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Welcome to Find Your Best Voice, the podcast where we dive into the powerful stories behind the music and uncover what truly inspires the singers and their path to finding their best voice. Today we’re sitting down with contralto Heidi Skok to talk about her unexpected Met debut, navigating massive career shifts, and her incredible transition from soprano to contralto. If you’ve ever had to reinvent yourself or find your own path, this episode is for you. More on the Podcast: Instagram @bestvoicepod http://www.bestvoicepod.com Follow Craig: Instagram @CraigSings https://www.facebook.com/craigphilipprice Music Credit: "Cut and Run" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Heather and Katherine speak about early experiences in singing, their passion for teaching, and how setbacks during the pandemic inspired them to produce unique performing opportunities for singers all across the country by founding a production company called Onstage Collective.More on the Podcast: Instagram @bestvoicepod http://www.bestvoicepod.com Follow Craig: Instagram @CraigSings https://www.facebook.com/craigphilipprice Music Credit: "Cut and Run" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Lisa Barksdale speaks to us about growing up singing in her church, how that led her to pursue a career as a singer and teacher, her journey with the McClosky Technique, and how that directed her into a second career as a speech language pathologist. More on the Podcast: Instagram @bestvoicepod http://www.bestvoicepod.com Follow Craig: Instagram @CraigSings https://www.facebook.com/craigphilipprice Music Credit: "Cut and Run" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Episode 6 features contemporary singer Keri Lee Pierson.  Keri Lee speaks about forging a path in contemporary classical music, why she thinks that it can be an important vehicle to elevate female voices, and her initiative iPlay which is designed to bring contemporary classical music to young audiences.More on the Podcast: Instagram @bestvoicepod http://www.bestvoicepod.com Follow Craig: Instagram @CraigSings https://www.facebook.com/craigphilipprice Music Credit: "Cut and Run" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Singer and actress Annie Gill speaks candidly about the difficulties and rewards of a career in the arts.  She shares how an opportunity during the pandemic turned into a labor of love as she recorded an album of Czech and Slovak music entitled "Songs of Love and Hope."More on the Podcast: Instagram @bestvoicepod http://www.bestvoicepod.com Follow Craig: Instagram @CraigSings https://www.facebook.com/craigphilippriceFollow Annie:Instagram @AnnieGillwww.anniegill.com Music Credit: "Cut and Run" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Singer and actress Jessica Fishenfeld shares her early beginnings as a singer growing up in Great Neck, NY, and tells us about recording and premiering the brand new song cycle "The Nothing Lamp." More on the Podcast: Instagram @bestvoicepod http://www.bestvoicepod.com Follow Craig: Instagram @CraigSings https://www.facebook.com/craigphilipprice Music Credit: "Cut and Run" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

I talk with Megan Gillespie about her career as a singer and teacher.  We discuss how Young Arts played a pivotal role in her career.  She also talks about her experience with burnout and how she is now using that experience to help others.More on the Podcast:Instagram @bestvoicepodhttp://www.bestvoicepod.comFollow Megan:Instagram @megnificent_lessonshttps://www.facebook.com/MeganGillespiesStudiohttps://www.megangillespiemezzo.com/Follow Craig:Instagram @CraigSingshttps://www.facebook.com/craigphilippricehttp://www.craigpprice.comMusic Credit: "Cut and Run" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Craig sits down with Dr. Rebecca "Becky" Loar to talk about how she knew she wanted to be a performer from an early age, her time spent studying and working in New York, and her research into the history and future of the Singing Voice Specialist.Follow @bestvoicepod on Instagramwww.bestvoicepod.comLearn more about Becky:rebeccaloar.comhttps://www.beckyloarministries.com/Learn more about Craig:www.craigpprice.com@CraigSings on InstagramMusic Credit: "Cut and Run" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Episode 1 is a conversation with singer, mom, and children's book author April Boyett Kocher.  April talks about growing up and training as a singer, her life as a mom, and how both of those things inspired her to begin a series of children's books about a girl who loves the performing arts!  Follow on Instagram: @BestVoicePod​@genevathedivabookwww.bestvoicepod.com​www.genevathedivabook.comMusic Credit:"Cut and Run" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/