Voicing Across Distance

A new podcast from Dr. Masi Asare on listening for voices and vocal sound in our historical moment, across social distance. Bringing together voice scholars and practitioners. Guests include Abigail Bengson, Stan Brown, Anne Harper Charity-Hudley, Andy Evan Cohen, Ryan Dohoney, Nina Sun Eidsheim, Julie Foh, Derrick Fox, Donatella Galella, Linda Gates, Brian Herrera, Elena Elías Krell, Joan La Barbara, Jonathan Hart Makwaia, Katherine Meizel, Jeremy Ryan Mossman, Shana L. Redmond, Diane Robinson, Dylan Robinson, Robert Sussuma, Neil Verma, and Katelyn Hale Wood. https://masiasare.com/podcast

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Episodes

Episode 12 - Thinking Voice, the Vocal Flourish & Latinx Musicals, Gender-Affirming Vocal Expression

A brief reading from "The Great Woman Singer: Gender and Voice in Puerto Rican Music" by Licia Fiol-Matta; a conversation with Brian Herrera (Princeton) on the tensions of authenticity and form, West Side Story, and Latinx vocal performance in musicals; plus an invitation to embody voice in new and gender-affirming ways with Diane Robinson (Chicago Voice Center). CUE TIMES (start of each section): 2:38 [reflection] // 7:42 [reading] // 15:04 [scholarly conversation] // 51:48 [vocal exercise]

Jun 03, 2021•1 hr 18 min

Episode 11 - Voice and the Infectious Beat, Sonic Intimacy, Silent Laugh

A brief reading from "Infectious Rhythm: Metaphors of Contagion and the Spread of African Culture" by Barbara Browning; a conversation with Katelyn Hale Wood (University of Virginia) on voice, race, and comedy, and sonic intimacy as queer time travel; plus a vocal exercise from host Masi Asare (Northwestern). CUE TIMES (start of each section): 3:52 [reading] // 15:30 [scholarly conversation] // 53:22 [vocal exercise]

Dec 23, 2020•57 min

Episode 10 - Double-Conscious Song, Perceptions of the Black Voice, Poetic Text

A brief reading from The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. DuBois; a conversation with Anne Harper Charity-Hudley (University of California, Santa Barbara) on linguistic gatekeeping and a sociolinguistic perspective for the study of theatre and performance; plus an exercise and thoughts on Covid-era vocal practice from Linda Gates (Northwestern). CUE TIMES (start of each section): 1:20 [reading] // 8:10 [scholarly conversation] // 44:21 [practical conversation]

Oct 01, 2020•1 hr 1 min

Episode 9 - Renditions, Vocal Yellowface, Delays

A brief reading from "Tropical Renditions: Making Musical Scenes in Filipino America" by Christine Bacareza Balance; a conversation with Donatella Galella (University of California, Riverside) on musicals, racial representation, and vocal yellowface in contemporary productions; and thoughts from Andy Evan Cohen (CUNY, Roly Poly Productions) about voice practice on Zoom. CUE TIMES (start of each section): 1:33 [reading] // 7:45 [scholarly conversation] // 44:57 [practical conversation]

Aug 14, 2020•1 hr 9 min

Episode 8 - Gathering of Voices, Hungry Listening, Following the Voice

A brief reflection on honoring voices of these lands; a conversation with Dylan Robinson (Queen’s University) on Indigenous song-life and listening for what writing performs, plus a reading from his new book “Hungry Listening: Resonant Theory for Indigenous Sound Studies”; and vocal guidance for meeting one’s voice from Jonathan Hart Makwaia (New York University, Roy Hart Centre). CUE TIMES (start of each section): 1:31 [reflection] // 5:05 [scholarly conversation] // 35:47 [reading] // 42:11 [v...

Jul 30, 2020•1 hr 1 min

Episode 7 - Shrieking Refuge, Inner Voices, Joy Can Flow From Breaking

A brief reading from Joshua Chambers-Letson’s "After the Party: A Manifesto for Queer of Color Life"; listening with Elena Elías Krell (Vassar College, Hen in the Foxhouse) for inner voices that sound the vulnerability of queer of color critique; and a vocal exercise through grief and giggles from Abigail Bengson (The Bengsons). CUE TIMES (start of each section): 2:00 [reading] // 7:28 [scholarly conversation] // 42.50 [exercise]

Jul 03, 2020•1 hr 7 min

Episode 6 - Dangerous Voices, Future Choral Practices, Multivocality

Context for the vocal moment; practical strategies for teaching choral music remotely with Derrick Fox (U Nebraska, Omaha); discussing dangerous voices of virus and protest with Katherine Meizel (Bowling Green); + a brief reading from her new book "Multivocality: Singing on the Borders of Identity." CUE TIMES (start of each section): 2:00 [context] // 7:30 [practical conversation] // 29:50 [scholarly conversation] // 55:45 [reading]

Jun 12, 2020•1 hr

Episode 5 - Allow Vibration, Dwell, Work With It

A brief reading from "On Sonic Meditation" by Pauline Oliveros; sitting with the voice that retains its mystery with Ryan Dohoney (Northwestern); and a conversation and exercise from contemporary music vocal virtuoso Joan La Barbara. CUE TIMES (start of each section): 1:44 [theory] // 6:05 [scholarly conversation] // 35:52 [exercise etc.] | masiasare.com/podcast

May 28, 2020•59 min

Episode 4 - Antiphonal Life, The Voice in the Building, & Pharyngeal Ventriloquism

Thinking the capital-V Voice of song and activism with Shana Redmond (UCLA); with readings from her new book "Everything Man: The Form and Function of Paul Robeson" and a meditative vocal experiment from Robert Sussuma (Vocal Learning Systems). CUE TIMES (start of each section): 1:05 [scholarly conversation] // 28:40 [readings] //35:22 [experiment] | https://masiasare.com/podcast

May 08, 2020•1 hr 6 min

Episode 3 - Invocation, Practice of Attention, and Semi-Occlusion

A brief reading from "For More Than One Voice" by Adriana Cavarero; reflecting on voices, scholarship, and practices of attention with Nina Eidsheim (UCLA); and a vocal exercise from Jeremy Ryan Mossman (Carthage College). CUE TIMES (start of each section): 1:05 [theory] // 5:10 [scholarly reflection] //33:56 [exercise] | https://masiasare.com/podcast

Apr 30, 2020•56 min

Episode 2 - The Break, the Kaleidosonic, and the Lip Flubber

A brief reading from "In the Break" by Fred Moten; reflecting on today's nostalgic voices with Neil Verma (Northwestern) ; and a vocal exercise from voice coach Julie Foh (University of Connecticut). CUE TIMES (start of each section): 1:05 [theory] // 5:00 [scholarly reflection] // 37:37 [exercise] | https://masiasare.com/podcast

Apr 24, 2020•51 min

Episode 1 - Glitch, Jiggle, and Resonance

Reflecting on glitchy voices, and what it means to respond to vocal authority; a vocal exercise from Prof. Stan Brown (Northwestern); and brief reading from "Listening" by Jean-Luc Nancy. CUE TIMES (start of each section): 1:14 [scholarly reflection] // 9:12 [exercise] // 18:32 [theory] | https://masiasare.com/podcast

Apr 16, 2020•24 min