Neurodidactics for Singing Teachers:
Teaching with the brain in mind –
so learning sticks!
This short workshop is designed for
voice teachers and vocal coaches
who want a clearer understanding of
how singers actually learn—
and for certified NeuroVocal Method coaches completing their annual certification requirements.
​Neurodidactics may sound fancy,
but its meaning is simple.
​​​It’s about teaching with an undertanding of how the brain learns—so progress is more reliable, skills last longer, and singers become less dependent on external correction.
Narration of this page:
You're already teaching the brain.
You just may not be naming it.
Every instruction you give shapes attention.
Every repetition strengthens something.
Every bit of guidance teaches the brain what matters.
The question isn’t whether the brain is learning.
It’s what it’s learning—and how efficiently.
This workshop offers a way to look at your teaching through a different lens:
What is the brain doing while the singer is learning?
I'm so glad I took the leap into the NeuroVocal world! I'm completely thrilled at the shift in my teaching. I'm thrilled at the changes in my students' voices, and the way they THINK about their voices!
Maren Tenny
Classical soprano & voice teacher
What this workshop explores...
Singing is a complex motor skill.
It's a motor skill your clients & students have already established. Helping people develop more responsive singing can't be achieved by willpower, effort, or explanation alone. There's a more efficient way if you know a little bit about brains.
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A neurodidactic lens helps explain why:
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Progress sometimes stalls despite informed and caring instruction
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Repetition doesn’t always lead to stability
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Singers sometimes struggle to recreate skills on their own
This workshop offers a clearer understanding of what's behind effective motor learning. And that makes your job easier and more fun!
This workshop is for...
Voice teachers and coaches
...who want clearer language for how learning happens, and practical ways to support it in lessons.
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Certified NeuroVocal Method coaches
...who are refreshing core ideas and completing required continuing education to maintain their certification.
For Certified NeuroVocal Method coaches, this workshop fulfills one required continuing-education workshop for maintaining NVM certification this year.
Completion will be recorded automatically.
Every time I have the pleasure of taking a class with Meredith, my teaching is immediately more effective. Like, literally, the very next lesson. ...the way she communicates how to work with the client's brain and nervous system never fails to change the way I teach, always for the better.
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Adrienne Osborn
Owner and Lead Instructor
Performance High Voice and Music Studio
This Workshop Is:
Accessible – No neuroscience background needed
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Engaging – Interactive sessions, real-world examples, and fun delivery
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Actionable – You’ll leave with new teaching tools, not just theory
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Evidence-Based – Rooted in the science of how people learn
The deets:
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75-minute, focused online workshop
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$79 USD
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Live presentation required for NVM coaches
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Replay access for two weeks
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Open to all voice teachers and vocal coaches
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Counts toward NVM certification maintenance
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Author of Money Notes and creator of the NeuroVocal Method, Meredith is a recognized pioneer in bringing neurodidactics—the science of how the brain learns—into voice education. Her workshops are known for making complex concepts clear, useful, and fun.​
Live in
Real Time!
This is an online, live-in-real-time workshop on Zoom. BUT...if you can't be there, the recording will be available for 2 weeks after the workshop!​
I’m Meredith Colby; vocal coach, author, and creator of NeuroVocal Method, a neurodidactic approach to coaching singers of popular styles.
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With thousands of performance hours and over three decades of teaching under my belt, I’m an expert at singing for popular styles. My clients are professional and avocational singers, voice teachers and coaches, and singer-songwriters.
My book, Money Notes: How to Sing High, Loud, Healthy, and Forever, introduces NeuroVocal, a fast, effective way to create healthy singing habits for microphone-based styles that is based on brain science.
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I speak the language of both the college-educated classical singer, and the sing-into-microphones singer. I teach classes, present workshops, and offer individual coaching to singers and teachers who are ready to sing high, loud, and healthy…forever.
Located in Chicago, Illinios, USA, I meet with singers virtually from all over the world.