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MA Student Invited To Present At 2020 Voice Foundation Symposium

Thursday 5th March 2020

We are delighted to announce that our MA Voice Pedagogy student, Teresa Shaw, will be presenting in May at the 2020 Voice Foundation Symposium: Care of the Professional Voice in Philadelphia.

Teresa will be presenting her vocal pedagogy research ‘ Piloting a New Model for Treating Music Performance Anxiety: Training a Singing Professor to Use Acceptance and Commitment Coaching with a Student’.

Teresa Shaw

Teresa has focused on the voice throughout her career. She completed her undergraduate degree in music at Manchester University, her Advanced Diploma in vocal...


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