What You’ll Learn
Vibrato is a fascinating aspect of many genres of singing. But what is it, what do we know about what causes it, and can it (should it?) be trained? This presentation by John Nix, Professor of Voice at UTSA, will seek to answer these and other questions about vibrato. Prof. Nix will provide an overview of some of the research on vibrato, including discussing some of his own studies on the topic, provide strategies for addressing technical issues that relate to vibrato and non-vibrato singing, and respond to questions posed by attendees.
About John
John Nix is Professor of Voice and Voice Pedagogy at the University of Texas at San Antonio. His mentors include Barbara Doscher and Ingo Titze. Current and former students have sung with the Santa Fe, Arizona, Chautauqua, St. Louis, Nevada, Omaha, and San Antonio opera companies, and two have served as NATS Intern Master Teachers. In addition to his active voice teaching studio, he performs research in voice pedagogy, literature, and acoustics, having produced more than 50 published articles and 9 book chapters; he also co-chairs the NATS Voice Science Advisory Committee, is a co-founder for the NATS Pedagogy Institute, serves as an Associate Editor for The Journal of Singing, and is a member of the American Academy of Teachers of Singing. Mr. Nix is editor and annotator of From Studio to Stage: Repertoire for the Voice (Scarecrow, 2002), vocal music editor for the Oxford Handbook of Music Education (OUP, 2012), one of three general editors for the Oxford Handbook of Singing (OUP, 2019), and one of two general editors for the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of Voice Pedagogy (OUP, pending 2026).
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