Session 2 of the Transfemme Singer's 4-Week Workshop (October 13th - November 10th, 2024) has been postponed until January 2025.
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Are you looking to feminize your singing voice? Do you have singing experience but feel unsatisfied with the gender presentation of your voice? Are you looking to build confidence and make your feminized speaking voice and your singing more congruent? If so, this group class is for you! This is a 4-week group class via Zoom focused on helping transfemme singers navigate treble-voice singing transition. This class centers on developing skills essential to singing voice feminization, including upward range expansion, stamina building, and resonance modification. Classes consist of interactive lectures and discussions with audio examples followed by masterclasses. Lecture and discussion topics include practical approaches for developing practice strategies, how to break out of a "falsetto" quality, exercises for building voice strength and control, and stylistic considerations. All students are invited to participate in masterclasses by preparing a song to sing and receive guidance on in a group setting. (This is strongly encouraged but not required! Students are welcome to participate in the masterclasses by watching only.)
This class is most tailored to those with at least some singing experience and at least an introductory knowledge of voice feminization, but all are welcome regardless of skill level!
Session 2 Schedule TBD
Cost: $165
What is a masterclass?
The masterclass involves volunteers singing an excerpt of a song and working through it with me as I provide suggestions, instruction, and feedback in front of the group. Typically, this lasts somewhere between 10–20 minutes per student. This aims to be a supportive and encouraging space where students can learn from each other; all experience levels are welcome!
Course Outline
Session I - Philosophy of Singing Voice Control, Ease of Production, & Upward Range Expansion
This week features a deep dive on practice methodology and presents a framework and tools for voice exploration which will be revisited throughout the workshop. Additionally covered are practical exercises for long-term development of fundamental skills and strategies to establish nuanced control over voice. A shortened masterclass will follow.
Session II - Registration Troubleshooting & Mixing
This week's content covers topics including navigation of weight in singing, smoothing out voice breaks, decreasing breathiness, and modifying tone quality in the high range. Approximately half of the session will be dedicated to a masterclass.
Session III - Resonance Strategies & Application
This week's content demystifies resonance and evaluates strategies for increasing brightness while singing. This week also features analysis of song recordings and contextualization of the topics covered throughout the workshop. Approximately half of the session will be dedicated to a masterclass.
Session IV - Open Forum & Extended Masterclass
This week features open Q&A and discussion as well as a review and wrap-up of topics covered in the workshop. Students are also encouraged to bring suggestions of favorite songs/singers for us to analyze and discuss together. Approximately half of the session will be dedicated to a masterclass.