Events & Lectures
April 3rd & 17th, 2025
Short Course Lecture Series
Voice Study Centre Online Course
Tongue Tie: The Hidden Limitation Destroying Singers’ Technique, Progress, and Potential - Featuring Jessica Luffey
Price £50 (UK VAT inclusive)
Join Jessica in this 2 part short course as we learn how to recognize the signs of tongue ties in singers, how it manifests in vocal technique, and what we can do for it—because ALL singers can achieve healthy progress, total control, and complete vocal freedom.
Part 1: Myo tongue exercises for singers; identifying tongue ties; human symptoms of ties.
Part 2: Singer’s symptoms of tongue ties; surgery process; before and after stories.
https://voicestudycentre.com/short-courses/tongue-tie-the-hidden-limitation-destroying-singers-technique-progress-and-potential-with-jessica-luffey/
March 24th, 2025
Podcast
I Spy With Myo Eye Podcast with Brittny Murphy
Episode 104: The Voice, The Tongue & The Airway ft. Jessica Luffey, CSOM, MM, Professional Operatic Soprano with Jessica Luffey
In this engaging episode of The Voice, The Tongue & The Airway podcast, Certified Specialist in Orofacial Myology and professional operatic soprano Jessica Luffey shares her unique perspective on the vital connection between vocal performance, orofacial myology, and airway health.
Whether you're a voice professional, myofunctional therapist, or dental practitioner, this episode is filled with practical and eye-opening insights that may just change the way you think about the voice.
Link to Podcast:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-104-the-voice-the-tongue-the-airway-ft/id1500946532?i=1000700582228
March 19th, 2025
Podcast
Singing Teachers Talk Podcast with Alexa Terry
Episode 202: Tongue Ties and Singing: Causes, Diagnosis & Treatment with Jessica Luffey
In this episode Jessica and Alexa talk all about how tongue ties can impact vocal freedom—and just how often this issue goes unnoticed. She shares a simple self-assessment you can use to spot a potential tongue tie, some of the unexpected symptoms that might be affecting your students or clients, and why addressing this one issue can make a world of difference in the voice.
If you’re a voice teacher, singer, or vocal coach, this could be a missing piece of the puzzle you’ve been looking for. Tune in and see for yourself!
Link to Podcast:
https://www.basttraining.com/blog/ep-202-tongue-ties-and-singing-causes-diagnosis-treatment-with-jessica-luffey/
June 13th, 2024
Webinar
SingSing! with Sarah Algoet
Add-on Webinar: Tongue Tie in Singers
by Jessica Luffey
€51,00
In this one and a half hour webinar you will receive an introduction to how a (hidden) tongue tie can affect singers, after which there will be enough time for all your questions during the Q&A.
Included: 2 weeks access to the recording & Lifetime membership of the singsing! online community.
https://www.singsing.be/onlinecourses/product/add-on-webinar-tongue-tie-in-singers-by-jessica-luffey-live-june-13th-16h-cet/
APRIL 23, 2023
LIVE Zoom Event
NYTSA SPECIAL GUEST LECTURER
Tongue Ties & Their Effect on the Classically-Trained Voice Student
Topics:
Discovering tongue-ties in your voice students
Overall effects and symptoms of tongue-tied singers
Effects of receiving a tongue tie release
Preparation and after-care for the singing professional
Given in conjunction with expert Dr. Ahn, The Breathe Institute Affiliate
Jan 20, 2022
Georgia State University
LIVE Collegiate LECTURE:
Tongue and Lip Ties :
& THEIR AFFECT ON MUSICAL TECHNIQUE FOR
the Professional Wind Instrumentalist
May 1-2, 2021
The Tongue Symposium: Weekend Seminar
Zoom LIVE Event
June-Aug, 2021
Summer Workshop
Collaborating with ‘DIARY OF A TONGUE-TIED SINGER’!
Facebook LIVE Event
Jan 19, 2021
Oct 6, 2020
Join us for a free informational webinar Tuesday October 6th @ 7p.m. EST
Do you have Tongue-Tension issues? Patter problems? Or do you have some recurring vowel troubles? (looking at you, Italian /a/…) Well- don’t we all!!! Discover the connection between the tongue and technique.
Similar to Vocal Pedagogy, this webinar will discuss the anatomical relationships between the tongue, the mouth, and the rest of the singing apparatus in a completely brand new- and scientifically backed- way:
Do your teeth affect your sound?
Does the ease of vocal production depend on your face-shape?!
Could there be an anatomical reason for pitch problems?
How to increase your pharyngeal space up to 50% in 8 weeks, and much more.
Sound crazy? No voodoo- just science. Join us and see and hear for yourself!
Google Meet