Originally published November 4, 2017 on the KTSpeechblog: Posture Through Movement Here’s an odd question: What if Speaking With Skill had been written specifically for French speakers (perhaps by Dudley “Chevalier”)? The “vowel calisthenics” figure-8 exercise beginning on page 279 might look something like this…try it out! Does your mouth feel more French yet? Sometimes coaching an […]

Originally published September 5, 2017 on the KTSpeechblog: Formality A few weeks ago, fellow KTS-er Julie Foh and I presented together in Singapore at the VASTA conference. Our topic was “Linguistic Detail in Singlish” and I was thinking a lot about, well, linguistic detail…but also the idea of formality. And I stumbled into a can

Originally published March 20, 2017 on the KTSpeechblog: How Many Accents? From Jeremy: In the last two posts, we (the editors) introduced ourselves and let you eavesdrop on one of our conversations. But enough about us! We’d like to hear from you. The big question I’m wrestling with today is: In a college accents course,

This post summarizes some remarks I made recently in a panel discussion entitled “Double Down or Diversify: the Musical Theatre Educator’s Dilemma” at the Association of Theatre in Higher Education 2014 conference in Scottsdale, AZ: Panel Abstract: Musical theater educators face a challenge in preparing students for an industry that traditionally relies on character type,

Hi Amy, Here’s my perspective to pass on to your friend. As you know, I have dealt with GERD on and off for years. I’ve tried all of the standard medical treatments, a bunch of home remedies and “alternative” treatments, and even had an experimental surgery performed on my stomach at one point. None of