The Holistic Voice: Navigating Your Life as a Vocalist
"The Holistic Voice" is a podcast made by vocalists, for vocalists. Each episode features an interview with an industry professional that is designed to help you navigate your life as a vocalist. On our show, we discuss vocal health and technique applicable to every genre of music, managing yourself as a business, career opportunities for vocalists, artistic development, and more!
Episodes
32 episodes
Jacob Khalil: Getting the Gig
This week we met with Jacob Khalil, a gigging musician based in New York City. Jacob has performed all over the US, starting with a regular gig at the Salt Lake City Airport, and now flies all over to perform wedding gigs and regular restaurant...
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52:56
Singing For New Music in Film and Musical Theater with Cindy O'Connor
Today our guest on the show is Cindy O'Connor, a film and musical theater composer, performer, and songwriter! She's a 2018 Emmy nominee for Outstanding Composition for the show "Once Upon a Time." She's composed multiple musical theater scores...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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48:22
Voice-Over part 2: Digging deeper with professional artist, Nic Redman!
Today our guest on the show is Nic Redman, voice actor and voice/accent coach hailing from Northern Ireland and based in Manchester, United Kingdom. We dig deeper into the voice over world by exploring how to get started in the industry, what "...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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44:18
Voice-Over and Radio Part 1
"You have a great voice!" "You should be on the radio." "Have you ever thought about voice over?" If you've heard these phrases before and want to learn more, Jordan and I have a discussion about the industry; from job interviews to hom...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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38:14
"Wicked" National Tour: Natalia Vivino
Everyone deserves the chance to fly and the talented Natalia Vivino soars. Natalia is the Elphaba standby for the 2nd national Broadway tour of Wicked. We talk about her experience auditioning, adjusting to life on tour, and the differe...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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39:56
Theater Adapts: Performing During a Pandemic
Navigating performance in a virtual landscape, the intersection of human rights advocacy and music as a platform, and interviews on a sailboat - all of this and more on the latest episode of The Holistic Voice.
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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40:20
Session Singing Part 2: Felicia Farerre
This episode we meet with Felicia Farerre, an extremely talented vocalist with an extensive history as a session singer and solo vocalist. She has written and performed in collaborations with Two St...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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32:42
Oh, the Places She'll Go!
We sit down with French-American soprano Lauren Urquhart about her international work as a singer. From fest contracts to navigating the ups and downs of gigs during a pandemic, Lauren shares how she got from her undergrad degree in the states ...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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37:30
Session Singing Part 1: Connor Warren Smith
Learn all about the life of a session singer with pop tenor extraordinaire and DCappella Alum Connor Warren Smith. All about how to make a career in the studio, and on wearing multiple hats in the music industry! Connor wears more than a few,...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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42:50
Making a Career of Crossover Singing: Featuring NATSAA Winner Matt Hill
In the first episode of our new season, NATSAA winner Matt Hill illuminates the constant and not-so conventional path a full-time career in voice can sometimes take. The Holistic Voice is a proud partner of
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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34:56
Essential Technology for your Home Voice Studio
Essential Technology For Singing, Teaching, and VO Work from Home
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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26:30
Artist Relief & Financial Resources for Musicians
To all THV members and musicians everywhere, The Holistic Voice is heartbroken to see the postponing, cancellations, and uncertainty that our field is facing right now amidst the COVID-19 outbreak.In our experience however, if there eve...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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14:02
An Art of Maturity: Working with Dramatic Voices
We ring in the new year with Alexis Davis-Hazell as she discusses her experiences on developing her own, and then later teaching, dramatic voices. Topics covered include characteristics of a dramatic voice, when someone is "ready" to si...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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42:50
Entrepreneurship and the Singing Career: with Craig Phillips of New York Polyphony
Craig Phillips, a two-time GRAMMY nominee and founding member of the male quartet New York Polyphony, joins us to discuss building a career as a professional ensemble singer. Along with his work with New York Polyphony, Craig Phillips also main...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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40:16
Do's and Don'ts for Balancing Your Time as a Vocalist
Today we sit down to talk about correlating careers, time management, and figure out how to balance multiple careers without losing your mind. The Holistic Voice Podcast is a free resource created by vocalists, for vocalists. We be...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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39:52
Making your Personal Website
In this episode, we explore some best practices for making your own website.Here are some of the DIY websites we talked about:www.wix.comwww.squarespace.com
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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33:18
How to Develop a Strong Speaking Voice
Whether you're speaking in front of colleagues, sharing an idea, or negotiating a contract, when it comes to personal presentation, there's one thing that should never be overlooked: your voice. Today we are sitting down to analyze...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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39:00
Working With a Music Producer
Today’s episode we sit down with Mitch Davis, a Utah based music producer (www.instagram.com/musicmitchdavis) for our second livestream attempt on Facebook! Mitch answers questions includin...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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28:58
Pay-to-Sing Summer Programs: Where's Your Money Going?
In our first ever livestream episode, we sit down to ponder the pros and cons of paid summer programs, discuss broadway street performances during the Manhattan blackout, and how to prep for allergy season. The Holistic Voice Podca...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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32:14
Nathan Gunn - Part 2
Part 2 of the Nathan Gunn interview! We sit down with the respected artist, musician, and singing actor on this week's episode. Given the baritone's wide acclaim for his diverse performing career bridging the genres of opera, musical theater, a...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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30:32
Nathan Gunn - Part 1
We sit down with respected artist, musician, and singing actor Nathan Gunn on this week's episode. Given the baritone's wide acclaim for his diverse performing career bridging the genres of opera, musical theater, and recital it was a perfect o...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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33:24
Meet Corey the Cruise Ship Singer!
This episode we met with Corey Jean Schneeman who has about 5 years of experience singing on cruise ships. She has a current contract with Carnival Cruise Lines. She tells us the good, the b...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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33:24
The Life of a Professional Singer (Featuring Rachel Willis Sørensen)
This week we interview Rachel WIllis Sørensen about her incredible vocal career, what it means to be an artist, and doing it all while raising a family!Rachel Willis Sørensen just finished playing the role of Donna Anna for the Metropol...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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37:39
What's Alexander Technique?
Sally Ahner, ATI-certified Teacher of the Alexander Technique and Senior Artist Teacher at Vanderbilt University's Blair School of music, sits down with us to discuss body-mind awareness. Day by day, year by year, our bodies pick up hab...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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31:00
Exploring the Human Voice (with Rébecca Kleinberger)
Rébecca Kleinberger, a PhD candidate at MIT studying with the group Opera of the Future, joins us to discuss her research of the human voice. This episode is about getting to know your voice a bit better. How does the voice work? Why do...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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32:08