[The following is an excerpt from the introduction for my voice class given at the Westlake Dance Center in the fall of 2017, a class which I chose to call "Vocal Unity." I have also attached an unedited video in which I speak at length about the voice. It is, perhaps, a bit rambling, but if you stick with it, you might find some of it useful.] IT IS MY FIRM BELIEF that, based on the 8 years I have instructed singers, the development of the voice has more to do with the letti