The Vocal Athlete

Dr. LeBorgne is the voice pathologist, singing voice specialist, and director of the Blaine Block Institute for Voice Analysis and Rehabilitation (Dayton, OH), and The Professional Voice Center of Greater Cincinnati (Cincinnati, OH). Additionally, she holds adjunct professor positions at Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music as a Voice Consultant and in the College of Allied Health. Dr. LeBorgne holds a B.F.A. in Musical Theater from Shenandoah Conservatory and both her masters and doctoral degrees from the University of Cincinnati in Communication Sciences and Disorders with a specialty in voice disorders. Her research has focused primarily on the area of the professional singing voice (specifically the Broadway Belt Voice). Marci Daniels Rosenberg, MS CCC, is a singer, and a speech language pathologist/research investigator in The University of Michigan Departments of Speech Language Pathology and Otolaryngology. After completing degrees, in classical voice performance from Peabody Conservatory of Music and then in speech language pathology at Towson State University, she completed a research fellowship in the Voice and Speech Lab at the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) in 1996. There she received the Voice and Speech Faculty Award for Research Excellence, NIDCD. She then completed her Master s degree in speech pathology at Bowling Green State University. As a Voice and Singing Specialist, and lead speech pathologist at The University of Michigan Vocal Health Center, Ms. Rosenberg works clinically to rehabilitate injured voices. She has particular clinical interest in contemporary commercial vocal styles. Her research focuses on vocal health for the performance voice. Some of her presentations include workshops and posters at The Voice Foundation in Philadelphia in addition to numerous lectures, workshops and master classes at regional colleges and universities.

SECTION I- Structure & Function of the Voice Chapter 1- The Singer's Body Chapter 2- Respiratory Kinematics Chapter 3- Laryngeal Anatomy, Physiology, and Function During Singing Chapter 4- Neurologic Control of Voice Chapter 5- Resonance & Vocal Acoustics SECTION II-Vocal Health & Fitness Chapter 6- Impact of Phonotraumatic Behaviors on Vocal Health and Singing Chapter 7- Laryngeal Reflux-What the Singer Needs to Know Chapter 8- The Singer's Guide to Undergoing Anesthesia Chapter 9- Life Cycle of the Voice Chapter 10- Medicine, Myths and Truths Chapter 11- Multidisciplinary Voice Care SECTION III- Vocal Pedagogy for the 21st Century Vocal Athlete Chapter 12- The History of Classic Vocal Pedagogy Chapter 13- Belting: Pedagogical Considerations Chapter 14- Physiology of Belting: Research & Theory Chapter 15- Application of Motor Learning Principals to Voice Training Chapter 16- Training the Hybrid Singer: Application of Kinesiology Principals for Training the Vocal Athlete Chapter 17 - The Art of Perfection: What Every Singer Should Know About Audio Technology