Online Courses & Events

Respiratory Aging and Its Effects on the Voice: Mechanisms and Training Approaches
Tuesday 17th December 2024
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
(London Time)

Respiratory Aging and Its Effects on the Voice: Mechanisms and Training Approaches

Maude Desjardins

By the end of this course, you will have a deeper understanding of the intricate interactions between the respiratory system and the larynx, and how these interactions can be enhanced to help mitigate some of the effects of aging on the voice.

A Comprehensive Performing Arts Health Curriculum: Moving Beyond ‘Drink More Water’
Thursday 19th December 2024
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
(London Time)

A Comprehensive Performing Arts Health Curriculum: Moving Beyond ‘Drink More Water’

Kourtney Austin

Whole-person wellness is an essential element in the lives of all performing artists, and this course presentation will encompass each of the four core areas of performing arts health (neuromusculoskeletal, hearing, mental and voice health).

Acceptance and Commitment Training (ACT) for Music Performance Anxiety (MPA) (3-week course)
Monday 6th January 2025
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Monday 13th January 2025
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Monday 20th January 2025
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
(London Time)

Acceptance and Commitment Training (ACT) for Music Performance Anxiety (MPA) (3-week course)

Dr David Juncos

In this updated three-part course, you will learn how to detect symptoms of music performance anxiety (MPA) among your students/clients and whether those symptoms are problematic or not. You will also learn about Acceptance and Commitment Training (ACT), an evidence-based psychotherapy and coaching model that aims to promote mindfulness and acceptance of one’s MPA symptoms, while also enhancing performance skills by increasing actions consistent with a musician’s values.

Hormones and female voices: an overview across life span
Tuesday 7th January 2025
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
(London Time)

Hormones and female voices: an overview across life span

Filipa M.B. Lã

This seminar provides an overview of how sex steroid hormones affect the morphology and function of the female voice across life span. Special emphasis will be given to menopause and aging and how associated changes may affect respiratory, phonatory and resonatory subsystems of the vocal apparatus and, consequently, voice quality and speech.

The Acting Through Song Toolkit: a 3-part course
Wednesday 8th January 2025
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Wednesday 15th January 2025
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Wednesday 22nd January 2025
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
(London Time)

The Acting Through Song Toolkit: a 3-part course

Louisa Morgan

Do you work with students who struggle to connect their acting skills with their singing skills? Are your students currently auditioning for professional work, drama schools or entering competitions? Perhaps you are a singing teacher needing to work on performance, but you don’t have a background in acting.

Crosstraining for vocal health
Thursday 9th January 2025
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
(London Time)

Crosstraining for vocal health

Eleanor Forbes

The current buzzword in vocal pedagogy is crosstraining. Nowadays singers are expected to sing in more than just one style for the whole of their careers, and long-term one-sided use of the muscles involved in singing can be detrimental to the health and functionality of the vocal organism. Crosstraining addresses both these concerns.

The Ever-Evolving and Developing Singer’s Voice Across the Lifespan
Tuesday 14th January 2025
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
(London Time)

The Ever-Evolving and Developing Singer’s Voice Across the Lifespan

Karen Brunssen

This course will span the entirety of singing lives from birth through old age. A deeper understanding of chronological development over the span of a lifetime offers an informed perspective for optimal, strategic, and realistic expectations for vocal production at each and every age.

Thinking Outside the Voice Box: Adolescent Female Voice Change
Wednesday 15th January 2025
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
(London Time)

Thinking Outside the Voice Box: Adolescent Female Voice Change

Dr Bridget Sweet

The purpose of this course is to bring attention to the adolescent [assigned at birth] female changing voice and to encourage new and holistic ways of thinking about female voices.

Thirty Years of Interviews with Adolescent Boys: Why They Sing & Why They Don't
Thursday 16th January 2025
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
(London Time)

Thirty Years of Interviews with Adolescent Boys: Why They Sing & Why They Don't

Patrick K. Freer

Within this session, Dr Freer will cover the pubertal changes of the male voice before moving on to examining new research that will ground a discussion of what teachers can do to...

Navigating Vocal Aging for Singers
Monday 20th January 2025
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
(London Time)

Navigating Vocal Aging for Singers

Karen Brunssen

As singers approach their senior years, they can benefit greatly from a voice teacher who understands the normal changes involved as they navigate vocal aging. This course will focus on the realities of aging voices for senior singers and what can be done to address vocal production and peripheral issues that can affect the activity of singing.

Introduction to gender-affirming voice coaching
Tuesday 21st January 2025
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
(London Time)

Introduction to gender-affirming voice coaching

Gillie Stoneham

This introductory short course is aimed at those who work in voice coaching and/or therapy who wish to develop some basic knowledge and skills in working with trans and gender-diverse people to support voice and communication exploration.

