PEVoC15
Santander 4 – 7 SEPT 2024
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At PEVOC 15, the programme has been designed with a double objective. On one hand to create meeting points to exchange relevant scientific information on the voice with Round Tables, Workshops, Free Presentations, and a Poster Session seeking clear and attractive communication. Furthermore, the Keynotes Speakers will expose in depth the topic of their research. On the other hand to experience the voice. The voice is the most complex instrument to define that is why experimenting produces changes.
In this PEVOC, we want to come up with new sessions that will enrich our thinking and doing.
A VOCAL LABORATORY is open all day to meet, play, experiment, lean, etc. It is a new space with instruments, devices, tools where attendees could experiment with the voice alone or together with other colleagues.
SINGING WITH SCIENCE brings a short real-time experiment carried out on a person to boost positive changes in the voice
SCI-ART TALK approach scientific topic in a practical and artistic way.
We wish to stimulate the participation and work of those attending the congress by offering various prizes. The awards have been created to Promote the Communication of Science through Fascination, be an Active Listener and Sing with Charm to make the Listener Vibrate.
Every moment of the congress will lead to a great discovery.
Programme
- Precourse program
- Conference programme
- Keynote speakers
- Performers
- Awards
Precourse program
At PEVOC 15 we offer Pre-Congress Courses to spark deeper interest in specific topics.
The European Academy of Voice (EAV) continues to introduce newcomers to the field to the terms and principles of voice research. This tutorial was created to provide a one day crash-course in voice.
A practical workshop run by EVTA Singing Teachers for all voice professionals with an emphasis on our ears and how we hear the human voice influenced by our knowledge and background, in art, medicine, therapy and culture.
The PROELASTIC TEAM proposes a course to release the rigidity of the body and voice using various phonatory experiments in the Voice Circus. The result is an easier, and more energetic voice.
The MEV Singing School, created by José Masegosa, offers a course on Voice in Musicals to help each voice reach its maximum potential, while maintaining a personal style in a discipline as demanding as Musical Theatre.
Gloria Fabuel, soprano and lyrical singing pedagogue, shares with us her personalized teaching-learning system. The intention is to achieve maximum performance, without wasting time, creating resilient voices, more confident people with a deep understanding of what they do, and artists capable of expressing themselves freely.
The Spanish Association of Medicine of the Arts (AMPAE) through its chairman, Carles Expósito, wants to pinpoint muscle control and physiotherapy techniques in the singing voice.
Pre-congress courses are always an opportunity to learn something new or to refresh existing knowledge.
European academy of voice
Crash course on voice
European Academy of Voice (EAV) continues to introduce newcomers in the field to the terms and principles of voice research. This tutorial was created to give a one-day, crash course on voice. It is meant for participants, who would like to understand basic measures and methods in voice research, find out the state-of-the-art in voice research, be updated on clinical assessment and voice therapy and get prepared for the upcoming presentations and discussions in regards to PEVoC 15.
Content
- Clinical anatomy and physiology
2. Visual analysis of larynx and Vocal Tract
3. Aerodynamics and voice analysis
4. Voice acoustics, microphones, recording and computers
5. Principles of voice therapy
6. Phonosurgery
José masegosa
The voice in Musical Theatre. Singers or Super-Singers?
How does a musical theatre actor approach a number where they have to sing, act and dance? What makes a musical theatre singer distinct from the rest? Why is it such a demanding discipline? What care does it require? José has designed his own vocal training system, the “MEV”. Together with Julia Möller and Alberto Sanchez they will take your voice to a place where almost anything is possible.
Content
- Always warm up the voice. How should it be done?
- How to prepare the body. Taking it to its maximum elasticity so that the voice is more elastic.
- How a character affects your voice: boundaries between acting and voice.
- How to return the voice to its natural place once a performance is over.
- How the physical work of dancing or acting with movement affects the voice.
Gloria Fabuel
A tailor-made high-performance training course in lyrical singing with an intensely progressive dynamic
Becoming a professional of Excellence in lyrical singing is extremely difficult. Learning a good technique, having good general and vocal health, having good emotional control of situations… In order to reach the maximum of each one’s possibilities and maintain themselves, a dynamic for High Performance Artists is necessary. To make known the dynamics that Gloria Fabuel uses is the objective of this course.
Content
- The importance of an affective and healthy vocal technique
- Energy management, let yourself flow!
- Know your own instrument and the capabilities that make it unique and different
- Good habits, perseverance at work and integration of study into daily activity.
- Technique as a means / artistic expression and communication as a goal.
Proelastic TEam
Voice circus
Voice Circus is a vocal activity that was created by Dr. A. Borragán to conduct phonatory experiments in front of an expert audience to observe, study, and investigate the validity and effectiveness of each of the experiments. The Proelastic Team will show the power of this tool and how learning and research can be fun.
