been a backing vocalist for high-profile artists such as Natalie Cole, Michael Bolton, Leo Sayer and The Bee Gees and has performed at some of London’s most iconic locations including the Royal Albert Hall, Downing Street, the O2 Arena and Buckingham Palace. As one of the world’s leading contemporary vocal coaches she runs a busy private studio in Marbella, Spain, where she coaches an elite clientele of professional singers, other vocal coaches, international stadium band singers and charting artists from every genre. In the academic world, Kim spent a decade in various leadership positions as Head of Communications, past President and Director of the British Voice Association and has many years of institutional teaching experience as a Principal/Senior Lecturer at Leeds College of Music & London College of Music respectively and Kim was also the Head of Vocals at Vocaltech (now BIMM London). Kim’s educational work features in many masters & doctoral theses and in compendiums such as “Training Contemporary Commercial Singers” (Compton), “The Ultimate Guide To Singing” (TC-Helicon) and “Teaching Singing in the 21st Century” which the VocalScope Book Club are currently devouring. Kim is the sole creator of the internationally popular “Funky ‘n Fun” vocal exercise series used in private studios, institutions, and by many touring artists. KIM CHANDLER - www.kimchandler.com (via which lessons can be booked) www.funkynfun.com  Twitter: @KimChandlerVox Instagram: @KimChandlerSinger VOICE CHOICE Listen to Kim’s favourite 'Voice Choice' on the VocalScope Podcast Guests Playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4pjclKQVRnnUnMW0vgu0H0?si=8380f4264b42464e  VOCALSCOPE BOOK CLUB - Join the VocalScope Book Club: https://vocalscope.ac-page.com/book-club-sign-up  VocalScope Linktree: https://linktr.ee/vocalscope

Andrew Byrne is a voice teacher, vocal coach, composer, performer and music director. He is the creator of The Singing Athlete, a training program that applies functional neuroscience and athletic training to the voice studio. Andrew was twice named one of the “Favorite Vocal Coaches” in NYC Backstage Reader’s Choice Awards, and is also a frequent contributor to their experts column.  In the past few seasons, his students have been seen in many Broadway shows. Andrew was the singing coach for The Real Thing, starring Ewan MacGregor, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Cynthia Nixon, and The Bridge Project, directed by Academy Award winner Sam Mendes.  His Broadway and off-Broadway conducting/keyboard credits include Les Misérables, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change and A Class Act.  He has music-directed projects for such companies as Sundance Theatre Lab, The York Theater, Primary Stages and the New York Musical Theater Festival. Andrew has served on guest faculty at the University of Michigan's musical theater department.  He was also on the faculty of the School of Fine Arts at Boston University, holding positions in both the music and theater departments. He holds a Master of Music degree in vocal pedagogy and performance from Arizona State University, as well as an undergraduate degree in vocal performance from Western Michigan University. As a composer/lyricist, Andrew's songs are performed internationally. His arrangements have been heard on NBC’s America’s Got Talent, and his song "A Contemporary Musical Theater Song" is featured in the film Waiting in the Wings.  His work has been featured on Seth Rudetsky's Obsessed! video series, as well as such prominent blogs as Americablog and Towleroad.   Performances of his parody of Goldrich and Heisler's "Taylor the Latte Boy" have received more over a million views on YouTube. ANDREW BYRNE https://www.andrewmbyrne.com https://thesingingathlete.com VOICE CHOICE Listen to Andrew’s favourite 'Voice Choice' on the VocalScope Podcast Guests Playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4pjclKQVRnnUnMW0vgu0H0?si=8380f4264b42464e VOCALSCOPE PODCAST & BOOK CLUB Join the VocalScope Book Club: https://vocalscope.ac-page.com/book-club-sign-up VocalScope Linktree: https://linktr.ee/vocalscope

