A leading scholar and researcher of the singing voice, baritone David Meyer is an active performer, teacher, clinician, and voice scientist. He serves as Assistant Professor of Voice and Voice Science University of Iowa School of Music, and adjunct research faculty of the Janette Ogg Voice Research Center at Shenandoah University. He is also a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Voice Foundation and is Co-chairman of the Voice Science Advisory Committee of the National Association of Teachers of Singing. In 2010 he received the Van L. Lawrence Fellowship, a prestigious national award in recognition of his contributions to the field of teaching singing and the use of voice science. Dr. Meyer’s students have won numerous awards and have sung in major venues worldwide.

2025    Grayson J Bienhold, David P Meyer, Owen P Wischhoff, Taylor J Chumbley, Elle O Heimer, Elise A Moreira, and Jack Jiang. “Acoustic analysis of blues, country, folk, Italian opera, and rock singing.” Journal of Voice, (accepted for publication May 15, 2025): JVOICE-D-25-00193R1. DOI COMING.

2025    David Meyer and Christian Herbst. “Practical Voice Science: Emma Seiler – An Old and New Look at Soprano Formant Tuning.” Journal of Singing 81, no. 6 (September/October 2025): DOI COMING

2025    Subin Erattakulangara, Karthika Kelat, Katie Burnham, Rachel Balbi, Sarah Gerard, David Meyer, and Sajan Goud Lingala. “Open-Source Manually Annotated Vocal Tract Database for Automatic Segmentation from 3D MRI Using Deep Learning: Benchmarking 2D and 3D Convolutional and Transformer Networks.” Journal of Voice, (accepted for publication February 19, 2025): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvoice.2025.02.026

2025    Christian Herbst and David Meyer. “Practical Voice Science: Helmholtz: The Beginning of Modern Voice Acoustics.” Journal of Singing 81, no. 5 (May/June 2025): https://doi.org/10.53830/sing.00133

2025   Christian Herbst and David Meyer. “Kritische Einschätzung gesangspädagogischer Literatur” Vox Humana 21, no. 1 (February, 2025): 12-15: https://tinyurl.com/VoxHumanaHerbstMeyer2025

2025    David Meyer. “Practical Voice Science: Ethical Safeguards in Voice Science: Are They Needed?” Journal of Singing 81, no. 4 (March/April 2025): https://doi.org/10.53830/sing.00115

2024   Christian Herbst and David Meyer. “Pädagogische Interventionen in der Stimmbildung.” Vox Humana 20, no. 2 (June 2024): 12-14. https://tinyurl.com/VoxHumanaHerbstMeyer

2024    Christian Herbst and David Meyer. “Practical Voice Science: Critical Appraisal of Science-Informed Voice Pedagogy Publications.” Journal of Singing 80, no. 5 (May/June 2024), https://doi.org/10.53830/sing.00044.

2024    David Meyer and John Goss. “Practical Voice Science: Fatal Flaws in Voice Research and How to Avoid Them, Part Two: Qualitative Studies.” Journal of Singing 80, no. 4 (March/April 2024), https://doi.org/10.53830/sing.00026.

2024    Rushdi Zahid Rusho, Abdul Haseeb Ahmed, Stanley Kruger, Wahidul Alam, David Meyer, David Howard, Brad Story, Mathews Jacob, Sajan Goud Lingala. “Prospectively Accelerated Dynamic Speech MRI at 3 Tesla Using a Self-Navigated Spiral Based Manifold Regularized Scheme.” NMR in Biomedicine, https://doi.org/10.1002/nbm.5135

2023    David Meyer and Ron Scherer. “Practical Voice Science: Reading and Evaluating Scientific Papers.” Journal of Singing 80, no. 2 (November/December 2023): 173-182. https://doi.org/10.53830/DXEV2589.

2023    David Meyer and John Nix. “What Science Is and What It Is Not.” Journal of Singing 80, no. 1 (September/October 2023): 57-61. https://doi.org/10.53830/ABWU1976.

2023    Subin Erattakulangara, Karthika Kelat, David Meyer, Sarv Priya, and Sajan Goud Lingala. “Automatic Multiple Articulator Segmentation in Dynamic Speech MRI Using a Protocol Adaptive Stacked Transfer Learning U-NET Model.” Bioengineering 10, no. 5 (May 2023): 623. https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering10050623.

2023    Wahidul Alam, Scott Reineke, Madavan Raja Viswanath, Rushdi Zahid Rusho, Douglas Van Daele, David Meyer, Junjie Liu, and Sajan Goud Lingala. “A Flexible 16-Channel Custom Coil Array for Accelerated Imaging of Upper and Infraglottic Airway at 3 T.” Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 89, no. 5 (May 2023): 2117–30. https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.29559.

2023    Christian T. Herbst, Brad H. Story, and David Meyer. “Acoustical Theory of Vowel Modification Strategies in Belting.” Journal of Voice (In-press corrected proof): published online April 18, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvoice.2023.01.004.

2023    Sophia Dove, Leryn Turlington, Kate Elmendorf, Kurayi Mahachi, Christine Petersen, and David Meyer. “Authors’ Response to Correspondence to ‘Singing Voice Symptomatology Following Presumed SARS-CoV-2 Infection.’” Journal of Voice (In-press corrected proof): published online February 5, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvoice.2023.01.024.

