This Is A Voice

Author: Jeremy Fisher and Dr Gillyanne Kayes

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Vocal Coach to Broadway’s Best: Mike Ruckles on Technique, Trust & Truth
Episode 5
Tuesday, 8 April, 2025

Send us a textWhat does it take to keep a Broadway voice strong, expressive, and injury-free through 8 shows a week?🎤 In this episode, we’re joined by the brilliant Mike Ruckles — vocal coach, pianist, musical director, and the quiet powerhouse behind Tony, Grammy and Oscar-winning singers and actors.✅ How Mike balances vocal science and artistic nuance✅ The real challenges of coaching Broadway performers✅ Tools for building sustainable technique under pressure✅ Behind-the-scenes stories of vocal breakthroughs✅ Moving away from voice training "Models"Whether you’re a singer, vocal coach, or just obsessed with what makes Broadway tick — this episode will inspire and challenge your thinking.0:00:00 - Why Artists and Educators Need Each Other 0:05:22 - Mike’s Unexpected Start in Vocal Coaching 0:08:12 - The Arrival Moment: When a Singer Owns It 0:10:45 - What's Your Auditory Target? 0:13:49 - Coaching Elphabas and Hamilton Voices 0:17:05 - What Role Does Safety Play in Singing? 0:20:11 - Are You *You* in a Casting? 0:23:10 - The Trap of Fitting a Vocal Mould 0:26:12 - When Technique Doesn’t Match the Voice 0:29:14 - Singing is About Identity, Not Just Sound 0:32:05 - Should We Have Homogeneity in Training?0:35:00 - Honouring Uniqueness in Every Performer 0:37:51 - Celebrating the Graduates Who Don’t Fit the Box 📢 Share this with a singing teacher or performer who needs to hear itRemember to like, subscribe, and hit the bell icon for more insightful episodes. Leave a comment below on what inspired you the most! 👇You can find out about our Teacher Accreditation for singing teachers, vocal coaches and choir leaders and start your own journey here https://vocalprocess.co.uk/teacher-accreditation/We've also got this ↓ For the best self-guided learning, check out the Vocal Process Learning Lounge - 22 years of vocal coaching resources (over 600 videos) for less than the price of one private singing lesson. Click on the link https://vocalprocess.co.uk/learning-lounge/learning-lounge-level-2-deep-dive/ If you want to discover if our singing teacher training programme works for YOU, message us - we can share the process for joining Cohort26. https://www.cognitoforms.com/VocalProcess1/TheAccreditationProgramme Get the One Minute Voice Warmup app here, it's got a 4.9star rating Appstore https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/one-minute-voice-warmup/id1212802251 Google Play https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co.speechtools.warmup&hl=en_GB Check out our Voice Journal, written with Rayvox's Oren Boder https://www.rayvox.co.uk/products/voice-journal?ref=VOCALPROCESS Find us - follow us on the socials! 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/Vocalprocess 📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/vocalprocess 📖 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/vocalprocess #vocalprocess #teacheraccreditation #voicetraining Broadway vocal coach, Mike Ruckles interview, how to train a Broadway voice, singing coach for musical theatre, voice science for singers, vocal technique Broadway, This Is A Voice podcast, voice teacher advice, musical theater vocal training, vocal health for performers, Gillyanne Kayes, Jeremy Fisher, vocal coaching podcast, how to survive 8 shows a week, Broadway vocal technique, vocal stamina tips, professional voice training, musical theatre voice tips