Tours is home to François Rabelais University, the site of one of the most important choral competitions, called Florilège Vocal de Tours International Choir Competition, and is a member city of the European Grand Prix for Choral Singing.

Vocal fold scar is one of the most challenging problems for otolaryngologists because it ’ s hard to be diagnosed at germinal stage and the function necessity of VF is delicate.

* Vocal cord paresis is weakness of one or both vocal folds that can greatly impact daily life.

Vocal cord paralysis-inability of one or both vocal folds ( vocal cords ) to move because of damage to the brain or nerves.

The next awards ceremony, Lauper to win four awards at the 1985 Grammy Awards: Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals and Best Music Video, Short Form for collaboration We Are the World ; Additionally, it received one nomination ; Best Female Rock Vocal Performance for " What A Thrill ".

A Night to Remember led Lauper it received one nomination awards at the 1990 Grammy Awards: Best Female Rock Vocal Performance for " I Drove All Night ".

Vocal music is a genre of music performed by one or more singers, with or without instrumental accompaniment, in which singing ( i. e. vocal performance ) provides the main focus of the piece.

Exploiting the media's presumption of a rivalry between the two young singers, the song was one of the most successful records in United States of all time, spending record-breaking thirteen weeks on top of the Billboard charts, and eventually garnered the pair a Grammy Award for " Best R & B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal ".

About 1700, he settled in England where he was one of the founders, in 1710, of The Academy of Vocal Music, which in 1726 was renamed The Academy of Ancient Music.

Vocal problems are often a result of a breakdown in one part of this coordinated process which causes voice teachers to frequently focus in intensively on one area of the process with their student until that issue is resolved.

Vocal music is music performed by one or more singers, with or without instrumental accompaniment, in which singing provides the main focus of the piece.

He won the Grammy Award for " Best Male Rock Vocal Performance " four years in a row from 1999 to 2002, breaking the record for most losses in that category and most consecutive wins in one category for a male.

Bailey released four gospel albums in this period, and one of them, titled Triumph, won him a Grammy Award for Best Gospel Vocal Performance, Male.

It debuted at # 1 and went on to win two Grammy Awards, one for Best R & B Album and the other for Best Male R & B Vocal Performance.

Starland Vocal Band was an American pop band, known primarily for " Afternoon Delight ", one of the biggest-selling singles in 1976.

The single peaked one step behind Debby Boone's mega-hit " You Light Up My Life " ( which became the biggest hit of the entire decade ) from 22 October to 5 November 1977 and received Grammy nominations for Song Of The Year and Best Pop Vocal Performance Female.

Each student majors in one studio, choosing from among Dance, Drama, Art, Vocal Music, Instrumental Music, and Technical Theatre.

" I Don't Wanna Play House " won Wynette a Grammy award in 1967 for Best Female Country Vocal Performance, one of two wins for Wynette in that category.

The following year she was awarded Grammy Awards, one for Best New Artist and another for Best Female Country Vocal Performance for " Blue ".

It earned the pair a Grammy Award for Best R & B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal " and garnered multi-platinum sales ( to date, it remains as one of the top twenty most successful American singles in history based on Billboard chart success ).

It was nominated in one Latin Grammy category – " Female Pop Vocal Album ", and in four Latin Billboard categories – " Pop Track Female " and " Tropical Track Female " for " No Me Enseñaste ", " Your World Award ", and " Female Pop Album ", for Thalía, winning the last two awards.

Nixon received two Grammy Best Classical Performance, Vocal Soloist nominations, one for her Schönberg album and one for her Copland album.

Vocal and instrumental “ color ” became more important compared to the Renaissance style of music, and emphasized much of the volume, texture and pace of each piece.

Written and composed by Jeff Barry and Peter Allen, the ballad became her first No. 1 Pop ( two weeks ), second No. 1 AC ( three weeks ) and third Top 10 Country ( No. 6 ) hit and earned Newton-John two more Grammys for Record of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Performance-Female.

