Lilli Lehmann

German Operatic Soprano & Voice Teacher

“Technique is inseparable from art. Only by mastering the technique of his material is the artist in a condition to mould his mental work of art and to give it … to others. Even artists intellectually highly gifted remain crippled without this mastery of the technique.” – Lilli Lehmann

Dr. Dudley Ralph Appelman

American Bass-Baritone & Voice Teacher

“… science and the art of singing are wholly compatible, for art is objective and subjective, scientific and aesthetic.” – Dr. Dudley Ralph Appelman

Mathilde Marchesi

Mezzo Soprano & Voice Teacher

“Important, also, is the special gift that lies in the ear—of discerning the real nature of the voice—all its possibilities, and its future line in Art.” – Mathilde Marchesi

Giovanni Battista Lamperti

Voice Teacher, Author, and Pedagogue

“It is an important matter to train the voice in flexibility. Even voices which are naturally rebellious and heavy are sure to gain by it in mellowness and beauty.” – Giovanni Battista Lamperti

Francesco Lamperti

Italian Voice Teacher and Author

“The greatest of all teachers was Lamperti. With his death closed the era of the school of composition which inspired the greatest of teachers to the greatest attainments known to history in this special field.” – Etude Magazine, July 1897

Florence Birdwell

American Singer, Musician, & Renowned Voice Teacher

“I just love teaching voice, I love teaching emotion, I love teaching expression, I love teaching music, I love it, I love it, I never tire, never tire of it. 67 years you say, well I wish it was 70!” – Florence Birdwell

Jo Estill

American Singer, Singing Voice Specialist, & Researcher

“Everybody has a beautiful voice. You just have to learn how to use it!” – Jo Estill

Richard Miller

Pioneering Researcher, Author, & Teacher of Vocal Pedagogy

“You must know the physiology behind the art. All the ‘pink clouds’ in the world won’t help you move through the passaggio.” – Richard Miller

William Vennard

Voice Researcher, Author, Singer

"He felt that we could best serve our art and our profession by inclusiveness, not exclusiveness, a viewpoint he defended frequently and with eloquence." – Karl Trump

Meribeth Dayme

Internationally Renowned Voice Consultant/Strategist, Researcher, Speaker, Author, & Founder of CoreSinging®

“Your voice is the sound of your spirit.” – Meribeth Dayme

Manuel Patricio Rodríguez García

Singer, Voice Teacher, Composer, Researcher, & Inventor of the Laryngoscope.

“The human voice submits to the influence of age, sex, constitution, and undergoes innumerable modifications… there are also an unlimited number of nuances belonging to the organ of a single individual.” – Manuel Patricio Rodríguez García

Barbara Doscher

American Voice Teacher, Pedagogue, & Author

"Barbara Doscher was a quintessential mentor in that she had a deep knowledge of voice as an instrument; a keen intellect and ear when discerning vocal imbalances; a unique and highly effective approach for voice building; and she used clever intuition in her treatment of each individual, catering to their distinctive personalities and needs ..." – Brian Gill

James McKinney

Voice Teacher, Author, Baritone

“… This is the cornerstone of effective voice teaching and choral work – discriminatory hearing assisted by acute observation.” – James McKinney

Donald Miller

American Bass-Baritone, Voice Scientist, & Author

“Don was part of a world that can often be filled with pretense, but he had none of it. He was welcoming and kind, and desired to gain friends and colleagues, not disciples. Don wanted singing to matter to science and science to matter to singing. He was a voice for the people; sometimes a voice crying in the wilderness, but always one whose heart was in the right place.” – Nicholas Perna

Thomas Hemsley

Singer, Author, Voice Teacher

“For true singing artists, when the moment of performance arrives, the act of singing should be an act of faith. They should be able to trust all the work they have done in preparation, to activate the imagination, to open the spirit to the possibility of inspiration, and sing from the heart.” – Thomas Hemsley

Pier Francesco Tosi

Male Soprano, Voice Teacher, Composer, & Author

Pier Francesco Tosi (approximately 1653-1732) was a male soprano, singing teacher, composer, and author. He has been called the “Grandfather of Bel Canto.” A trailblazer of his time, Tosi was the first to write a documented treatise on the art of teaching singing: Opinoni de’ cantori antichi e moderni (translated in 1742 or 1743 to Observations on the Florid Song).

