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MA Student, Jo Sear, Invited To Present At Choice For Voice

Monday 6th April 2020

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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