Now Live: Louisa Morgan on the Be A Singing Teacher (BAST) Podcast!
Thursday 26th June 2025
Voice Study Centre
We're excited to share that our Lecturer and Spoken Voice Lead, Louisa Morgan, has just appeared on the latest episode of the Be a Singing Teacher (BAST) podcast!
BAST’s weekly podcast, Singing Teachers Talk, explores all things vocal teaching, and Louisa’s episode is now live. You can find the episode description and link below if you’d like to check it out.
Ep.216 Dialects and Accents in the Singing Studio: Challenges & Choices with Louisa Morgan
How do actors convincingly switch accents, and what happens when singing enters the mix? Voice teacher, researcher and spoken voice expert Louisa Morgan returns to explore the rich world of accents and dialects—from phonetics and oral posture to emotional authenticity and ethical considerations. Louisa dives into the challenges singers face when shifting from speech to song in character, how to manage biases, and why understanding your own “home” sounds is key.
WHAT’S IN THIS PODCAST
2:35 What actually are accents and dialects?
7:37 What makes an accent easier vs difficult to learn?
15:05 How can we understand accent mapping?
22:51 Speaking Vs Singing in an accent
30:58 What are the challenges of teaching a singer who has a different accent to you?
36:09 What ethical considerations are required?
41:16 Getting to grips with IPA
46:32 Louisa’s favourite resources
48:29 Live accent and dialect coaching
Listen to the episode below:
Louisa Morgan
Louisa Morgan is a lecturer, voice teacher and researcher, with a special focus on spoken and sung emotion. Louisa lectures with Voice Study Centre (spoken voice lead). Previously, Louisa taught technical singing for the MA/MFA Musical Theatre students at the Guilford School of Acting (GSA) and Italia Conti, and she was also a spoken and singing voice coach for the Acting students at the Cygnet Training Theatre.
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