Dr. Jennifer Olson: The Instrument of Voice

"...as a vocal professor you teach voice...which is a little bit different than what sometimes people think in the sense that we approach the voice as an instrument. So we are looking for how it functions and how to make that function as efficient and natural as possible. And that can take a long long long time because it takes a tremendous amount of self-awareness and exploration...when people sing in a way that is efficient and natural, they can do it for their whole lives. When people modify their voices in ways that go against their natural function, then that's going to wear and tear over time and they're not going to be able to do that forever."