Vocal Pedagogy for Popular Styles:
NeuroVocal Professional Training
& Certification
It's a fact:
Most voice students want to learn to sing popular styles.
You ready to do something about that?
You’ve found a big problem.
Teaching popular styles to other people feels hard.
You get inconsistent results from your students.
Sometimes you feel like an imposter.
Of course it's hard!
Because you learned how to sing “properly” according to the rules you were taught in university
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you never learned to "sing properly" and got your singing degree from the university of life, singing into a mic on stage.
Meredith Colby
You might have been taught...
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that pop singing can “ruin” a voice.
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that classical technique can be applied to all styles of singing.
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that you "should have" a college degree in music if you want to coach singers.
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that you shouldn't need to learn how to teach or coach popular styles.
Sick of that baloney yet?
NeuroVocal is a groundbreaking approach to training the singing voice.
IN TRADITIONAL SINGING INSTRUCTION...
there's an implication that we need to sing, listen, and appraise at the same time. This approach is:
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neurologically inefficient (so... not a brain hack)
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slow: it takes a whole-lotta time for your brain to integrate these skills
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not applicable to popular, microphone-based genres where singers perform in environments where they cannot hear themselves well or at all.
WHY IS NEUROVOCAL DIFFERENT?
Specifically for microphone-based genres and based on neuroscience research, this adaptive approach
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trains the brain to respond to an internal experience of singing.
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this creates reliable and sustainable singing in challenging sonic environments.
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engages the nature of the brain to alter the existing motor memories for singing.
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utilizes the predictive power of the brain to create ridiculously efficient phonation.
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opens up new and powerful new sound possibilities for singers of popular styles.
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grows the artist & the singing voice without changing who they are.
Join the
over-100
NVM Certified Coaches
around the world!
Brain Science Applied to Achieve Popular Singing Voice Proficiency
NVM is based on the aesthetics of popular styles, voice physiology, and neuroscience. Based on over 25 years of independent study and performance application, this approach is road tested!
NeuroVocal helps singers “rewire” their brains to make sound in the most sustainable and efficient way possible.
Your students will be amazed at their range, volume, and stamina!
Your students will think you’re magical.
They’ll talk about you as the teacher who finally gave them their voice.
I have a DMA and I've done a lot of continuing education.
NVM is THE most worthwhile pedagogy-based training I've ever done.
Dr. Bethany Turpin
Singer, Voice Teacher, Studio Owner
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
People who take this course are:
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classically trained singers & teachers.
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self-trained band singers & singer/songwriters.
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independent & adjunct teachers with students singing popular styles. (rock, pop, contemporary music theater, R&B, indy, hip-hop, country, etc.)
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excited by learning new, rock-your-world + science-y things.
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ready to add coaching skills to their teaching.
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committed to serving their singers of popular styles.
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interested in understanding the role of neurology in singing.
Not a reader?
This video is about:
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Who this course is for.
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Where did NVM come from?
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What we do in class.
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How is teaching popular styles different?
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Secrets about your pop/rock clients.
NeuroVocal Method Pedagogy Training: 23 Weeks - 16 Fascinating Learning Modules!
Private & Group Coaching!
UNIT 1: The Brain & Singing
Week 1: Brain Basics: What Brains are For
Week 2: An Inside Job: Interoceptive Awareness
Week 3: Doing the Math: Your Brain Figures It For You
Week 4: The Neuro & The Vocal: Building on Neurological Tools
Week 5: Coaching Observation: Application of New Tools
Week 6: Peer Coaching Workshop
UNIT 2: Singing Popular Styles
Week 7: The Nasty Triangle: Blending High in Popular Styles
Week 8: Registration: Vocal Camouflage & Textures
Week 9: Style: How's That Going to Happen?
Week 10: Stylecraft Tool Belt: The Tool You'll Use With Your Students
Week 11: Coaching Observation: Application of New Tools
Week 12: Peer Coaching Workshop
UNIT 3: The Respiratory System & Singing
Week 13: The Parts & The Whole: The Respiratory System
Week 14: Breathe Like a Chimp: Breath As Part Of An Integrated Whole
Week 15: Connecting the Dots: A Reliable High Mix
Week 16: Coaching Observation: Application of New Tools
Week 17: Peer Coaching Workshop
UNIT 4: How Brains Learn
Week 18: Your Brain Sings Before You Do: Now that you know...
