The British Voice Association

 

BVA Archive

ArticlesBook Reviews, Profiles
To search this page hold the ''Ctrl' key and press the 'F' key" ('Find function' location will vary dependent on your Web Browser)

Reports & Articles

British Voice Association Road Show 2007-8

The Child Performer - October 5th and 6th October 2007

RIBA Conference

An audit of the appropriateness of the voice clinic booking practice at the RNTNE hospital in 2004

The Voice Skills Perceptual Profile - Christina Sherwell MA CERT MRCSLT ADVS 2005

2007 BVA 'Study Day' - 1st July 2007, Royal Academy of Music, London

BVA 'Interactive Rock and Pop Day' - 4th September 2007, Royal Academy of Music, London

IALP Conference - 5-9th August, 2007, Copenhagen

Voice Therapy Survey - at Kingston Hospital NHS Trust

Nottingham Voice Days - Jubilee Campus, University of Nottingham, 29th & 30th March 2007

The Mechanics of Breathing as Applied to Different Vocal Tasks - Novartis Foundation, London, May 2007

World Voice Day 2007

Speech and Language Therapy Endoscopy - a survey

Voice Clinic Forum 2006 - Pride Park, Derby, 24 November 2006

Voice Clinic Forum 2006 - A Personal Perspective

Viewing the Larynx - Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup, Saturday 3rd February

Working Together with Voice - RSAMD, Glasgow, Sunday 19th November 2006

Performance Breath - An Essential Exploration of Body, Voice and Word
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London, 4th & 5th January 2007

Office Based Laser Laryngeal Surgery Harvard Medical School, 27th October 2006:
Reviewed by John Rubin

Vocal Anatomy and Physiology for Performers and their Teachers (19 September 2006)
A personal perspective by singing teacher Sue Anderson

The Nottingham Voice Disorders Service

Singing Teachers Evaluation Working Party: Sue Anderson

Nottingham Voice Course: March 06: Declan Costello

Articulation with Ron Morris - Study Day, Saturday 24th June 2006: Heidi de Quincey and Pamela Parry

Working with Transexuals: Christella Antoni

Voice Clinic Survey 04: A summary of the significant results

Voice Variation with Age/Sex and Cultural and Linguistic Factors: Evelyn Abberton

The interaction of sensory modalities in the learning and memorisation procedures of professional and student singersSue Anderson, 2004 BVA Van Lawrence Prize Winner

Sound Speed - Voice on Film: Mel Churcher

What can homeopathy do for the voice professional?: Dr Ruth Epstein PhD

Phonetics and the Singing Voice: Gordon Stewart

Vocal Archives: Gordon Stewart

How do we teach singing safely?: Mollie Petrie, Penelope McKay and Joy Mammen

The Singing Will Never Be Done..., a personal view of the BVA's value to a singing teacher: Janice Chapman AUA

The Singer's Speaking Voice: Anne-Marie Speed with responses from Peter T Harrison and Natasha Dobie

Psychological Aspects of Voice Disorders - The Role of the Voice Pathologist: Lesley Mathieson

What Do I Sound Like...?: Janice Chapman

Singer's Hearing: Peter Harrison

Embracing Alexander: James Boyd

The Grotowski Technique: Frances Parkes

Book reviews (includes CD/DVD multimedia reviews)


Textbook of Voice Disorders
Editors: Albert L Merati and Steven A Bielamowicz; Plural Publishing, San Diego 2007

Ultimate Vocal Voyage
Author: Daniel Zangger Borch

The Musician’s Body - A Maintenance Manual for Peak Performance
Authors: Jaume Rosset I Llobet; George Odam

Voice and Speech in the Theatre
Author: J. Clifford Turner. Edited by Jane Boston

Understanding and Treating Psychogenic Voice Disorder: a CBT framework
Peter Butcher, Annie Elias & Lesley Cavalli (Wiley Series in Human Communication Science)

The Human Nature of the Singing Voice Exploring a Holistic Basis for Sound Teaching and Learning
By Peter T Harrison (Dunedin Academic Press)

Voice and Communication Therapy for the Transgender/ Transsexual Client - A Comprehensive Clinical Guide
Richard K. Adler, Sandy Hirsch and Michelle Mordaunt.

Keyboard Skills for Reluctant Pianists: Sue Anderson

Popular Singing: Donna Soto-Morettini  

The Human Voice: Anne Karpf  

Here's How to Do Therapy: Debra M Dwight Ed.D, C.C.C-SLP  

Odyssey of the Voice: Jean Abitbol

Singing and Teaching Singing: Janice Chapman

VIP - Voice Impact profile: Stephanie Martin and Myra Lockhart

The Disciplines of Vocal Pedagogy: Karen Sell

The Performer's Voice: Meribeth Bunch Dayme

Singing and the Actor (2nd edition): Gillyanne Kayes

Acting For Film - Truth 24 times a second: Mel Churcher

Care of the Professional Voice (2nd edition): D Garfield Davies and Anthony F Jahn

The Teaching Voice - 2nd edition: Stephanie Martin & Lyn Darnley

Solutions for Singers: Richard Miller

Successful Singing Auditions: Gillyanne Kayes and Jeremy Fisher

Finding Your Voice: Barbara Houseman

Psychology for Performing Artists - Second Edition: Glenn D. Wilson

The Accent Method: A Rational Voice Therapy in Theory and Practice: Thyme-Frokjaer and Frokjaer-Jensen

Working With Dysphagia: Marks and Rainbow

Greene & Mathieson’s 'The Voice and Its Disorders' 6ed: Greene and Mathieson

Communication Apprehension - Origins and Management: Betty Horwitz

Choral Pedagogy: Brenda Smith and Robert Thayer Sataloff

Diseases of the Larynx: Edited by Dr Alfio Ferlito

Voice and Self - A Handbook of Personal Voice Development Therapy: Ingeburg Stengel & Theo Strauch

More Care for Your Voice: Voice Care Network UK

The Language Teacher's Voice: Alan Maley

Working With Voice Disorders: Stephanie Martin and  Ruth Lockhart

Voice Therapy - Clinical Studies 2nd Edition: Joseph C Stemple

Well-Tuned Women - Growing Strong Through Voicework: Women's Press

Stell & Maran's Head & Neck Surgery, 4th Edition: Edited by JC Watkinson, MN Gaze and J Wilson

 

CD-ROM Software with Support Cards
Vocal Parts; Vocal Pathology; Swallowing; and The Ear: Blue Tree Publishing Inc

 

 

Profiles

A Day in the Life of... David Howard - Professor in the Department of of Electronics, University of York

A Day in the Life of... Dame Felicity Lott - BVA patron

A day in the life of... Mel Churcher

Pamela Parry relates her personal journey through ‘voice’

A day in the life of... Declan Costello MA, MBBS, MRCS - ENT Specialist Registrar, Oxford Deanery. Current post: Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading.

Lynne Wayman (Newsletter Editor 2006/7)

Stephanie Martin (BVA President 2005/6)

Mel Churcher

Ruth Epstein (BVA President 2004/5)

Adrian Fourcin and Evelyn Abberton

John Rubin (BVA President 2003/4)

Janice Chapman

Gordon Stewart and Linda Hutchison

Nathalie Henrich (PEVoC6 plenary speaker)

Sten Ternström (PEVoC6 plenary speaker)

Steven M. Zeitels MD, FACS (PEVoC6 plenary speaker)

Gunnar Rugheimer - a tribute