The Japanese theme ( sung by a group called Vocal Shop ) was considerably more playful and complex than the American version.

Later, they were nominated for two more Grammys for Song of the Year and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, both for " Don't Speak ".

Vocal songs could drag to a near-halt during a particularly sad part, picking up slowly, and eventually bursting into happy song once more.

* 1985, Best Vocal Arrangement for two or more voices, " Another Night In Tunisia " with Cheryl Bentyne

Vocal traditions in Madagascar are most often polyharmonic ; southern vocal styles bear strong resemblance to South African singing ( as exemplified by groups such as Salala or Senge ), whereas Highland harmonies, strongly influenced in the past two hundred years by European church music, are more reminiscent of Hawaiian or other Polynesian vocal traditions.

The Real Vocal Book, Volume I, Second Edition also appeared recently, clearly a ( more legible ) response to the old book of similar title.

The album was certified Gold in Canada in July 2001 after selling over 50, 000 copies and as of April 2009 had sold more than 500, 000 copies worldwide .< ref > Mules Variations won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album at the 42nd Grammy Awards and was nominated for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance.

Vocal arrangements were initially rare in New Age music but as it has evolved vocals have become more common, especially vocals featuring Native American, Sanskrit, or Tibetan influenced chants, or lyrics based on mythology such as Celtic legends or the realm of Faerie.

He has received more than 27 ACM awards for Top Vocal Duo since 1991, except for 2000 when the honor went to Montgomery Gentry and 2009 when the honor went to Sugarland, including three Entertainer of the Year awards and vocal event of the year in 2005, for their hit " Building Bridges " with Vince Gill and Sheryl Crow's background vocals, along with his Single of the Year for his gospel song " Believe ".

He won the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal ( s ) in 1981 for Quincy Jones's album Velas, and again in 1991 for Natalie Cole and Nat King Cole's " Unforgettable ", and one year later once more for Shirley Horn's album Here's to Life.

In 1992, 1993, 1994, and 1997, they also received the Country Music Association's award for Vocal Group of the Year ( an award for which they received fifteen total nominations, more than any other country music group ).

Unlike the classically inspired Album version, these mixes were produced in the more typical 4x4 driven uplifting Trance style, especially the " Instrumental Dub " and " Dub Vocal Mix ".

Tom usually kept his place as Lead Guitar while Theo had more Vocal duties.

It also has improved display graphics, dynamic radar capabilities, and improvements to the forecast-reading feature called Vocal Local ( which uses TWC voiceover artist Allen Jackson's narration on TWC and more simplified female narration on Weatherscan ).

For more information on resonance see Vocal resonation.

Vocal weight can also affect overall vocal agility ; heavier voices often have more difficulty maneuvering through florid coloratura passages than their lighter counterparts, as their weight and power compromises agility.

* The Country Music Association Awards introduced a new award, Vocal Event of the Year, awarding collaborative efforts by two or more artists who normally don't work together.

After being nominated for four Grammys, Best Contemporary R & B Album, and Best Rap / Sung Collaboration at the 2008 Grammy Awards and Best Female R & B Vocal Performance and Best R & B Song at the 2009 Grammy Awards, the album spawned two more # 1 singles, I Remember and Heaven Sent.

In his preface to the printed edition, Dryden explained he had had to adapt the libretto to the changed political circumstances of 1691: " But not to offend the present Times, nor a Government which has hitherto protected me, I have been oblig'd so much to alter the first Design, and take away so many Beauties from the Writing, that it is now no more what it was formerly ..." He also made alterations to suit Purcell's musical needs: " the Numbers of Poetry and Vocal Musick, are sometimes so contrary, that in many places I have been oblig'd to cramp my Verses, and make them rugged to the Reader, that they may be harmonious to the Hearer: Of which I have no Reason to repent me, because these sorts of Entertainments are principally design'd for the Ear and the Eye ; and therefore in Reason my Art on this occasion, ought to be subservient to his.