Vocal Health – ‘Vocology Ireland’ Founder Eimear McCarthy Luddy on Providing a Major Resource for Artists

(Credit: Lucy Nuzum Photography) Eimear McCarthy Luddy has the admirable, but lofty, goal of becoming a major resource about vocal health and voice science for singers based in Ireland, where these resources are scarce. The Dublin-based mezzo-soprano and founder of Vocology Ireland told OperaWire, “I don’t want singers to feel alone or to feel like they have done something wrong.” {…}

Lund University Leads Research Project On Aging Voices

Pontus Wiegert and his colleagues at Lund University will lead a research project on aging voices, initiated by The Swedish Union of Professional Musicians (Symf) and Göteborg Opera in collaboration with Malmö Opera and the Royal Swedish Opera. It is well-known that the degree of voice deterioration among aging persons can vary significantly, but no research has been conducted to conclusively {…}