Jocelyn Rasmussen

Jocelyn Rasmussen is an unusual expert in the field of voice and communications because of her incredibly diverse experience. A Master of Music in classical vocal performance, she also holds a diploma in jazz performance and composition. Having performed popular, jazz, opera, art song, oratorio and orchestral works, she has developed and teaches a vocal technique that functions for any style of singing as well as for speaking. Recovering from thyroid disease taught her about healing vocal dysfunction; studying the work of medical intuitives and sound healing practitioners has helped her deepen her understanding of how to develop the relationship between the voice and all other aspects of the self. She has taught a wide array of students ranging in age from 3 to 75 that includes professional singers, actors, corporate executives, sales people, lawyers, motivational speakers, therapists, people with severe depression, East Indian classical singers, Jewish cantors, rappers, mothers needing more confidence in their marriage, people with vocal trauma, and others with life-threatening illness. As well as developing workshops for singers, she has developed seminars for speakers. She has presented seminars and spoken at the New York Open Center, the Learning Annex, the Possible Woman Conference, Pfizer, Inc, Corcoran Real Estate, LaGuardia College, and at the World Shift to Peace Festival. She gave seminars at Culver City College in Los Angeles and has also presented staff development seminars for teachers in New York City. Jocelyn has contributed to LEADERSHIP: BEST ADVICE I EVER GOT by Paul B. Thornton. Her article, “The Voice as Spiritual Ally,” appears in the May/June 2007 issue of Mystic Pop Magazine. Carol Eikleberry has included an item about her in her latest revision of THE CAREER GUIDE FOR CREATIVE AND UNCONVENTIONAL PEOPLE. Jocleyn has been interviewed by Star Magazine, US Weekly and was invited to speak at the New York International Music Festival in 2005. Jocelyn has performed her original works at the United Nations for the Conference of World Religions and for the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Human Rights; at St. John the Divine for the Women of Vision's Prayer Service for World Peace and for After Hiroshima; at the Lawyers’ Alliance for World Security Peace Awards; at the Artists for Humanity Concert; and at the Time for Peace Awards. Whether singing or speaking, regardless of age, status or circumstance, her work with the voice and the breath releases the authentic voice and full potential of her clients. Whether as an executive voice coach or a specialist at a day school, she hears the glory of each of the voices she is privileged to work with and her mission is to call the voice of conscious communication in everyone.