Ian Howell was previously faculty at the New England Conservatory of Music where he directed the graduate voice pedagogy program. He has taught at the Acoustic Vocal Pedagogy Workshop and was the recipient of the 2022 Van L. Lawrence fellowship.
This is a must-read for anyone who instructs singing. Howell's contributions to singing voice perception are some of the most important additions to voice pedagogy scholarship of the past half-century. I encourage readers to take their time, engage with the material, and build for themselves the functional listening skill set found within. The structural framework presented, when understood, can eliminate the guesswork that is historically a part of training voice teacher listening. --Nicholas Perna, associate professor of voice, director of vocal pedagogy, University of Colorado Boulder