World Voice Day Seminar

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Description

World Voice Day (WVD) is a global event to educate the public that VOICE MATTERS! This year the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders (SCSD), Montreal General Hospital Voice Clinic together with the Schulich School of Music and CIRMMT will organize the WVD seminar to promote voice care to the community.

The seminar will include a real singer patient case presentation and panel discussion, singing styles demo and scientific updates on innovative voice and music research at McGill. Leading experts including a laryngologist, a speech pathologist, singing professors and research scientists will discuss causes, risk factors, treatment and prevention of vocal injuries commonly seen in singers, teachers or other voice professionals. The experts will also answer questions about voice from the audience.

For more information please visit: http://world-voice-day.org/; http://www.mcgill.ca/scsd/wvd

Guests

Prof. Stefano Algieri, Schulich School of Music

Prof. Isabelle Cossette, D. Mus., Music Performance and Body Lab, CIRMMT, Schulich School of Music

Dr. Karen Kost, M.D., Director of Voice Clinic at Montreal General Hospital

Prof. Nicole Li, Ph.D., School of Communication Sciences and Disorders

Prof. Luc Mongeau, Ph.D., Department of Mechanical Engineering CIRMMT

Mrs. Glenna Waters, M.Sc., Speech Pathologist, Royal Victoria Hospital

Tracy Smith-Bessette, D. Mus. candidate, Neva Lyn-Kew, M.Mus. candidate

Prof. Vince Gracco, Ph.D. School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, CRBLM

Schedule

• 5:30-5:45 p.m. Signing In
• 5:45 -6:00 p.m. Welcome speech
• 6:00-6:20 p.m. Patient case discussion with a panel of voice experts
• 6:25-6:45 p.m. Singing style demonstration
• 6:50 -7:20 p.m. Voice research updates
• 7:20-7:30 p.m Question and Answer in English and French
• 7:30 p.m.  Cocktail

 

 

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