Online Resources

For Teachers
Vocal Health for children and adults
Singing during Voice Change: Boiling Frogs and Tipping Points
The child’s voice – what it can and can’t do
Vocal exercises
Glossary of Singing Voice Terms
Warming-up – what are we trying to achieve?
Vibrato
‘Tilting’ – a Quixotic Pursuit?
Allocation of choral parts – the compromise
Bibliography of books, and articles on children’s singing
Inside the Voice – this is an ebook on the Sing up website. You can join as a friend of Sing up for free. This then entitles you to download many resources, including all six chapters of Inside the Voice.
Recording of Julia Doyle and Matthew Wadsworth
ViP handouts 14.10.20

For Students

How your voice works
How to practise
From boys to men – the changing adolescent voice Q & A
Warm-ups for singers
Singers and the Common Cold – Tom Harris
Singing Growth Mindset

Research-based Publications

Which sung pitch range is best for boys during voice change? Journal of Voice, in press
Sound files for Journal of Voice “What pitch range is best for boys during voice change?
Speech 10yrs : Song 10yrs : Speech 13yrs : Song 13yrs
PhD 2010 The implications of intensive singing training on the vocal health and development of boy choristers in an English cathedral choir
Chorister research – summary
Chorister research – preliminary findings 2005
Teaching young singers safely
Warm-ups, are they really necessary?
Use of spectrographic displays in the teaching studio
See also Research Publications