Jane Heirich

Books:

Voice and the Alexander Technique: Practical Explorations for Speaking and Singing
January 2005
Mornum Time Press
Amazon

Miracles Usually Can’t be Learned
(A basic voice technique text, rev. 1992)

Education

  • BA, choral music and piano performance, Earlham College 1955
  • MA, music, Harvard University 1957
  • Bel canto vocal pedagogy and voice performance study with Marjorie Allen, Los Altos CA, 1964-74
  • Many years study of vocal anatomy, physiology, and acoustics

Alexander Technique

  • First Alexander Technique lessons were with Joyce Suskind (New York City)
  • Trained as an AT teacher with Joan and Alex Murray, Urbana IL
  • Has been a certified teaching member of STAT and AmSAT (formerly NASTAT) since 1987

Teaching

  • 30 years choral directing experience
  • Taught Chamber Music; an integrated Music Theory & Composition course; and a Basic Voice course, which eventually included the Alexander Technique at the Residential College of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 1972-2003
  • Has taught workshops, classes, and lessons around the world since 1991, regularly teaching in New Zealand and Australia. Focuses on the intersection of voice and the Alexander Technique.
  • Opened the Alexander Technique Ann Arbor teacher-training school, January 2005