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Alumni Suzanne Chadwick To Present At Sage Gateshead Conference

Monday 21st February 2022

Voice Study Centre alumni, Suzanne Chadwick, will be presenting at Sage Gateshead‘s Mini-Conference: Inclusive Approaches to Understanding Voice Change in Young Singers, which takes place on 4th March 2022.
Suzanne’s presentation ‘will explore the physicality of young singer’s voices, sharing practical strategies which will develop delegates’ understanding of working with singers assigned male at birth’.
We would like to wish Suzanne a big congratulations from all at VSC! 😁

Suzanne Chadwick

MA Voice Pedagogy Alumni, Suzanne Chadwick had has a successful teaching career for over 20 years. She teaches Opera, Jazz, Gospel, Folk, Rock, Musical Theatre...


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