Content
- Do 100% humid environments improve your voice? The Gelling Code Experiment
- Can some postures or actions reduce or eliminate body and vocal rigidity? Voice in Flight Experiment
- When entering a resonance chamber, does the voice become richer in sound? Integral Body Resonance Experiment.
- How can vocal tract narrowing be maximised to enhance vocal performance? Adjustable Vocal Tract Balloon (AVTB) Experiment
Carles Expósito
Muscle control and physiotherapy techniques for the singing voice
The disadjustment of any of the 650 muscles can disturb the artistic voice. It is necessary to start using physiotherapist point of view to be able to help professional voice users in another way. What can physiotherapy bring to a singing lesson? How can physiotherapy help a singer to know him/herself better and to release his/her tensions?
Content
- The importance of including a physiotherapist to the voice team
- How can affect a nerf compression to the voice. A physioterapist view
- Tiny precise work to obtain big results
- Laryngeal manual manipulation during singing
EVTA
What do you hear? Voice training from non-singer to professional!
This relevant and practical workshop will explore auditory perceptions when hearing singers from all genres and levels of expertise. There will be demonstrations from ‘non-voice to professional level’ and small group work with mixed professionals exploring vocal tips and techniques to highlight vocal colours and timbres focussing on our ears!
Content
- Demonstration of Non-Voice to Professional Voice. Ellen Pietersee
- Vocal tips and techniques led.
- Demonstrations using singer/student models to illustrate technical strategies and challenges.
- Open discussion on the impact of acoustics, amplification, duration, singers’ health, physical load, artistic expectations.
Preconference workshop
FEE: 90€
21% VAT is included
The registration include attendance to precourse PEVOC, opening network, coffe break
Conference program
Keynote speakers
PROF. Sophie Salazar
Director of the Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience, and Head of the Speech Communications Group. Her scientific interest focuses on the neural basis of vocal communication, how our brain processes information in speech and voice, and how our brains control the production of our voice. She is also interested in the expression of emotion in the voice and especially laughter.
What can we learn about voices by thinking about the brain?
Prof. Bernard Richter
Voice doctor (ENT physician and phoniatrist) and professional singer. Professor of Music Medicine at the Freiburg Institute for Musicians’ Medicine (FIM) (University Hospital and University of Music Freiburg, Germany). He is interested in the medical care of instrumentalists and singers. His recent studies focus on real-time dynamic magnetic resonance imaging for the analysis of vocal physiology.
From Leonardo’s dream to dynamic magnetic resonance imaging
Dr. Giovanni Di Rossi
ENT and phoniatrician. He has dedicated more than 35 years to FiberEndoscopic PhonoSurgery. He has operated on more than 5,000 cases with impressive surgical precision. He has designed new instrumentation and material to operate with maximum accuracy. He is always backed up by a team of professionals working in perfect harmony.
Does FEPS make Phono Surgery more functional? How can we perform this?
Prof. Mara Dierssen
Holds a PhD in Medicine from the University of Cantabria and has held a number of academic and scientific positions in different Universities, and research centres. She directs the Cell and Systems Neurobiology Laboratory at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), an excellence scientific center in Barcelona. As a passionate science communicator, she launched ‘Realidades Paralelas’ (Parallel Realities), empowering people with Down’s Syndrome through musical creation, promoting social recognition of disabled collectives through scientific knowledge. Gain insights into the latest research findings and discover how this knowledge can be practically applied.
Neuro-Unconcert: Delving into the fascinating realm of neurobiology and music
Prof. Zhaoyan Zhang
Mechanical Engineer. His interest lies in understanding the cause-effect relationship between voice physiology and the produced voice. Current research projects include topics on laryngeal fluid-structure interaction, vocal fold biomechanics, source-filter interaction, and neuromuscular control of voice production and quality, toward clinical and voice technology applications. One particular focus is the application of cause-effect understanding of voice production toward ambulatory monitoring of vocal behaviour outside the clinic using machine learning methods.
“Toward a cause-effect theory of human voice production: forward and inverse problems”
Prof. Jan Svec
Voice scientist with background in fine mechanics and optics, biophysics and medical sciences. He designed videokymography, a method for high-speed visualization of vocal-fold vibrations, which is used for advanced diagnosis of voice disorders. His is interested in understanding and modelling of voice production. Lately, he has been concentrating on standardization of voice measurement techniques, on application of high-speed imaging and kymography in clinical practice, on voice biomechanics.
Measurement of Voice in Clinical Practice: What, How and Why?
Prof. Mara Behlau
Speech Language Pathologist, PhD in Human Communication Disorders. She is currently professor in the discipline of Interpersonal Relationship – Business Communication in the INSPER, São Paulo.
