Creators and Guests
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Alex Shevrin Venet
Alex Shevrin Venet is an educator and professional development facilitator. She is also the author of Equity-Centered Trauma Informed Education and Becoming an Everyday Changemaker.
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Amer Khosla
Amer is a singer/songwriter based in India. He is a recent graduate of the NYU Gallatin School for Individualized Study.
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Anthony Turner
Baritone Anthony Turner has performed with Jessye Norman in the PBS special GREAT PERFORMANCES series Aïda’s Brothers and Sisters: Black Voices in Opera, Kathleen Battle in Underground Railroad: A Spiritual Journey, Laurie Anderson in Songs and Stories from Moby Dick, as a soloist with Dance Theatre of Harlem, the Omaha, Cincinnati, and Phoenix Symphonies. He is currently adjunct voice faculty at Wagner College on Staten Island.
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Dr. Brian Manternach
Brian Manternach (he/him) is an associate professor in the University of Utah Department of Theatre and a research associate for the Utah Center for Vocology, where he is on the faculty of the Summer Vocology Institute. He is an associate editor for the Journal of Singing, columnist for Classical Singer, and author of Voices of Influence: Exploring the Journey of a Teacher and Student in the Voice Studio (Bloomsbury 2025).
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Dr. Cate Denial
Dr. Cate Denial is the Bright Distinguished Professor of American History and Director of the Bright Institute at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois. She is the author of A Pedagogy of Kindness, published by the University of Oklahoma Press in 2024.
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Dr. Elizabeth Ann Benson
Dr. Elizabeth Ann Benson is recognized as a dynamic scholar, pedagogue, and performer. She is a Professor of Musical Theatre Voice at Auburn University and the founder of Benson Music Studios.
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2
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Dr. Everett McCorvey
Dr. Everett McCorvey is a renowned singer, voice teacher, and conductor.
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2
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Dr. Felix Graham
Felix Graham, ED.D.C.T., is an NYC-based musician, writer and teaching artist whose practice explores the juxtaposition of voice, gender & identity.
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Dr. Harriet L. Schwartz
Dr. Harriet Schwartz is an educator and researcher based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and the author of Connected Teaching: Relationships, Power, and Teaching in Higher Education.
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1
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Dr. Jennifer McQuade
Since 2018, Dr. Jennifer McQuade she has served as the Director of Choirs for Lowndes High School and, as the Founding Director of the Valdosta Academy of Performing Arts (2017), she teaches voice, piano, and manages a team of instructors.
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1
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Dr. Marisa Lee Naismith
Dr. Marisa Lee Naismith is a voice teacher at Queensland Conservatorium (Griffith University), author, and host of the popular podcast A Voice and Beyond.
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2
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Dr. Mark McQuade
Since 2022, Dr. Mark McQuade has served as the Director of Theatre at Lowndes High School, where he teaches the theatre classes and directs the productions.
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1
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Dr. Noélia Luna Archambeault de Hernández
Noélia is an Associate Professor of Voice at the University of Delaware where she teaches voice and voice pedagogy.
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2
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Dr. Ritu Agarwal
Dr. Ritu Agarwal (she/he/ze) is a clinical psychologist with 16 years of experience, specializing in trauma and chronic stress.
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2
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Dr. Travis Sherwood
Dr. Travis Sherwood serves as Associate Professor of Voice, Director of SDSU Opera Theatre, and Voice Area Coordinator on the faculty of San Diego State University, School of Music and Dance
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Dr. William Sauerland
Dr. William Sauerland is Associate Professor of Music and Director of Choral Studies for the School of Music at Purdue University Fort Wayne. They are the author of Queering Vocal Pedagogy (Roman & Littlefield) among many other published articles and chapters.
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1
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Elizabeth Mondragon
Elizabeth Mondragon is an in-demand mezzo soprano based in the Washington D.C. area who has a long history of working with contemporary composers, developing new operas, and singing in multiple styles.
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1
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Jovan Rivera-Lovato
Jovan is a licensed social worker and instructor of Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies at Malcolm X College in Chicago. Throughout their education and practice, they've developed a women of color feminist lens which they hope to mobilize in service of movements for abolition and decolonization.
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Justin Petersen
Justin Petersen is an independent voice teacher based in Boston, MA and is the creator of the dynamic substack, "A Voice Teacher's Chrestomathy."
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3
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Kate Rosen
Kate Rosen is a singer, voice teacher, fat activist, and researcher. Along with co-author Dr. Elizabeth Benson, her work on fat liberation in the voice studio has been published in The Journal of Singing and in Voice and Speech Review.
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2
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Kelli Youngman Singh
Kelli is a Broadway performer and life coach. Known for her warmth, honesty, and depth, Kelli invites people to soften the struggle, expand their identity, and step into what’s truly possible—on their own terms.
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Marcia Lesser, SEP
Marcia Lesser is a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, movement therapist, somatic psychotherapist, teacher and writer.
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Maurice Goodwin, SLP
Maurice Goodwin is a licensed and practicing Speech Language Pathologist, voice teacher, and active performer living in Houston, TX. Professionally he specializes in the evaluation and treatment of the singing voice and voice disorders at The Texas Voice Center and also adjunct faculty at Lamar University in the graduate Vocology certificate program.
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Megan Durham
Megan Durham is a voice teacher and PAVA-recognized vocologist who works with medical professionals to habilitate singers with vocal injuries.
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1
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Paul M. Patinka
Paul M. Patinka is a voice pedagogue, independent researcher, and freelance musician.
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Zipporah Peddle
Zipporah Peddle is an Assistant Professor of Voice and Vocal Pedagogy at Boston Conservatory.
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1
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