Dr Gillyanne Kayes & Jeremy Fisher reveal more stories behind the stories on their vocal technique books. This episode focuses on two extremes written at the same time - the Singing Express series for children and the Oxford Handbook of Singing for academics. How we found our writing voice for each audienceBehind the scenes on creating and filming Singing ExpressCollaborative writing (and why it took us 16 years to really make it work between us)Working with a team of composers and arrangers for songs in different genresThe four stages of pitch matching in children (and some adults)Why we chose to write songs of just a seventh in rangeThe biggest differences between writing for children and academicsWriting song transcriptions for the Oxford Handbook of Singing (Jessye Norman and LeAnn Rimes)Four Stages of Pitch Matching https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFqfVpU8_4w&feature=youtu.be The Singing Express books and songbooks 1-4 https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=singing+express&i=stripbooks&ref=nb_sb_noss_2The Oxford Handbook of Singing https://www.amazon.co.uk/Oxford-Handbook-Singing-Library-Psychology/dp/0199660778Amazing Grace transcriptions https://vocalprocess.co.uk/what-is-music-anyway/How To Sing Legato https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Sing-Legato-Practical-exercises-ebook/dp/B07CP4SXT3/