- Voice Science Works, a website where you can learn about the helpfulness and healthfulness of warming up with Semi-Occluded Vocal Exercises
- Dr. Ingo Tietze, inventor of SOVE's, in a video demonstrating how they work
- YouTube page: The National Center for Voice and Speech at the University of Utah
- https://strawsforvoice.com/practice-tracks/, for instructional backing tracks for various semi-occluded vocal exercises, for all voice types
- OOVO Straw, a website where you can purchase a reusable, non-plastic, straw necklace, which was made for SOVE's
- The Institute for Composer Diversity, dedicated to the celebration, education, and advocacy of music created by composers from historically underrepresented groups through online tools, research-based resources, and sponsored initiatives
- The Kassia Database, geared toward aiding singers, instructors of voice, pianists, researchers, and music lovers to discover and celebrate art song by women composers.
- The Opera Database, a searchable database about ALL things Opera, even including some Art Song and Zarzuela listings
- The Internet Broadway Database, a searchable database about ALL things Broadway
- The Lieder Net Archive, a resource for singers learning foreign language art songs and choral works, filled with helpful translations, and poetic texts for studying and help with historical context.
- SongHelix, an easily searchable (by many different parameters), and completely amazing and helpful compendium of the world's Art Song repertoire, originally created by the University of Utah's Dr. Seth Keeton.
- Repertwa, a place to find the most recently composed and contemporary Musical Theater sheet music, recordings, and backing tracks, all easily and instantly downloadable
- The Podcast Center, called NATSCast, from the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS), which lists helpful and free podcasts for vocalists.
- The Juilliard Manuscript Collection, where you can view over 140 original autographed manuscripts, proofs, and first editions of pieces from many famous classical composers
- Truelinked, a veritable online powerhouse of classical singing: agency, database, and now the home of the famous "Operabase"!
- The Aria Database, a searchable database compiling Aria translations, historical and character information about many famous and popular Operas
- International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP), a website which allows you free downloads of many scores (both well-known and obscure) which are available in the Public Domain
- Resources to learn music theory- many free online exercises, to make practicing and proficiency easy and fun!
- Professional accompaniment services are now offered in many forms, and these are the ones that are currently most popular:
- Resources to practice sight singing:
- Two wonderful websites, from my colleague Alyssa Brode, featuring fun and stylish apparel and accessories to let others know when you're "on vocal rest", or just to show you're proud of 1.) being a singer, 2.) being a music lover, or 3.) both!
- Pink Trombone, an interactive simulation, side-view, of the vocal tract and how it works
- The Interactive Atlas of the Larynx, created by Ahmet Sinav, M.D., a clickable and well-labeled, working and interactive model of the larynx
- National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS), a website where you can find resources, teacher listings, competition information, scholarly journals related to singing research and pedagogy, and much more!
- Eastern Region NATS, the chapter of NATS encompassing New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Quebec, and West Virginia. It's one of the largest regions in NATS, and offers a Regional Conference and Student Auditions every year.
- Lehigh Valley NATS, the local chapter of NATS for those living in the Lehigh Valley area in Pennsylvania, offering Student Auditions and a Gala Concert annually.
- New Jersey NATS, the state chapter of NATS for those living in New Jersey, offering twice annual Student Auditions.
- Resources for those without a piano at home: (a playable piano on a website- for free!)
- Singing for Two, a website where you can read all about being pregnant and how it affects your singing positively and how you can negotiate still singing well during pregnancy
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