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
After The Session
After The Session: Thinking Outside the Voice Box: Adolescent Female Voice Change
Voice Study Centre
Thursday 15th October 2026In our recent short course, Thinking Outside the Voice Box: Adolescent Female Voice Change, Dr Bridget Sweet-Manternach explored how voice teachers can better understand and support singers experiencing the changes of adolescence. Adolescence is a period of significant physical, psychological and emotional development. However, voice change is not always straightforward, and the experiences of singers whose voices are often overlooked in traditional discussions of puberty deserve greater attention.
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Student Interviews
Before We Change: Practicing Presence in Vocal Transformation
Voice Study Centre
Wednesday 14th October 2026Just because we can change a singer’s voice doesn’t necessarily mean we should. For Voice Study Centre MA student Chris Harbison Borgelt, meaningful voice teaching begins with a different question: who is the change really for?
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After The Session
After the Session: Musical Theatre Singing Pedagogy with Amanda Flynn
Voice Study Centre
Wednesday 14th October 2026What makes musical theatre singing different from other forms of vocal performance? And how can teachers help singers develop the flexibility, efficiency and stylistic versatility needed for a demanding professional career?
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