Sylvia Olden Lee

Pianist, Singer, & Vocal Coach

“So, who was Sylvia? She lived to help singers convey ideas.” – Mark Fairchild

Oren Brown

World Renowned American Voice Pedagogue & Voice Teacher

“Finding the true natural voice is the key to healthy singing; the rest is a question of style.” – Oren Brown

Todd Duncan

Voice Teacher, Opera Singer, Performer

“The greatest lesson to learn is honesty, integrity and deep commitment. Understand that if you want to be an artist, every hour in the day, every day in the week must be a testament to your inner desire.” – Todd Duncan

Gunnar Fant

Researcher, Scientist, Author & a pioneer in Speech Communication

Gunnar Fant was a researcher, scientist, author and a pioneer in speech communication. Fant was born in Nyköping, Sweden, on October 8th, 1919. He completed a master’s degree in electrical engineering at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), graduating in 1945. He went on to work at the telephone company Ericsson, where he made acoustic analyses of Swedish speech sounds.

Cornelius L. Reid

American Vocal Pedagogue, Author, Voice Teacher

"If the student stops 'doing' and 'goes with the rhythm,' while at the same time the exercise pattern selected meets his growth needs, the vocal mechanism will become self corrective." – Cornelius Reid

Eládio Pérez-González

Paraguayan Singer & Acclaimed Vocal Pedagogue

“Warming up is essential, because speaking or singing are specific activities that require effort and resistance from the vocal muscles.” – Eládio Pérez-González

Kristin Linklater

Renowned Voice and Speech Coach, Actress, Author

If you’re holding your breath in any way, part of you is absent. – Kristin Linklater

Virginia Zeani

Singer & Voice Teacher

The voice is only an instrument. But you have to give to this voice the heart. The tears. The joy. The poetry. They are everything, you know. It’s what makes the singer. – Virginia Zeani

Arthur Lessac

Vocal Coach, Author, Creator of Lessac Kinesensic Training

“… A voice that is free, that feels its inherent right to speak, will have no fear of calling out, whenever and wherever it is needed. …” – Arthur Lessac

Berton Coffin

Concert Baritone, Pedagogue, & Author

"Berton Coffin was a fascinating person. ... His main focus was on perfecting resonance and he was very good at it, but he also encouraged artistic, musical singing, not just great vowels. Dr. Coffin also had a wonderful sense of humor. ... " – Dr. Patti Peterson

Herbert Witherspoon

Singer, Author, Voice Teacher, Founder & President of AATS, and General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera (MET)

“Our task is with to-day, not yesterday. Our mission is to improve, not to reform. We put ourselves in question if we assume a position as much needed saviors of the art of singing.” – Singing: A Treatise for Teachers and Students (Witherspoon)

Marlena Malas

Opera Singer & Renowned Classical Voice Teacher

“Sometimes when I hear somebody and I think, yeah, the voice is damaged or the voice is not ready yet but there’s something. There’s a story that they tell. There’s a journey that they take me on and I’m much more interested in that than someone who can come in and really has a wonderful voice… but that says nothing with it. – Marlena Malas

Nicola Vaccai

Italian Composer, Voice Teacher, Author

“I have learned from long experience … that few if any who desire to sing for their own pleasure love the idea of undertaking long exercises … I therefore thought of devising one … a completely new kind, short, pleasurable, and useful, through which the goal may be reached with equal certainty, and in less time.” -Nicola Vaccai

Estelle Liebling

Opera Singer, Voice Teacher, Author

"Exhausted as I was that morning after the performance, I got dressed, went to her studio, spent forty-five minutes with her trilling, and when I walked out I had a damned good trill.” – Beverly Sills