Singing Voice Therapy
Vocal Skills and Rehabilitation Tailored for Singing Performance
Restore Your Vocal Range and Power
Your voice is how you share yourself with the world. But you may have noticed that lately, something isn’t right. You can’t hit the high notes like you used to, or you’ve noticed unusual fatigue and strain after a performance. Maybe it’s hard to even get through a setlist.
Singing therapy focuses on strengthening and rebalancing your vocal cords and surrounding musculature. VoiceOver singing specialists combine therapeutic exercises for vocal function with strategies tailored to specific performance goals. If your voice isn’t what it used to be and you’re not sure why, we can help.
Musical Styles We Work With
- Classical
- Contempary
- Folk
- Hip-Hop
- Gospel Choir
- Musical Theater
- Opera
- Rock
- and More
Anyone can benefit from singing therapy! We work with amateur and professional vocalists.
Whether you’re singing on stage or in the shower, we’d love to meet you.
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What Is Singing Voice Therapy?
Singing therapy applies speech therapy science to many of the exercises you’d find in traditional voice lessons. In fact, many of our clients supplement their singing performance coaching with specialized singing therapy. Why? Singing therapists look at the physical balance of your vocal system.
- Preservation: Learn vocal techniques to avoid excess strain on your system and rebalance your breathwork.
- Rehabilitation: You may have an injury to your vocal folds, and therapy can significantly restore function.
- Strengthening: Develop healthy motor patterns in your throat muscles for high-endurance vocal function.
The vocal folds are muscle tissue. As with any muscle in your body, strain can lead to injury. If you use your voice frequently, your vocal cords are at risk of injury.
You may have noticed a hoarseness, cracking, or fatigue in your singing voice, or you may encounter difficulty in reaching the high notes of your usual range. Many of the singers we see in our clinic will come in saying their voices feel tired or sore.
Our speech-language pathologists are experts in treating singing voice disorders to promote healing, reduce strain, and restore your vocal function.
How Does Singing Voice Therapy Work?
Singers have no shortage of advice and home remedies for treating voice soreness, whether that’s extra hydration or a spoonful of honey. None of these treatments, however, will address the underlying issue with your vocal folds.
At your initial evaluation, our professional experts will discuss your singing performance goals, the specific issues you’re having with your voice, and how long the symptoms have persisted.
- Customized Plan: Based on your evaluation, we’ll develop a plan that combines singing exercises and stretching of your vocal muscles
- Vocal Therapy Sessions: Each session may include pacing, breathwork, relaxation techniques, or hands-on massaging of your vocal muscles. Our goal is to release tension in your system and promote overall vocal health.
- Independent Practice + Maintenance: We’ll give you tools to strengthen and maintain a healthy vocal environment, even when you’re performing at peak volume and range. We’ll continue to work with you through regular check-ins and follow-ups.
- Performance + Longevity Focus: Just like athletes have to stretch and practice to retain flexibility, we’ll give you long-term techniques to maintain a flexible, balanced musculature to extend your singing career—whether that’s in the recording studio or home studio!
Why Choose VoiceOver?
- Our voice coaching for professionals is led by licensed speech-language pathologists with decades of experience in voice, wellness, and performance.
- We take a proven approach to career-focused voice work, blending clinical voice science with performance coaching.
- Each session is tailored toward real-world results. Our clients regain vocal clarity, power, endurance, and confidence immediately applicable in their careers.
- We offer flexible scheduling with both in-person (Rochester, NY) and remote options, depending on your needs.
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Your voice deserves better than “just okay.” Hit every note with joy and confidence.
FAQs
What are common vocal fold injuries you treat?
Many of our singing performance clients have injuries to their vocal folds, such as nodules and polyps, internal bleeding, or scarring. It’s just as common, however, for us to see singers who have general symptoms of hoarseness, shortness of breath, or loss of range without a clear underlying cause. If you know something’s not right with your singing voice, we’re happy to help.
How is singing therapy different from vocal lessons?
The primary difference is that singing therapy offers a rehabilitative component, whereas traditional vocal lessons are more focused on teaching the art of singing performance. That said, you’ll find some overlap in the typical exercises. Whether you’re classically trained, sing in the church choir, or perform in a rock band, we coach you through vocal strengthening exercises that fit your performing style. Our goal is to give you the stamina, quality, and range that you want to feel confident.
Does singing voice therapy work remotely?
In-person singing voice therapy allows for hands-on massaging of the vocal folds, but remote voice therapy still has a high success rate. VoiceOver offers both in-person and remote singing therapy. Get in touch with us to learn more.
Is singing therapy only for professional singers?
No, anyone who loves to sing can benefit from singing voice therapy. We’ve worked with all ages, from teenagers to older adults. No matter if singing is your primary profession or your favorite hobby, we’d love to work with you.
What is included in a singing voice therapy evaluation?
A comprehensive singing voice evaluation examines both the artistic and physiological aspects of vocal production. It typically includes standard acoustic voice measurements with our professional sound system and specialized software. We perform an analysis of pitch, loudness, perturbation, and spectral features, to objectively describe voice quality and stability.
Aerodynamic measurements are also obtained to assess breath support and efficiency, including airflow and subglottal pressure estimates during phonation. In addition, the singer’s vocal range and dynamic capabilities are evaluated through tasks that map comfortable, maximum, and stylistic pitch and intensity limits.
Together, these components provide a detailed profile of vocal function that helps guide training, therapy, and performance goals.
Comprehensive singing voice therapy evaluations are $600, and singing voice therapy sessions are $200.