This episode is dedicated to all those taking a stand in the #menopauserevolution Joanne Bozeman introduces herself to us: “I grew up in a musical home with lots of singing in our daily life, and great music playing on the stereo. I trained at University as a Classical Singer, and performed a wide range of repertoire in my community and regionally. My career as an independent singing teacher began when I was at university, and I was fortunate to work 26 years at a fine undergraduate conservatory. Now retired from academia. My long interest in hormones and female voice resulted in the book "Singing Through Change: Women's Voices in Midlife Menopause, and Beyond" (2020) co-authored with Nancy Bos and Cate Frazier-Neely. My husband and I raised 3 wonderful children, and we are blessed with 5 grandchildren.” Joanne is a presenter on The Vocal First Aid Course https://vocalhealth.co.uk Joanne is giving presentations for The Sing Space on Nov. 3 and Dec. 1, 2021 https://thesingspace.com Joanne is presenting on Opera Programs Berlin 2022 Pedagogy Conference: Feb. 16-March 6. https://www.operaprogramsberlin.com/vocal-pedagogy-symposium-feb2021.html JOANNE BOZEMAN Webpage https://www.lawrence.edu/conservatory/faculty/joanne_bozeman LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joanne-bozeman/ Singing Through Change Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/singingthroughchange/ Singing Through Change Instagram: @singingthruchange Joanne gave a NATS Chat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aS0BYAkEMM&t=9s Joanne's Interview with Dr. Dan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpQGlg02_ao&t=2732s This Embodied Voice Podcast with Susanne Lis: http://www.suzannelis.com/this-embodied-voice PERIMENOPAUSE & MENOPAUSE www.themenopausecharity.org www.balance-menopause.co.uk The Balance App: https://www.balance-menopause.com/balance-app/ Recommended Further Reading: Singing Through Change by Nancy Bos, Cate Frazier-Neely & Joanne Bozeman Preparing for the Menopause & The Menopause by Dr. Louise Newson The Evolving Singing Voice: Changes Across The Lifespan by Karen Brunssen The Estrogen Question by Dr Sandra Rice The New Hormone Solution by Erika Schwartz, M.D. Blog: https://yourestrogenquestions.com VOICE CHOICE Listen to the VocalScope Spotify Podcast Guests playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4pjclKQVRnnUnMW0vgu0H0?si=8380f4264b42464e Joanne recommended the documentary Twenty Feet from Stardom https://g.co/kgs/Z112Ld VOCALSCOPE PODCAST & BOOK CLUB   Linktree: https://linktr.ee/vocalscope https://vocalscope.ac-page.com/book-club-sign-up

About John: JOHN COLAPINTO began his career as a journalist in his native Toronto before moving to New York City in 1989 where he worked as staff writer at Rolling Stone magazine and, later, The New Yorker.  He won a National Magazine Award for his Rolling Stone story about the world’s first infant sex reassignment and expanded the story into the New York Times bestselling book As Nature Made Him (currently in development with Peter Jackson as a feature film). His articles have been anthologized in the annual compendiums The Best American Science and Nature Writing (2008, ’10, ‘11); Crime Reporting (‘09); and Sports Writing (2017). His first novel, About the Author (a tale of literary envy and theft), was published in 2001 and, in 2019, it was named, by the Times of London, as one of the top 100 thrillers published since 1945. His novel Undone (2015) challenged the new prudery around sex and was promptly rejected by almost 50 publishers worldwide, but was finally brought out in the US, UK and Canada by small, brave publishing outfits. He published This is The Voice, in January 2021. Colapinto is also a singer in the NYC-based rock bands Rack of Lamb and the Sequoias and in May 2021 he extended his adventures into vocal expressiveness by co-starring in the upcoming short film “The File.” About This is the Voice: This is the Voice takes a deep dive into all aspects of the noises we make with our mouths, from the goose-bump inducing power of song to the intellectual stimulation of conversation and monologue, and reveals how these extraordinary acoustic signals (which began with the grunts and wheezes of the lungfish, 400 million years ago, and which our species refined into speech) shot us to the top of the food chain. Emotion, accents, speech disorders and injuries (like the vocal polyp suffered by the book’s author), are among the many topics addressed—all with an eye (or ear) toward showing how our unique vocal signals are an indelible badge of identity, a key to our geographic origins, level of education, socioeconomic status, race and even sexual orientation. Because the very sound of the voice is so important to how we choose our political leaders (from the rolling orotundity of a Churchill to the ripping shriek of a Hitler), the book also shows how unexpectedly important the vocal signal is to the fate of a species whose leaders must guide us through the dangers of thermonuclear weapons to the ravages of global pandemics. Ultimately, This is the Voice argues that voice is our most important faculty of all, the complex gymnastic achievement of lungs, lips and tongue that made us human. John's Favourite Voice: Neil Young singing Harvest.  Listen to John's 'Voice Choice' on the VocalScope Podcast Guests playlist:  https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4pjclKQVRnnUnMW0vgu0H0?si=8380f4264b42464e Join the VocalScope Book Club: https://vocalscope.ac-page.com/book-club-sign-up