The Biomechanics Of Singing

NEW MILFORD — Singers are the only musicians who cannot see or truly hear their own instruments while they play. Its pedagogy was once more metaphor than science.

On Saturday, November 4, noted voice teacher Oren Brown and physicist Douglas E. Miller, PhD, will take a scientific approach to the art, the biomechanics and the physics of singing during a two-hour master class at The Connecticut Conservatory of the Performing Arts. Mr Brown will speak on voice physiology and pedagogy, or the science of teaching the voice. Mr Miller will discuss voice physics.

Mr Brown has become, in a career spanning 50 years, an award-winning master teacher, an author and voice faculty emeritus at The Juilliard School. He has lectured and conducted workshops and master classes at over 150 conferences throughout the United States, Canada and Europe.

Mr Miller is an applied physicist who has worked principally on theoretical and practical issues related to the use of sound waves and radio waves in geophysical exploration. He is a senior scientist with Witten Technologies, Inc., a new company developing three-dimensional imaging tools for civil engineering and archaeological applications.

Mr Brown and Mr Miller have collaborated on several experiments in the physics of singing and voice production.

The voice symposium will begin at 3 pm at the conservatory, 79 West Street in New Milford. Cost for the two-hour class is $10, with registration suggested in advance. Checks should be made payable to CCOPA. Call 860/354-2978 for additional information.