Crystal Barron is a Vocal Health Specialist, NCVS trained Vocologist and Voice and Breathing Coach for professional and aspiring professional singers, voice teachers and other professional voice users. She has decades of experience working with elite vocal athletes and professional voice users recovering with vocal injuries. A self-proclaimed anatomy geek and voice science nerd, she is on the board for Vocology in Practice (ViP), a voting member for Pan-American Vocology Association (PAVA), certified in Vocal Health First Aid, is in the final stages of completing a Vocal Health Practitioner certification, and holds the distinction of being the only MDH Breathing Coordination Advanced Certified Practitioner in the US. She completed additional training with Walt Fritz in laryngeal massage and Myofascial release and is a trained massage therapist. Her academic degree is a Master’s of Music in Vocal Performance from California State University, Long Beach. She works closely with laryngologists in the Southern California area, and along with her multi-disciplinary team provides vocal health education and vocal health “pop-up” screenings to performing arts companies, university and conservatory vocal programs, school teachers, performing artists unions and anyone who has a desire to build a better relationship with their voice.Some of Crystal’s most notable clients include Sophia James (American Idol top 10), Brennley Brown (The Voice top 6) and Vangie Gunn (lead singer, Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band). She has been featured on Jamilla Ford’s “Working Singer Podcast”, has been a presenter for PAVA, ViP, NATs Cal-Western and Los Angeles, Empowered Singer Workshops, and University of California Irvine Department of Music Theatre. In addition to her private studio, she has taught applied voice at the university level in musical theatre (UCI), CCM (Biola University and California Baptist University), and western classical (CBU) vocal technique and styles. She also teaches undergraduate and graduate level Vocal Pedagogy at California State University, Fullerton. Crystal lives in Los Alamitos, CA with her 3 daughters,studio dog and cat and can be found online at crystalvoicestudio.com.