A Voice Apart

From Cindy G. Official “I’ve known Diana Yampolsky for quite a while.   I took lessons from her since I was 17, which would be now 10-11 years ago. Due to family circumstances, I had to take quite a significant break and now almost 10 years later, I am back in her studio. Due to the heavy-duty emotional impact, my throat nearly closed and I was not able to squeak a sound for the longest time. When I came back to experience more of Vocal Science and also treat my vocal anatomy, and along with that get into the needed balance, I realized that singing and music is my calling, and my life assignment. Diana has done a lot of counselling with me, as well as, a lot of herbal and homeopathic treatments for my voice and for my physical and emotional being to bring me back on track. It took some time, but now my voice is ready to soar.   My vocal anatomy is strong and healthy and can withhold any amount of sound. I can last for hours and my voice will never

Vocally speaking, that is exactly what The Royans Professional Vocal School and  The Royans Institute for Non-Surgical Voice Repair do and advocate. We are about to celebrate our 40 th anniversary since we first opened our doors (February 15th, 1984). When we did, we had in our possession one rotary phone and sometime later, a tape answering machine. In no time, we had over 100 students, 7 teachers, a retail music store and rehearsal space for the bands to practice. Those were the days… Interestingly enough, the business was by far more efficient, not to mention, more personalized and even more intimate, so to speak. We neither texted each other trying to establish the schedule or confirm the various music lessons and of course, our specialty, voice and vocal sessions. And, needless to say, we did not email each other for the information or for details concerning our services. Everything was done fast, but very efficient via landline on both ends. Nevertheless, t

Vocally speaking, you may be born to do it, but have you obtained the skill to perform it? If we come back to the figure skaters now, we could  definitely admire our Canadian dance champions, " Tessa Virtue and Schott Moir ". Not only they are amazingly graceful dancing on ice, but they are also amazingly skillful when it comes to the figure skating technique. They have been vigorously training near London Ontario for many years, but, besides which, it was very clear from their very young age, that they possessed a natural talent. Needless to say, they combined the Great Canadian Figure Skating School technique with their given, evidently by birth, grace and poise.  The "marriage" of the two made them not only World Champions (numerous times), but also made them Olympic Gold Medalists in 2010 and 2018. If we go to our other, quite well known, Canadian female figure skater, Jennifer Robinson, who too has won some international competition

I am sure, you, my reader, find the above title quite intriguing. The question which might pop into your mind would probably be – “what is being sexually active could possibly do with ruining my voice...?” Unfortunately, it has some validity to it. For instance, almost every one of us would have heard of the nasty sexually transmitted disease, such as HPV (human papillomavirus). The general awareness about it is that, if the virus was received from the infected partner, it would be manifested, primarily, in the sexual organs. However, the above-described virus could settle in on the vocal cords and drastically infect the vocal anatomy and thus, dramatically affect the quality of the human voice. The voice becomes raspy and hoarse and easily could be mistaken for the cold, flu, strep throat, or simply acid reflux. Months and even years could pass until all the specific tests will be thoroughly executed by a professional ENT doctor/surgeon. Once diagnosed, surgery is