Phd Research

Many of us are hindered by the psychic-vocal-prison of our culture, and further restricted by the solitary-vocal-confinement of our organizational and social contexts, in which vocal discovery is antithetical to dominant visual, patriarchal and linear thinking. This reinforces poor habitual patterns and works against coherence. The emergence of coherence in communication entails the consideration of voice holistically. Vocal Intelligence evokes the fullness of voice, mediating between the singer/speaker’s intention and the listener’s receptivity in one integrated, coherent interaction, healing broken connections between mind, body and voice and experiencing them through the whole spectrum of sensual awareness.

The approach taken by Vocal Intelligence is unique and based in recent research. It is contributed to by at least thirty-six fields, within which no other generalized, multi-layered model or theory exists. Here, voice is considered a complex holistic phenomenon, a product (i.e. sound) which is invisible, made from a place in the body we can not see (larynx) or sometimes feel, linked to both emotional and physical responses, and with an output we hear differently to those around us, The exploration will thus include translation and interpretation, with singing playing a lead role in the exploration as it takes centre stage, asserting its role as an innate phylogenetic predisposition of all people; a tonality, lens and touch through which all life is comprehended.