Care of the Professional Voice
In private practice for more than ten years, Dr. Michelle Yagoda is an Otolaryngologist (ear, nose and throat physician and surgeon) who provides vocal care to entertainers on and off Broadway; traveling theater groups; performers of the New York City and Metropolitan Opera; vocal coaches; voice students; cabaret, rock, jazz, pop, rap and gospel singers; disc jockeys; screen actors; members of the Friars' Club; radio and television announcers; accent coaches, acting coaches, those who do "voice overs"; public speakers, trial lawyers, professors, politicians and clergymen. A member of the New York Singing Teachers' Association, she has been noted as one of the most comprehensive vocal health experts in the New York Metropolitan area. She has been a medical advisor for the award-winning Brooklyn Youth Chorus. Dr. Yagoda is an international vocal health expert and her question and answer column is featured on bobmarks.com. Her highly regarded advice has been solicited by the Screen Actors Guild and by AFTRA, the Academy of Film, Television and Radio Announcers. Dr. Yagoda has been extensively interviewed by Roger Armbrust of BackStage magazine.
Dr. Michelle Yagoda is commended as one of the most comprehensive voice specialists by the New York Singing Teachers' Association. This is chiefly because she proposes a multidisciplinary approach comprised of a team of professionals including an ENT physician, voice coach, singing teacher, and speech pathologist as the key to optimal vocal health.
Prior to her efforts, those involved in voice care each operated independently and spoke a "different language". "The team approach", says Yagoda, "allows all voice professionals to communicate and understand one another and enables them to provide a level of care more than the sum of their individual parts."
Always a perfectionist, Dr. Yagoda has now expanded her own team! She has included the SPAce for Wellness in her office and recommends services such as stress reduction, pain relief, strength and flexibility training, nutritional counseling, acupuncture, yoga, meditation and massage. She believe these services will maximize performance and enhance overall vocal vitality.
Evaluations are by appointment only. Evening hours and private theater visits can be arranged.
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