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Quick Information
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Addressing transgender singers is not only a necessity for equity, but a necessity for the safety and well-being of the singer.
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In school, professional, and private music settings, transgender singers are prone to vocal dysphoria.
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Singers may experience anxiety and depression if their voice does not match their gender identity.
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They may try to modify their voice in an unhealthy manner, making them prone to injury.
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Research in training transgender and non-binary singers has increased in recent years.
Watch this short interview with Renée Yoxon who explains the significance of gender-affirming speaking and singing training.
About Me
I am Crystalina Baumer, an undergraduate music major with minors in mathematics and music history at Nazareth University. I began my undergraduate studies as a music education major focusing on choral studies. However, in my research in mathematics to relate opera techniques to properties of waves, I found myself in the realm of anatomy and physiology. In my acquaintance with the Communication Sciences and Disorders department, I was intrigued over how studies of voice science could help singers, especially transgender ones. I reflected on my sibling, a transmasculine/non-binary theater lover, and their confusion and aversion to singing after undergoing the voice changes resulting from taking testosterone. Changing my plan of study to music as a Bachelor of Arts, gave me freedom to explore the scholarly, or scientific, side of music. I decided that, instead of just being my sibling’s nerdy little sister, I could be that for the full LGBTQ+ music community. As a queer woman myself, I strive in my studies of music performance to cite history and voice science as a manner of validating and supporting LGBTQ+ equity in classical music.