2023    Matt Edwards, Jackie Zito-Edwards, and David Meyer. “The Emerging Future of Collegiate Voice Instruction: Updated SWOT Analysis of Current Practice and Implications for the Next Generation.” Journal of Singing 77, no. 3 (January/February 2023): 331–38. https://doi.org/10.53830/BOAJ2091.

2022    Sophia Dove, Leryn Turlington, Kate Elmendorf, Kurayi Mahachi, Christine Petersen, and David Meyer. “Singing Voice Symptomatology Following Presumed SARS-CoV-2 Infection.” Journal of Voice (In-press corrected proof): published online November 16, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvoice.2022.11.012.

2022    David Meyer, Rushdi Zahid Rusho, Wahidul Alam, Gary E. Christensen, David M. Howard, Jarron Atha, Eric A. Hoffman, Brad Story, Ingo R. Titze, and Sajan Goud Lingala. “High-Resolution Three-Dimensional Hybrid MRI + Low Dose CT Vocal Tract Modeling: A Cadaveric Pilot Study.” Journal of Voice (In-press corrected proof): published online October 28, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvoice.2022.09.013.

2022    Leon Neto and David Meyer. “Understanding the Vocal Skill Set for Contemporary Christian Singers: Insights from Elite Singers.” Australian Voice 23 (2022): 21–28. https://doi.org/10.56307/FNXD5489.

2021    David Meyer, John Nix, Lynn Helding, Allen Henderson, Tom Carroll, Jeremy Faust, and Christine Petersen. “Reentry Following COVID-19: Concerns for Singers.” Journal of Singing 78, no. 2 (November/December 2021): 211–32. https://doi.org/10.53830/VAPD6085.

2021    Matthew Naunheim, Jonathan Bock, Philip Doucette, Matthew Hoch, Ian Howell, Michael Johns, Aaron Johnson, Priya Krishna, David Meyer, Claudio Milstein, John Nix, Michael Pitman, Trineice Robinson-Martin, Adam Rubin, Robert Sataloff, Herbert Steven Sims, Ingo Titze, and Thomas Carroll. “Safer Singing During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: What We Know and What We Don’t.” Journal of Voice 35, no. 5 (September 2021):765–71. Awarded the Journal of Voice’s “Best Clinical Medicine Paper of 2021.” https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvoice.2020.06.028

2021    David Meyer, John Nix, and David Okerlund. “Practical Science in the Studio, Part 3: ‘High-Tech’ Strategies.” Journal of Singing 77, no. 5 (May/June 2021): 633–43. Link to PDF article.

2021    Laura Crocco and David Meyer. “Motor Learning and Teaching Singing: An Overview.” Journal of Singing 77, no. 5 (May/June 2021): 693–702. Link to PDF article.

2021    John Nix, David Meyer, Ron Scherer, and Deirdre Michael. “Practical Science in the Studio, Part 2: ‘Low-Tech’ Strategies.” Journal of Singing 77, no. 4 (March/April 2021): 509–13. Link to PDF Article.  

2021    David Meyer and Lynn Helding. “Practical Science in the Studio: ‘No-Tech’ Strategies.” Journal of Singing 77, no. 3 (January/February 2021): 359–67. Link to PDF Article.  

2020    Richard Lewellen, David Meyer, and Eva Van Leer. “The Effects on Acoustic Voice Measures and the Perceived Benefits of a Group Singing Therapy for Adults with Parkinson’s Disease.” Australian Voice Journal 21 (2020): 38–46. Link to PDF Article.

2020    Lynn Helding, Thomas L. Carroll, John Nix, Michael M. Johns, Wendy D. LeBorgne, and David Meyer. “COVID-19 After Effects: Concerns for Singers.” Journal of Voice 36, no. 4 (August 2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvoice.2020.07.032.

2019    David Meyer and Laura Crocco. “What the Studio Voice Teacher Needs to Know About Motor Learning.” The Voice Foundation Voice 24, no. 1 (June 2019): 5–9. (Not peer-reviewed.) Link to PDF Issue.

2018    Brenda Smith and David Meyer (collection editors). “Source Readings in Singing Voice Pedagogy.” Journal of Voice (Not peer-reviewed.)  https://www.jvoice.org/content/ymvj-singing-voice-pedagogy.

2017    Leon Neto and David Meyer. “A Joyful Noise: The Vocal Health of Worship Leaders and Contemporary Christian Singers.” Journal of Voice 31, no. 2 (March 2017): 250.e17–e21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvoice.2016.07.012.

2014    David Meyer and Matthew Edwards. “The Future of Collegiate Voice Pedagogy: SWOT Analysis of Current Practice and Implications for the Next Generation.” Journal of Singing 70, no. 4 (March 2014): 437–44. https://www.proquest.com/openview/e444fe4ede8f840d800272c802e5f727/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=971

2014    Kathryn Green, Warren Freeman, Matthew Edwards, and David Meyer. “Trends in Musical Theatre Voice: An Analysis of Audition Requirements for Singers.” Journal of Voice 28, no. 3 (May 2014): 324–27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvoice.2013.10.007.