Recent Research in Singing

Abstract: This article chronicles four academic documents authored in 2025. These include dissertations by Isabel Celata, “The Pedagogical Advantages of Cross-Training the Voice: Using Musical Theatre to Advance the Technique of Classical Singers”; Te-Yu Huang, “Exploring Selected Vocal Works of Riccardo Piacentini (b. 1958) and the Emergence of ‘Photo-Music with Photo-Sounds’ as a Vocal Genre: A Performance Guide and Research Journey”; Benjamin J. Penwell, “’NO CLEAN SINGING’—The Exclusive or Predominant Use of Harsh Vocals as the Primary Unifying Musical Characteristic of Extreme Metal Genres”; and Elisa Ramon, “Modifying Italian Consonants in the Voice Studio: An Exploratory Sequential Mixed Methods Study.”