Week 19: The Hands of Time: How Attention Molds Learning & Behavior
Week 20: A Different Ball Game: Empowering Coaching for the PM Singer
Week 21: Coaching Observation: Application of New Tools
Week 22: Peer Coaching Workshop
Week 23: Finale: Singing for Joy & Connection
HOW IT WORKS:
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Live, weekly, online classes
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...with Meredith (me!) and your fantabulous classmates!
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Small class size (it’s true...enrollment is limited)
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Enrollment is limited to 10 per class
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Sixteen 90-minute, webinar style classes
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Classes are recorded, uploaded, and shared so you can review any time.
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Eight (whaaat?!?) private, 1:1 coaching sessions
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...with me! $1,200 value
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Four peer coaching workshops
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Brains learn by doing, trying & getting the hang of things. So...we do that together!
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Four 60-minute coaching observations
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Song coaching in action using NeuroVocal principles.
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How we git 'er done!
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Each week a key principle is taught along with targeted exercises. You have time to integrate these skills in your studio.
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Lots of support stuff!
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8 (!) private 1:1 sessions with Meredith
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A copy of the book, Money Notes
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Weekly emails to check in and recap
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Downloadable scripts, crib sheets, and other support material
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A Facebook group for questions & discussions
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Incredible learning & support materials
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Invitations to exclusive NVM Coach stuff
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NVM Certification
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You get a fancy new certificate to hang on your wall!
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What Other Voice Pros Say
Katie Jillson
Boston voice pro, singer, pianist, and NVM Certified Coach.
Sonia Reid
Vocal coach, singer, business owner, NVM Certified Coach
Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Mollye Otis
Vocal coach, music director, pianist, singer-songwriter
Roanoke, VA
Samuel Palmer
Voice teacher, choir director, yoga instructor, NVM Certified Coach
Nevada City, CA
Melissa Gill
Vocal coach, choir director, singer, NVM Certified Coach
Brisbane, Queensland AU
How to join the class
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Get the information you need.
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We'll meet, chat, and explore together whether the class and the timing are a good fit. We'll also talk about the class calendar and available payment plans.
Calendar
Syllabus
Payment Plans
Next class:
Mondays, 2025
This class meets once a week for 90 minutes.
Mondays, 24 February - 30 June
7:00/8:00 Hawai'i & Alaska, 9:00 Pacific time, 10:00 Mountain & CST, 11:00 Central, 12:00 Eastern, 17:00 British Isles, 18:00 Central Europe, 19:00 South Africa, 22:30 India, Sydney/Melbourne 4:00 Tuesdays
Investment
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23 weeks
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90 mins/week
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Incredible value at $4,600
Pre-registration price saves you $,1000!
(psst...are you on my mailing list? If you are you'll get a promo code for another $150!)
HAPPINESS GUARANTEED
I'm confident that you'll find NVM training and certification to be a solid investment of time, money, and commitment to your craft.
Guaranteed.
Here’s my promise:
You have two years to see the difference your training makes to your teaching studio. If you apply your new skills with understanding and still feel your investment didn’t supply a positive return I'll refund your fees.
The Teacher
While maintaining a career as a busy freelance singer, I built a successful Chicago voice studio where I taught popular technique to band singers, music theater singers, and singer/songwriters. I worked consistently for over 20 years as a band singer - rock, jazz, pop - and have more than 30 years teaching experience. To get my B.M. I was trained classically; so I get that. I also did post-grad study in pedagogy at Northern Illinois University, spent years as Director of The Center for Voice in Chicago, and have been certified by the Neuroscience Academy (Melbourne, AU).
Though I never wanted classical training, I ended up with eight years of it through high school and college. Because that's what there was. Unfortunately, those lessons taught me to sing in a way that was both unsustainable and inappropriate for the work that had been my dream all along, and the work I did after college: fronting a band 5-6 nights a week for 3-4 hours a night. After nine months of touring my voice was trashed.
Six months (of vocal recovery) later, I began lessons with a voice teacher who was also a working singer in Chicago. He had learned both classical and pop pedagogy, and applied that to his experience as both a concert and studio singer. That experience was transformational. It set me on the path of wanting to train singers of "microphone music".
Because I was singing in bands every weekend, I knew that kind of singing was typically performed