Nora Whittaker Jones CCC-SLP is a speech pathologist, singing teacher and musician whose performance experience includes opening for Bruce Springsteen, playing at the All-Good Music Festival and at WXPN’s Xpontential Music Festival. Her vocals have been featured on Philadelphia-area hip-hop albums and a Coke Zero commercial with G-Love and Special Sauce. She also performed in and wrote for the Philadelphia-based hip hop/singer-songwriter hybrid group, “The Hustle”. Nora has performed her original songs at such esteemed venues as the World Café Live (Philadelphia, PA), The Tin Angel (Philadelphia, PA), The Bitter End (NYC), Club Passim (Cambridge, MA) and various venues in California. She studied classical and musical theater repertoire with soprano Heidi Hayes for over 10 years.  Alongside performing as a professional singer/keyboardist, Nora has taught singing lessons for over 15 years. She received a Masters from Temple University in Speech Language Pathology with the intent to gain more knowledge about the science of the singing voice. Since then, she has co-taught a course in Voice Disorders in Professional Voice Users at Temple University and taught the Voice and Airway Disorders class at Salus University. She currently works as a speech pathologist in an outpatient facility as well as through her private practice.

Licensures: Pennsylvania, Colorado

Certifications and Specialized training:

  • LSVT

  • SpeakOut

  • MDTP (McNeil Dysphagia Therapy Protocol)

  • FEES (Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing)

  • Management of Head and Neck Lymphedema (The Norton School)

  • Myofascial Release for voice and swallowing (Walt Fritz)

  • Vocal Styles: Musical Theater, Opera, Contemporary Commercial Music (R&B, pop, rock, gospel, etc.)