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Spring 2025

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  • Menopausal voice at Falkirk Science Festival - TAKE PART!

  • Interviews with menopausal voice-users

  • One-to-one support available for menopausal voice

  • Resources and information – links below

 

Hello again and welcome to the Spring newsletter! There are lots of exciting things coming up for Singing Through Menopause over the next few months to update you on, and opportunities to take part in a few exciting projects. Keep reading to find out more…

 

Falkirk Science Festival – take part!

Falkirk Science Festival is this year putting on an event focusing on menopause. It will take place on Sunday 11th May in Grangemouth Town Hall where there will be stalls open from 10am – 4pm to view, and a range of workshops from breathwork, to a discussion panel and excitingly, singing through menopause! You can see the event information here: https://www.falkirkleisureandculture.org/whats-on/menopausal-what-s-your-superpower/ and a full programme of workshops will be published soon. I hope to see some of you there so we can sing together again!

 

If you can’t make it along on the day, I’d still like to invite you to take part. I’ll be running a Singing Through Menopause stall at the event where I’ll have a set of mystery voice boxes. Attendees will be asked to pick a question from the box and write down their experience of voice use and voice change in response. Those who share their thoughts will be invited to take a lucky dip into the boxes and read experiences from other participants and hear other stories of menopausal voice change. If you’d like to respond to a question and take a lucky dip yourself, then head to the mystery box form here: https://forms.gle/AwRymnBk8dxtE6uG7

 

Interviews with menopausal voice-users

As you might have notice on social media, over the last couple of months, I’ve been recruiting menopausal voice users to interview about the ways they use their voice in their work and hobbies. We’ve spoken about how their voice has changed during menopause, and the strategies they’ve used to work through these changes. I’ve spoken to choral singers, actors, lecturers, teachers, professional singers, and many others. During the course of the chats, I’ve been struck by the range of experiences discussed – no two interviews have been the same, we really are all on very different journeys through menopause voice change. Some folks have told me that they’ve found the process extremely challenging, and this has put them off singing or speaking as much as they used to. Others have found that they feel more attuned to their voice now or that they are exploring a whole new range of repertoire and ways of using their voice. We’ve discussed vocal exercises, singing through straws, changing repertoire, psychological and mental health challenges, and feelings of identity change that accompany menopausal voice.

 

I plan to keep speaking to more people over the next few months to gather as many accounts of these experiences as possible. Once I’ve completed interviews, I’ll be gathering the information together, looking for common experiences and useful strategies for managing change, and producing resources to be shared widely with other menopausal singers and speakers.

 

If you use your voice in your hobbies or work (as a singer, speaker, lecturer, teacher, actor or in another role) and you would be happy to speak to me about your experience of menopausal voice change, I’d love to chat to you! To find out more or to get in touch and volunteer, visit the project page here: https://www.kathleencronie.com/menopausal-voice-interviews

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One to one support available for menopausal voice

Are you experiencing vocal change and would like support in navigating this? Perhaps you sing and are noticing new vocal challenges? Or perhaps you’re a public speaker, leader or teacher and you are noticing difficulties using your voice at work? If you’d like to discuss a one-off voice lesson or a set of sessions with me, please do get in touch! You can reply to this email or find more info and contact me here: https://www.kathleencronie.com/singing-lessons You can also gift a lesson to someone else as a treat or present, more information about this here: https://www.kathleencronie.com/gift-singing-lessons 

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Resources and information

If you’re interested in finding out more about the changes that happen to voice during menopause, you can read about this here: https://www.kathleencronie.com/menopause-and-voice-article In our Singing Through Menopause group we also shared a set of podcasts, articles, guides and videos focusing on menopausal voice. These resources are compiled here: https://www.kathleencronie.com/menopause-singing-voice-resources Feel free to explore them and share them with others freely.

Are there any other resources that you’ve noticed that don’t appear on this list yet? If so, please do reply to this email and let me know! I hope to share as many useful links with others as possible so if there’s something you’ve found interesting or useful please do share it with me so it can be added to this list.

 

That’s all for this edition, please do keep in touch and let me know if there’s any news you’d like to share in our next newsletter. Until next time, happy singing!

Kathleen

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