Cheri Montgomery

Cheri Montgomery, voice professor at the Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University, is the author of 12 books on the topics of voice and diction. Her performance credits include the operatic roles of Gilda (Rigoletto) and the Shepherd Boy (Tosca) with the Nashville Opera. She has appeared with the Knoxville and Nashville Symphonies as soprano soloist for Handel’s Messiah.

Articles by Cheri Montgomery

• New phonetic system created for braille readers

  Wednesday, March 25, 2020

  A new phonetic system is available for students who read braille. Designated symbols, mutually accessible by the sighted and the blind, represent the singing sounds of six languages. This new system facilitates the exchange of phonetic material between teachers and students. Educational resources transcribed according to the system help aspiring classical singers with blindness discover accurate pronunciation of art songs and arias.