Virtual Presentation by Katherine Skovira

The compositions of women composer-singers such as Colbran and Viardot are powerful vehicles for the exploration of vocal identity and vocal writing, in ways that voice science is still uncovering. This talk will describe current practices and emerging technologies, introduce a data-driven and ongoing analysis of familiar power structures, and illuminate an inquiry into the embodied experience of writing and performing by and for women's voices. This study casts doubt on the efficacy of the existing Fach System and recommends a redress beginning with female-assigned voices based on a new data-driven method of vocal analysis and voice typing.