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The power of using your voice to play

Matt Soerens, U.S. Church Training specialist for World Relief, speaks in front of a crowd. (Charles Rex Arbogast/AP)
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Matt Soerens, U.S. Church Training specialist for World Relief, speaks in front of a crowd. (Charles Rex Arbogast/AP)

If you are feeling stressed about speaking in front of others, you can transform that pressure by playing with your voice.

Here & Now’s Peter O’Dowd speaks with performance coaches Michael Allison and Mathilde Shisko about how vocal play exercises help build confidence and connection with others and ourselves.

Mathilde Shisko (left) and Michael Allison (right). (Courtesy of Michael Allison)
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Mathilde Shisko (left) and Michael Allison (right). (Courtesy of Michael Allison)

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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