Voicebox Studio: Performing Arts Health
| Type of post: | Latest News |
| Sub-type: | Voicebox Studio |
| Posted By: | Julie Palagi |
| Status: | Current |
| Date Posted: | Mon, Oct 7 2024 |
These November sessions are intentionally timed to address the stressors on our bodies and voices during the holiday and cold/flu season.Performing Arts Health - 2-Part Zoom Series
November 10, 2024 - Musculoskeletal & Hearing Health - Registration deadline Nov 7
November 24, 2024 - Mental & Voice Health - Registration deadline Nov 21
Performing Arts Health, with Kourtney Austin PhD
Workshop Description:
Whole-person wellness is an essential element in the lives of all performers. Due to lack of awareness and knowledge of other aspects of performing arts health, singers may be at risk for non-voice-related injuries as a result of their participation in singing activities.
This presentation will encompass each of the four core areas of performing arts health (neuromusculoskeletal, hearing, mental, and voice health). We will explore these areas in both a broad overview format and in an immediately applicable ‘tips and tricks’ design.
At the conclusion of these presentations, you will have solid information to understand the occupational risks that surround you, the intrinsic and extrinsic factors you bring to the table, and how to help yourself navigate the internal and environmental factors affecting your performing arts health and wellness.
About Dr. Kourtney Austin
Dr. Kourtney Austin is an Assistant Professor of Voice at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. She earned her Ph.D. in Performing Arts Health at the University of North Texas, and holds degrees in voice from the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music and music education from Northwest Missouri State University. Additionally, Dr. Austin studied Speech Pathology and Voice Science at the University of Iowa and is a Certified Vocologist. She previously used this expertise in her own business, Heartland Healthy Voices, providing vocal health seminars, voice rehabilitation, private voice lessons, and transgender voice training in Saint Louis, Missouri.
Dr. Austin formerly held faculty positions at Midwestern State University, Grayson College, the Community Music School of Webster University, and was a Teaching Fellow at the University of North Texas. She has also served as Artistic Director of CHARIS, The St. Louis Women’s Chorus.
Her current research interests include using spectral analysis to quantify characteristics of the vocal onset as it applies to vocal efficiency and fatigue, and integrating Performing Arts Health curricula in the choral rehearsal.
Dr. Austin is a frequent presenter of varying topics of performing arts health and voice science all over the world including The Voice Symposium in Shanghai, China; The Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, Australia; the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia; The Voice Foundation Symposium in Philadelphia; and The Performing Arts Medicine Association International Symposium in London, United Kingdom.
She is a current member of the Performing Arts Medicine Association, Panamerican Vocology Association, The Voice Foundation, and the National Association of Teachers of Singing.
