MA Student, Jo Sear, Invited To Present At Choice For Voice
Monday 6th April 2020
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We are delighted to announce our MA Voice Pedagogy student, Jo Sear, has been invited to present her paper ‘Facilitating the full voice: Exploring ‘first access’ to the upper vocal registers of untrained male CCM singers ages 16-19′ at the BVA Choice For Voice conference.
Jo Sear
Jo Sear has been a professional Popular Music singer for 27 years and a singing teacher for 17 years...
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