Valerie Gabail's guest appearances

Valerie Gabail

The Speaker's Secrets

The Engaging Voice

Victoria Vargas

Katie Zaccardi

Tara B

Lynz Crichton

Arman Chowdhury

Shelomo Solson

Chester Wilson

Courageous Corey

Arin Patterson

Will Tidwell

Dockta Dre

Andre Kelly

Carol Nicodemi

Stephen Thompson

JoAnne Hart

OwlTail

Tara interviews Valerie Gabail, an amazing classical French singer and teacher. Valerie shares her musical journey from child to adult, with giving us a glimpse into what it was like to have a vocal injury and how she moved through it into recovery and beyond.   Valerie was influenced to love music as a child through her father, who brought so many styles of music into their home.   In high school, Valerie had a jazz group music teacher who encouraged her to keep training because “she had a voice.”  She performed classically through the years in a lot of places and some of her favorites were the Paris Opera and Taormina in Sicily. One gentleman, Howard Crook took Valerie under his wings and was one of her early voice teachers that really helped her in many ways of encouragement. “I want to be as important for other people—encouragement, supporting them…”  Valerie, while performing, in her early 30’s injured her voice through a number of things going on in her singing. She sang way too much, had stage fright, was sick sometimes, had to travel often, didn’t give herself time to recover and it affected her voice. They found nodules on her voice and she was losing her range. She didn’t need an operation but had so many avenues of her singing that needed addressing because they weren’t healthy. Valerie reassessed her technique, her psychological approach to singing, and more. She utilized different specialists to address her posture, her jaw, her tongue and other physical aspects. She also worked through some of her speech itself—including the pitch of where she spoke. She also worked with a teacher who introduced her to the the Swedish/Italian school of music.  Here is the method and its main features and history: https://vocalwisdom.com/swedishitalian-school/   The teacher she works with is David Jones https://www.voiceteacher.com/biography.html     “Being aware of the anatomy and how the instrument functions is so important.”   Valerie gives some great tips to keep your voice from getting injured:  Good technique/good teacher is so important. Daily lifestyle of your vocal health. Psychological aspect of being happy in your career.    One of the bigger issues that Valerie sees in her students is this:  They dissociate the spoken mode from the singing mode. “Singing opera is crying in pitch.” By Stanislavski    Here are some tips for long term singing from Valerie:  Having a good teacher and carrying on with the technique Have a healthy lifestyle Knowing yourself and surrounding yourself with those who support you Being in the process of your singing and being okay with not always being consumed by the end game—being in the “NOW” moment      Her website is: https://www.valeriegabail.com     You can follow THE ENGAGING VOICE on the platform you listen on and you can share the episode on social media.  (Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart radio, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music Audible and PlayerFM too!! ) If you would take a moment, please go to Apple Podcasts or Amazon Audible to rate/review this podcast: Amazon Audible:  https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Engaging-Voice-Podcast/B08K5661QR Apple Podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-engaging-voice/id1448497465     You can find me: @tarabrueskemusic on IG and TaraBrueskeMusic on Facebook!

