Your voice can stay strong, expressive, and free – for life
As we age, our voices change.
If you’re a male singer, those changes can feel surprising or even frustrating, but they don’t have to mean the end of expressive, healthy singing! In this two-hour interactive webinar, voice educator and performer Dann Mitton will show you what happens to the male voice over time and offer practical tools to keep your singing vibrant, confident, and full of life at any age.
Drawing on his influential 2022 Journal of Singing article, Habilitation for the Aging Avocational Singer, plus the latest research and new inspiring musical examples, Dann will blend theory with plenty of vocal exercises to help you work with, rather than against, your changing voice.
Who This Webinar is For:
- Male singers of all ages and genres, especially those noticing changes in their voices
- Voice teachers, coaches, and choir directors working with adult male singers
- Anyone interested in evidence-based approaches to healthy singing across the lifespan
You’ll Learn How to:
- Understand what’s really happening in your voice as you age.
- Recognize the difference between normal vocal changes with age and signs that need medical attention
- Use targeted warm-ups and exercises to maintain flexibility, range, and resonance
- Apply practical teaching and coaching strategies for working with aging male voices in pop, rock, musical theatre, jazz, and beyond
- Speak confidently about age-related vocal change, and support the male singers you’re working with
With years of experience singing various styles, Dann brings deep respect and stylistic flexibility to every singer he works with. This webinar will focus on the real vocal demands of singers of all genres, not on classical ideals, so you’ll leave with tools you can use right away in your lessons, rehearsals, and performances.
Dr. Dann Mitton is a Canadian bass singer, teacher, and researcher with three decades of professional experience. He maintains an online boutique studio focused exclusively on basses and bass-baritones, whether cis or trans, where he guides singers from foundational exploration to professional repertoire. His teaching emphasizes emotional connection as the driver of technical growth, fostering voices that are free, flexible, and authentic.
Mitton earned four degrees in voice, culminating in a Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance (Voice) with a specialization in voice pedagogy from the University of Toronto, where he trained extensively in classical and CCM styles. His doctoral research examined Russian lyric diction and low male voice development through applied vocal acoustics. His scholarship bridges performance and pedagogy, with publications and presentations on aging voices, historical pedagogy, and harm reduction for singers.
As a performer, Mitton has sung roles including Angelotti, Bartolo, Basilio, Sarastro, and Zaccaria, and has appeared as a soloist in Verdi’s Requiem and Handel’s Messiah. He has trained at the Tanglewood Music Center, Aspen Opera Theater Center, Britten-Pears Young Artists Programme, Jane Eaglen’s Wagner Intensive, Highlands Opera Studio, and the American Wagner Project.
Alongside teaching and performing, Mitton edits and advises voice research such as Ian Howell’s 2025 book Hearing Singing (Rowman & Littlefield). He serves on the editorial board of Voice and Speech Review and co-moderates two international voice forums, where he fosters constructive dialogue among teachers, coaches, SLPs, and laryngologists.
Born in Moncton, New Brunswick, he now makes his home in Toronto with his husband and their two Bernese Mountain Dogs, Rory and Anson.
Included:
After you have enrolled for this webinar, you will receive a 10% discount code for your first billing cycle if you would decide to subscribe to The singsing! Sofa Library. Members have access to the recordings of all the webinars I have ever led and hosted, including those led by the guest teachers I invite – leading experts on the voice and performance.