Background
Wormhoudt, Pearl Shinn was born on October 27, 1915 in Knoxville, Iowa, United States. Daughter of Joda Horace and Marie (vander Beek) Shinn.
(With a Song in My Psyche studies the psychology of singin...)
With a Song in My Psyche studies the psychology of singing and teaching singing. It describes the musical brain, the singer's mind/body interaction, the crucial early musical development, the adolescent singer, gender factors, psychology of performance, and the psychological basis for attaining greater artistry. In these descriptions, a number of psychologically motivated factors are explored that lead either to poor singing or to excellent healthy singing: personality, temperament, managing the singer's life-style, building a character, perfectionism, performance anxiety, motivation, memorizing, breathing, stage movement, body messages, body image, timing, musical and poetic meanings, self-image, confidence, concentration, consistency, creativity.
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Wormhoudt, Pearl Shinn was born on October 27, 1915 in Knoxville, Iowa, United States. Daughter of Joda Horace and Marie (vander Beek) Shinn.
Bachelor, Center College, 1936; studies with Douglas Stanley, New York City, 1937-1944; Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1945; studies with Paola Novikova, New York City, 1965-1967.
Director girls work, Garibaldi Institute, Chicago, 1936-1937; secretary to director weekday religious education, Protestant Council, New York City, 1937-1943; recreational group worker, New York City YWCAs, 1943-1949; associate professor fine arts, William Penn College, Oskaloosa, Iowa., 1958-1981; professor emeritus, William Penn College, Oskaloosa, Iowa., 1981; Adjunct Professor voice, William Penn College, Oskaloosa, Iowa., 1985-1992; private voice teacher, Oskaloosa, since 1992. Conductor master classes in voice various colleges universities, Iowa, Ohio and Minnesota. Lecturer, 1991; curator William Penn College Mid-East Art Gallery, since 1976.
(With a Song in My Psyche studies the psychology of singin...)
Member American Association of University Women (corporation representative 1960-1984), National Association Teachers of Singing (honorary life member, governor Iowa 1986-1988), Society for Research in Psychology of Music, International Congress Voice Teachers (program chairman 1987), Delta Kappa Gamma.
Married Arthur Louis Wormhoudt, November 24, 1948. 1 child, Joda.