Tara interviews Valerie Gabail, an amazing classical French singer and teacher. Valerie shares her musical journey from child to adult, with giving us a glimpse into what it was like to have a vocal injury and how she moved through it into recovery and beyond. Valerie was influenced to love music as a child through her father, who brought so many styles of music into their home.   In high school, Valerie had a jazz group music teacher who encouraged her to keep training because “she had a voice.”  She performed classically through the years in a lot of places and some of her favorites were the Paris Opera and Taormina in Sicily. One gentleman, Howard Crook took Valerie under his wings and was one of her early voice teachers that really helped her in many ways of encouragement. “I want to be as important for other people—encouragement, supporting them…” <ul> <li>Valerie, while performing, in her early 30’s injured her voice through a number of things going on in her singing. She sang way too much, had stage fright, was sick sometimes, had to travel often, didn’t give herself time to recover and it affected her voice. They found nodules on her voice and she was losing her range. She didn’t need an operation but had so many avenues of her singing that needed addressing because they weren’t healthy.</li> <li>Valerie reassessed her technique, her psychological approach to singing, and more. She utilized different specialists to address her posture, her jaw, her tongue and other physical aspects. She also worked through some of her speech itself—including the pitch of where she spoke. She also worked with a teacher who introduced her to the the Swedish/Italian school of music.</li> </ul> Here is the method and its main features and history: <a href="https://vocalwisdom.com/swedishitalian-school/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://vocalwisdom.com/swedishitalian-school/</a> The teacher she works with is David Jones <a href="https://www.voiceteacher.com/biography.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.voiceteacher.com/biography.html</a> “Being aware of the anatomy and how the instrument functions is so important.” Valerie gives some great tips to keep your voice from getting injured: <ol> <li>Good technique/good teacher is so important.</li> <li>Daily lifestyle of your vocal health.</li> <li>Psychological aspect of being happy in your career.</li> </ol> One of the bigger issues that Valerie sees in her students is this: <ul> <li>They dissociate the spoken mode from the singing mode.</li> <li>“Singing opera is crying in pitch.” By Stanislavski</li> </ul> Here are some tips for long term singing from Valerie: <ul> <li>Having a good teacher and carrying on with the technique</li> <li>Have a healthy lifestyle</li> <li>Knowing yourself and surrounding yourself with those who support you</li> <li>Being in the process of your singing and being okay with not always being consumed by the end game—being in the “NOW” moment</li> </ul> Her website is: <a href="https://www.valeriegabail.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.valeriegabail.com</a> You can follow THE ENGAGING VOICE on the platform you listen on and you can share the episode on social media.  (Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart radio, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music Audible and PlayerFM too!! ) If you would take a moment, please go to Apple Podcasts or Amazon Audible to rate/review this podcast: Amazon Audible: <a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Engaging-Voice-Podcast/B08K5661QR" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Engaging-Voice-Podcast/B08K5661QR</a> Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-engaging-voice/id1448497465" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-engaging-voice/id1448497465</a> You can find me: @tarabrueskemusic on IG and TaraBrueskeMusic on Facebook!

Episode 65 | Valerie Gabail | Vocal Injury in the Singing Industry and the Road Back to Recovery

Today’s guest is Valerie Gabail! Valerie is the founder and director of the Professional Voice Trainer. She draws on her twenty-five-year performance career in the Classical Music industry as an international soloist to provide singing, voice and presentation skills coaching to singers, actors and business professionals. Her pedagogy uses a wide range of voice, movement and acting approaches to help clients develop their unique spoken style and become more confident and inspiring speakers.  Join me and Valerie as we have an enlightening conversation this timely and necessary topic.  Be sure to check out Valerie’s work:  Official website: https://www.valeriegabail.com/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theprofessional_voice_trainer/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/valerie-gabail/  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo-FW8P7JM0zjrU7OvQz6lg  You can support The Speaker's Secrets Podcast here: https://anchor.fm/thespeakerssecrets/support  ---   Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thespeakerssecrets/support

Today’s guest is Valerie Gabail! Valerie is the founder and director of the Professional Voice Trainer. She draws on her twenty-five-year performance career in the Classical Music industry as an international soloist to provide singing, voice and presentation skills coaching to singers, actors and business professionals. Her pedagogy uses a wide range of voice, movement and acting approaches to help clients develop their unique spoken style and become more confident and inspiring speakers.  Join me and Valerie as we have an enlightening conversation this timely and necessary topic.  Be sure to check out Valerie’s work:  Official website: <a href="https://www.valeriegabail.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.valeriegabail.com/</a> Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/theprofessional_voice_trainer/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/theprofessional_voice_trainer/</a> LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/valerie-gabail/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/valerie-gabail/</a> YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo-FW8P7JM0zjrU7OvQz6lg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo-FW8P7JM0zjrU7OvQz6lg</a> You can support The Speaker's Secrets Podcast here: <a href="https://anchor.fm/thespeakerssecrets/support" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/thespeakerssecrets/support</a> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thespeakerssecrets/support" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thespeakerssecrets/support</a>

146: It's All About the Voice with Valerie Gabail