Elizabeth Savina is a Choir Leader and Certified Practising Speech Pathologist. She consulted on the 2016 Sing to Beat Parkinson’s project run by the Queensland Conservatorium of Music and ran the Choir, the Red Hot Chilli Parkies.
Elizabeth runs Thrive Voice Therapy and sings and plays guitar/mandolin with Shantyman and Friends.
Elizabeth has facilitated many successful beginner's singing workshops and received invitations to present these at festivals. She is passionate about people regaining their birthright of singing.
International, National & State Presentations include:
– The Ever-Changing Voice ( Nov 2020) - Invited Panelist for ANATS-Qld Webinar
- Steam, Straws and Stroboscopy – An Update on Voice Care (2019) National Choralfest, Perth, WA.
– Promoting Vocal Safety in Singing Groups for People with Parkinson’s Disease (2018) Sing to Beat Parkinson’s Asia-Pacific Symposium
– Steam, Straws and Earplugs: How to look after your Voice (2016) Woodford Folk Festival
- Exploring the Health Benefits of Singing (2016) Woodford Folk Festival
Elizabeth runs Thrive Voice Therapy and sings and plays guitar/mandolin with Shantyman and Friends.
Elizabeth has facilitated many successful beginner's singing workshops and received invitations to present these at festivals. She is passionate about people regaining their birthright of singing.
International, National & State Presentations include:
– The Ever-Changing Voice ( Nov 2020) - Invited Panelist for ANATS-Qld Webinar
- Steam, Straws and Stroboscopy – An Update on Voice Care (2019) National Choralfest, Perth, WA.
– Promoting Vocal Safety in Singing Groups for People with Parkinson’s Disease (2018) Sing to Beat Parkinson’s Asia-Pacific Symposium
– Steam, Straws and Earplugs: How to look after your Voice (2016) Woodford Folk Festival
- Exploring the Health Benefits of Singing (2016) Woodford Folk Festival
I wanted to sing for as long as I can remember. But as a child and teenager I was always uncertain about my voice. Towards the end of high school, I found out that Speech Pathologists work with singers, and thought becoming a Speech Pathologist would be a shortcut to getting singing lessons and developing the voice I always wanted. It was, and it wasn’t.
I hung around quite a few folk sessions, and gradually started to sing. People were extremely kind (though not necessarily honest) about my early efforts, and I got the courage to do a little more. I absolutely love singing in harmony I was a core member of the Embers Women's Community Choir of Brisbane for just on 7 years and have shared lead and back up singing in bands, including Doris and Sera Bella. I maintain the Facebook page for the Australian Voice Association - a superb mix of professionals interested in the scientific, health and artistic aspects of voice. I completed a secondment in a Senior Voice Therapy/ENT outpatients position between Oct 2012-Nov 2013. I am on the steering committee for the Queensland Voice Special Interest Group.
I have particular interests in:
- the physiological and psychosocial benefits of singing.
- unconsicous emotional neurological control of the vocal tract versus conscious voluntary control
- optimising motor learning in voice therapy, individual and communal singing
Recent Professional Development undertaken in Voice and associated areas.
- Larymgology Society of Australasia and Australian Voice Association National Meetings Nov 2016
- Vocal Unloading - Manual Therapy for Voice Disorders April 2016
- Webinars Day Seminars by the Australian Voice Association 2011-2016
- Voice Therapy Spectrum Clinical Provider Multi-Voice Dimensions 2012
- Certificate in Figure Proficiency with Estill international 2012
- 2 Day Introductory ACT Workshop with Dr Russ Harris (great for dealing with performance anxiety in all parts of life)
I wanted to sing for as long as I can remember. But as a child and teenager I was always uncertain about my voice. Towards the end of high school, I found out that Speech Pathologists work with singers, and thought becoming a Speech Pathologist would be a shortcut to getting singing lessons and developing the voice I always wanted. It was, and it wasn’t.
I hung around quite a few folk sessions, and gradually started to sing. People were extremely kind (though not necessarily honest) about my early efforts, and I got the courage to do a little more. I absolutely love singing in harmony I was a core member of the Embers Women's Community Choir of Brisbane for just on 7 years and have shared lead and back up singing in bands, including Doris and Sera Bella. I maintain the Facebook page for the Australian Voice Association - a superb mix of professionals interested in the scientific, health and artistic aspects of voice. I completed a secondment in a Senior Voice Therapy/ENT outpatients position between Oct 2012-Nov 2013. I am on the steering committee for the Queensland Voice Special Interest Group.
I have particular interests in:
- the physiological and psychosocial benefits of singing.
- unconsicous emotional neurological control of the vocal tract versus conscious voluntary control
- optimising motor learning in voice therapy, individual and communal singing
Recent Professional Development undertaken in Voice and associated areas.
- Larymgology Society of Australasia and Australian Voice Association National Meetings Nov 2016
- Vocal Unloading - Manual Therapy for Voice Disorders April 2016
- Webinars Day Seminars by the Australian Voice Association 2011-2016
- Voice Therapy Spectrum Clinical Provider Multi-Voice Dimensions 2012
- Certificate in Figure Proficiency with Estill international 2012
- 2 Day Introductory ACT Workshop with Dr Russ Harris (great for dealing with performance anxiety in all parts of life)