From Broadway to the West End: Teaching Musical Theatre in a Modern Era
Tuesday 21st January 2025
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
(London Time)

From Broadway to the West End: Teaching Musical Theatre in a Modern Era

Melanie Tapson

In this engaging two-hour workshop, Melanie Tapson—a professional performer, interdisciplinary voice specialist and clinical voice therapist— focuses on equipping voice educators with practical tools to help their students thrive at every stage of their career, all the way to Broadway, the West End, and beyond.

Practical Magic*: The Art & Science of Balancing Voices with SOVTs and VFEs
Wednesday 22nd January 2025
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
(London Time)

Practical Magic*: The Art & Science of Balancing Voices with SOVTs and VFEs

Melanie Tapson

Through live demonstrations, group practice, and peer coaching, you’ll learn how to teach SOVTs and VFEs with clarity and precision, integrate their principles to support vocal health, recovery, and stylistic flexibility and troubleshoot challenges and adapt exercises for individualized results.

How can parental attachment relate to the voice?
Thursday 23rd January 2025
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
(London Time)

How can parental attachment relate to the voice?

Dr Elisa Monti

How can attachment patterns established in early childhood relate to voice? Attachment can have a potentially profound impact on voice and voice work from a variety of perspectives, from physiological to interpersonal.

Congruent Ideologies of the Bel Canto Pedagogues
Friday 24th January 2025
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
(London Time)

Congruent Ideologies of the Bel Canto Pedagogues

Dr John Seesholtz

This presentation and discussion highlights the qualities held in common between the major pedagogues of the era, including elements of alignment, inspiration, vowel purity, legato, and pedagogic progression from exercises to repertoire.

Classical Vocal Pedagogy a Model Based Approach
Friday 24th January 2025
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
(London Time)

Classical Vocal Pedagogy a Model Based Approach

Dr Ron Morris

In this short course we will look a the differences between a model and a method as an appropriate basis for teaching classical voice.

Pop Pedagogy
Monday 27th January 2025
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
(London Time)

Pop Pedagogy

Kim Chandler

As the ‘newest’ of the singing styles to be taught in music institutions and private studios, the pedagogy for teaching popular singing is still in its early stages relative to other styles of singing, particularly classical singing. However, pop pedagogy has been developing steadily since the year 2000 when the author was part of the team that developed and delivered one of the very first degrees in Popular Music in the UK.

Vowel Modification and Authenticity in Classical Singing
Tuesday 28th January 2025
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
(London Time)

Vowel Modification and Authenticity in Classical Singing

Dr John Seesholtz

This presentation and discussion is an introduction to Sound Spectrum, Amplitude, Formants, Overtones, the Overtone Series, Vowel Formants, and how they work together (Formant Tuning) to create acoustic boosts in classical singers.

 Jazz Pedagogy - An overview of the main elements of teaching jazz voice
Tuesday 28th January 2025
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
(London Time)

Jazz Pedagogy - An overview of the main elements of teaching jazz voice

Claire Martin OBE

In this short course, jazz vocalist Claire Martin OBE will talk about, and demonstrate, how to approach the main elements needed to teach jazz voice.

Tips for Effective Practice
Wednesday 29th January 2025
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
(London Time)

Tips for Effective Practice

Nancy Summitt

As a vocalist dedicated to your craft, you spend valuable time practicing to improve. You want to use your practice time wisely, and this session can help you accomplish your goals! Nancy will describe the current state of research regarding practice strategies and provide practical applications for vocalists.

Science vs Artistry: Key Issues in the Imagery Debate
Thursday 30th January 2025
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
(London Time)

Science vs Artistry: Key Issues in the Imagery Debate

Jenna Brown

This practical and interactive course will introduce attendees to key issues surrounding imagery-use in singing pedagogy.

Working with Neurodiversity: The Voice in Neurodiversity-Affirmative Music Therapy and other Music-based Work
Friday 31st January 2025
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
(London Time)

Working with Neurodiversity: The Voice in Neurodiversity-Affirmative Music Therapy and other Music-based Work

Hilary Davies

This lecture, delivered from a lived experience perspective, will begin with an explanation of the key concepts around neurodiversity, the neurodiversity paradigm, and some prominent neurodiversity-informed theories, including a brief exploration of autistic communication and culture.

