Louisa's Top Picks:
This is a Voice: 99 exercises to train, project and harness the power of your voice by Dr Gillyanne Kayes and Jeremy Fisher
Finding Your Voice, a step-by-step guide for actors by Barbara Houseman
Accents and Dialects for Stage & Screen by Paul Meier
Sophie Recommends:
Talk: The Science of Conversation by Elizabeth Stokoe
Finding Our Tongues: Mothers, Infants and the Origins of Language by Dean Falk
The Musician’s Mind: Teaching, Learning and Performance in the Age of Brain Science by Lynn Helding
The Accent Method Second edition: A rational voice therapy in theory and practice by Kirsten Thyme-Frøkjær and Børge Frøkjær-Jensen
Recent Posts
Course Reviews
Sex Hormones & Voice: From Puberty to Gender-Affirming Therapy with Dr Silvia Ciancia
Voice Study Centre
Friday 7th August 2026This week, the Voice Study Centre was delighted to host paediatric endocrinologist and researcher Dr Silvia Ciancia for an illuminating short course presentation entitled "Sex Hormones & Voice: From Puberty to Gender-Affirming Therapy." Welcoming an international audience of speech-language therapists, vocal coaches, singing teachers, and researchers, the session delivered a rich, medical-to-pedagogical bridge explaining how sex hormones act on laryngeal tissues across life stages, with a dedicated focus on adolescent gender-affirming healthcare and its vocal outcomes.
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Student Interviews
How the MA Voice Pedagogy helped Blue Cain build a career as a singing teacher
Voice Study Centre
Wednesday 5th August 2026When Blue Cain joined the MA Voice Pedagogy, they weren't an established singing teacher. In this interview, they share how the programme helped them launch a career in singing teaching, discuss their experience of studying online with ADHD, and reflect on their research into gender-diverse voices.
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Course Reviews
Masterclass Insights: Applying the Meisner Technique to Singing with Jillian Paige
Voice Study Centre
Tuesday 4th August 2026Yesterday, the Voice Study Centre welcomed back Jillian Paige, founder of Meisner in Music, for an interactive workshop exploring how Sanford Meisner’s renowned acting methodology can be transformed into a practical framework for vocalists. While traditional acting approaches often prioritize internal character analysis or objective-driven choices, the Meisner Technique operates on a foundational principle: to sing freely and express fully, your focus must be directed outward. So what did we learn?
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