Vocal development and expert assistance for tertiary music students, professional singers, actors and music theatre performers, as well as motivated amateur singers.
Thank you for teaching me to have good posture (occasionally) and to put pressure on muscles most people don’t know exist. Oh, and to sing the same note going down as going up. Loudly. And nicely. Did I forget anything? Oh yes, not to conduct myself. I hope you always keep your healthy sense of humour and sense of fun – the best qualities in a good teacher. I always do enjoy my lessons…
– 19-yr-old student soprano, Sydney
Individual consultations or group workshops on voice and presentation skills for executives, television and radio presenters, politicians, members of the clergy, teachers, lecturers and other professional voice users.
Vocal performance and pedagogy classes, as well as demonstrations of Sing&See to individual users and groups.
Jean used the language of belt and twang where appropriate for the musical theatre pieces. This was particularly useful for classically trained singers who now must know how to teach students in the contemporary style. Common language is essential in these sessions and Jean has that nailed through her academic research and her own teaching experience. – Di Spence, South Australia
Individual lectures or courses of lectures on a range of musical and vocal topics.
The research Jean has put into the singing voice and how to teach it was exemplified in the content of this session. I was impressed with, and amazed by, her depth of knowledge on the subject of the teaching of singing. There is a commonsense component to what Jean said, as well as some points which a few may have found revolutionary. – Leanne Hoad, South Australia
Looking at voice science from the practitioner’s viewpoint, Singing and Voice Science is a comprehensive book for singers, teachers of singing, voice scientists, or speech-language pathologists working with singers who are interested in how the singing voice works.
It offers a readable introduction to how voice research is conducted, its key findings to date, the limitations of available methodologies and how they affect the validity of those findings, the debate and discussion surrounding findings, and the implications of all this for the studio. – Australian Voice, Vol. 2, 1999
Jean was one of the research team at Sydney University that brought together specific research into the use of visual feedback in the training of singers to develop the computer software Sing&See™. Sing&See™ converts vocal sound into visual displays showing different aspects of the voice (including pitch, timbre and loudness).
The manual, How to Sing and See, was written by Jean with Pat Wilson. Specially designed for teachers using, it is a comprehensive guide to using Sing&See™ in ways that will foster both vocal and musical development.
