Spring 2012 Guest Lectures

Transformational Voice proudly hosts a series of guest lectures each term that explores, with greater depth, the issues and topics of our craft as vocalists and artists. Beginning in the Fall of 2011, our guest speakers were Dr. Sussanna Czeranko, an expert on Buteyko Breathing and methods, and Karen Drake, OHSU Speech Language Pathologist and Institute faculty member. Dr. Czeranko presented a lecture on the physiology of breathing and Karen Drake spoke on the physiology of vocal tract/vocal health.

Our Spring 2012 Guest Lecture Series will begin with Dr. John Brons, Associate Dean of Biomedical Sciences at NCNM, speaking on the anatomy and function of the respiratory system in breathing, speaking and singing on Friday, Jan. 27th from 7-9pm.

Our second guest lecture will be by Brad Pendergraft, LCSW, the founder and Clinical Director of Lifetime Optimization, Inc., a brain heath and therapy clinic, and he will be speaking on “Singing, your Brain, and Performance Anxiety” on Fri, Feb. 24th from 7-9pm. 

Tickets to the lectures will now be sold individually for $5 per lecture or as a pair online and at the door on the night of the lecture. We welcome our currently enrolled students as well as the general public to attend this highly informative lecture series. Please come join us as we open our new space with new knowledge and exploration into two of the most foundational elements to singing!

When: Friday, Jan. 27th, 7-9pm with Dr. John Brons and
Friday, Feb. 24th, 7-9pm with Brad Pendergraft
Where: Institute’s Studio, 5101 SE 17th, Portland, OR 97202
Purchase tickets here!