A unique and brilliant communicator not only for what she says but for how she expresses it. She fascinates and captivates all who listen to her. For this reason, she is Professor of Interpersonal Relations and Business Communication at INSPER, Sao Paulo. She knows how to transform her Science into Art and is a model of excellence in the art of communication.
Voice and culture – broadening horizons
Prof. Gloria Fabuel
Professor of Singing at the Joaquín Rodrigo Superior Conservatory of Music in Valencia and producer of the Nostrum Mare Camerata orchestra.
She has always been a tireless worker, full of innovative ideas that help her students find new ways to solve their vocal difficulties, consistently seeking to achieve vocal beauty. Her Art is clothed in Science, so her students grow harmoniously and naturally in Sci-Art Alive.
The sound of beauty. Shine and resonate from inside
Prof. Kittie Verdolini
PhD, CCC-SLP, MDiv, is Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders and Linguistics and Cognitive Science at the University of Delaware.
An indefatigable researcher with great skills for merging people and teams. Kittie Verdolini Abbott constantly searching to develop innovative work all the time focussing on harmony and beauty. She is another example of the continuous conjunction of art and science and has been a genuine force behind motor learning – something that must be applied in institutions such as music conservatories and music schools.
Art and science: Tired old artificial distinction or essential vital synergy?
Katherine (Kittie) Verdolini Abbott, PhD, CCC-SLP, MDiv, is Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders and Linguistics and Cognitive Science at the University of Delaware. Prior appointments include the University of Iowa, Harvard Medical School, and the University of Pittsburgh.
Her academic background is in voice science and cognitive neuroscience, with an emphasis in perceptual-motor learning. She is a former professional singer, trained in classical voice with extensive performance in both classical and non-classical singing. Her research, which has spanned the past several decades and funded by the United States National Institutes of Health, has addressed hydration, laryngeal biomechanics, wound healing, exercise physiology, psychology, cognitive science, perceptual-motor learning, and clinical trials in voice.
She is an active clinician who treasures “tough cases” that have been previously resistant to treatment. She is a member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, from which she holds certification in speech-language pathology and from which she received the association’s highest Honors in 2009 for lifetime contributions, the National Association of Teachers of Singing, the Voice and Speech Trainers Association, the Voice Foundation, and is Past President and member of the Pan American Vocology Association.
Performers
Soul Messengers
Jazz band with great personality and great sound cohesion, they are always original and creative. When the emotion that Carla and Charlie know how to transmit with their voices is combined with the musical magic of Marcos’ piano and Aritza’s groove, they transport you to another planet
Lyric singer
to be announced
Esteban Sanz
Composer, director, researcher, pedagogue. Disseminator, specialist in creativity and working with inexperienced, ephemeral and intergenerational musical groups. Promoter of choirs and professional groups. Director of the Instrumental Ensemble of Cantabria (ENSEIC)
José Masegosa, Julia Moller, Alberto Sánchez
Julia Moller, Alberto Sanchez and José Masegosa, in “Lamento de las Divas” and other joint performances , use their scintillating vocal artistry combined with their continuous characteristic humour, acidly funny scripts, and dynamically elegant yet daring stagecraft to enthral their audiences with deep emotions
Mara Dierssen
The band’s objective is to raise social awareness to promote research projects. The music of the “From lost” fuses many genres: Jazz, Rock, Soul, Reggae, Funk… Their spirit always stimulates and surprises
Proelastic Team
Irene Mezzacapo, Carmen Paula, Ruth Suarez, Jessica Sole, Dario Strangis, Archimede Pii, Andrea Bianchino, Carles Expósito, María Borragán, Valentina Camesasca
Singers, Voice Pedagogists, Speech Therapists, ENTs, Phoniatricians and Physiotherapists who research together under the PROEL umbrella. The symbiosis between Science and Art inspires them to search deeply into the hidden corners of the voice to develop more efficient solutions for voice problems or for vocal optimization.
Awards
We wish to create the best dynamics and breeding ground for achieving excellence. Knowing that participation is going to be appraised by the congress attendees will enhance the level of preparation of the communications or vocal performances.
These awards will be decided by digital voting by the audience. The process will be very simple by means of an app installed on the smartphone.
GUNNAR RUGHEIMER PRIZE
The prize is in honor of one of the fathers of the PEVOC conferences. The audience will vote for the best poster according to the quality of research, the importance ad originality of the work, the readibility and aesthetics of the presentation.
BEST COMMUNICATOR AWARD
in talks, workshops and lectures
BEST VOICE PERFORMANCE AWARD
An Award for the nest Voice Performance during different moments of the Cogress, including the Vocal Lab, on the stage, in the improvisation and so on
