Hey guys, I have a stage 3 skeletal malocclusion. Basically one side of my jaw grew longer and now I have a cross-bite underbite situation. As well as tongue tie. Braces for a year or so then surgery then braces to correct.
I am also a soprano one sophomore in college and while I do not plan on making it my career choice it is extremely important to me to keep singing. I sing academically and for work as a section leader at a church. (Double major BS marketing, BA music business)
My surgery consultation isn’t for 2 months but orthodontist has presumed I will need double jaw surgery and hopefully they can cut my mild tongue tie while I’m under. I know technically he can’t make that call but I just needed his guess.
I was wondering if y’all have any experiences with jaw surgery and singing???
My voice teacher and music professors are only talking about the positive like my resonance getting better and not having popping, grinding jaw pain or tension headaches when singing for a long period of time. But they know music, not the extent of what is going to happen surgically. And I’m also assuming my surgeon doesn’t know much about vocal pedagogy lol.
Like for example
- how intensive was relearning how to sing?
- how different do you sound?
- how many months was it until you could sing?
- any advice? Changes?
Any if it matters I have a choral background but do basically everything in college including classical and am described as a light coloratura.