Studio Practice - Dr. Brian Manternach

One of the trends that's been around for a few years now is for younger people to wear band shirts from their parents' eras. I'l...

Have you set your New Year's resolutions yet? Do you have any resolutions related to vocal practice this year?  Actually, maybe it's...

Hollywood is notorious for casting celebrities who don’t have any singing training in movies that require them to sing. This usually happens...

Part I: How singing training prepares us for troubled times Often, in class and lessons, I talk about the differences between forced resonan...

Back in 2018, I wrote a blog about "distributed practice" versus "massed practice" based on an article by voice pedago...

One of the goals of singing training is to identify and eliminate inefficiencies. Oxford Languages defines efficiency as "maximum prod...

Last fall, I wrote a blog highlighting some of the work of the late Professor Stephen Demorest of Northwestern University. In particular, ...