MA Student Invited To Present Practical Session At Eurovox 2020
Friday 13th December 2019
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We are thrilled to announce another of our MA students, Amelia Carr, has been invited to present at Eurovox 2020.
Amelia will be presenting a 45 minute practical session involving her fantastic vocal pedagogy research on ‘Acting through song in a musical theatre context’.
To find out more please check out the Eurovox website where all of the paper abstracts will be added in due course.
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