Empowering Teachers to Manage Music Performance Anxiety within Teaching Studios: From Understanding to Strategy Development
Tuesday 11th February 2025
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
(London Time)

Empowering Teachers to Manage Music Performance Anxiety within Teaching Studios: From Understanding to Strategy Development

Isabella Mazzarolo

Music performance anxiety is a significant challenge faced by musicians of all ages and skill levels. This interactive course provides music practitioners with an understanding of performance anxiety, while also offering practical strategies to help musicians manage it.

The Acoustics of Choir Singing
Thursday 13th February 2025
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
(London Time)

The Acoustics of Choir Singing

Sten Ternström

When many people are singing together in a room, a number of phenomena present themselves that beg for a scientific inquiry. What can knowledge of acoustics do to help the singer and the conductor?

Exploring risk factors for vocal problems in voice performers
Tuesday 18th February 2025
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
(London Time)

Exploring risk factors for vocal problems in voice performers

Lucie Rayner

Professional voice performers face significant physical, psychological, and vocal demands. It is not surprising that the prevalence of voice problems in this group is high compared to the general population. Therefore, identifying potential risk factors for the development of vocal problems will be useful for performers, clinicians and other stakeholders to help prevent injury and maintain vocal health.

The Use of Music in the Speech Recovery and Confidence Rebuilding After Laryngectomy
Thursday 20th February 2025
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
(London Time)

The Use of Music in the Speech Recovery and Confidence Rebuilding After Laryngectomy

Dr Thomas Moors

Laryngectomy is the surgical removal of the voice box, a life changing operation mostly indicated by throat cancer. The post-operative anatomical changes affect voice, swallow, smell and taste. As a result up to 30% of the affected population suffer from anxiety, depression and/or social isolation.

Options with laryngeal manipulation: Widening the aperture
Thursday 27th February 2025
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
(London Time)

Options with laryngeal manipulation: Widening the aperture

Walt Fritz

This workshop will provide an overview of the available styles of laryngeal manual therapies, both clinician-applied and self-applied, and offer the voice clinician an understanding of the relative equality of evidence supporting each model.

Laban-Malmgren technique as a singing pedagogical tool
Tuesday 25th March 2025
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
(London Time)

Laban-Malmgren technique as a singing pedagogical tool

Dr. Bo Rosenkull

The Laban Malmgren Technique (LMT) is a method used to train actors. The ideas on which the technique is based are a coalescence of ideas derived from the works of Rudolf Laban, William Carpenter, Yat Malmgren, Konstantin Stanislavski and Carl Jung.

Certificate In Applied Neuroscience And Voice with Voice Scientist Heidi Moss
Tuesday 22nd April 2025
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday 23rd April 2025
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Thursday 24th April 2025
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Friday 25th April 2025
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Monday 28th April 2025
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday 29th April 2025
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
(London Time)

Certificate In Applied Neuroscience And Voice with Voice Scientist Heidi Moss

This six-day course is designed to provide an introduction to the neuroscience of vocalization. It aims to provide a foundation for those who are looking to fuse science with art and understand that the voice is so much more than an instrument.

A Critical Overview of Perceptual Motor Learning: Coaching Implications
Wednesday 23rd April 2025
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
(London Time)

A Critical Overview of Perceptual Motor Learning: Coaching Implications

Michele Capalbo

Perceptual motor learning (PML) theory is characterised by the convergence of perception and action. PML focuses on how we teach, not what we teach, in order to optimise learning and ultimately, performance.

Singing and the Brain: A Harmonious Connection
Thursday 24th April 2025
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Friday 25th April 2025
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
(London Time)

Singing and the Brain: A Harmonious Connection

Dr Patricia Izbicki

Unlock the transformative power of music with our two-part lecture series that delves deep into the fascinating intersection of neuroscience, music education, and music therapy.

Mental Health and Musicians Certificate with Dr George Musgrave
Monday 28th April 2025
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Tuesday 29th April 2025
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Wednesday 30th April 2025
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Thursday 1st May 2025
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
(London Time)

Mental Health and Musicians Certificate with Dr George Musgrave

Join Dr George Musgrave – co-author of Can Music Make You Sick? Measuring the Price of Musical Ambition (2020), an Amazon Number 1 Bestseller in the Sociology of Work – for a deep dive into the social and psychological experiences of musical career creation and development, as well as the effects of the music industry and its practices on mental health.

The Neuroscience of Speech and Song
Thursday 1st May 2025
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
(London Time)

The Neuroscience of Speech and Song

Dr Michel Belyk

The Neuroscience of Speech and Song offers an engaging and accessible introduction to the fascinating interface between the brain and some of the things that we use it for. This course is designed to unravel the complex processes underlying how we speak and sing, using simple and accessible language.

Trauma-Informed Voice Professional Certificate with Dr Elisa Monti
Thursday 1st May 2025
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Thursday 8th May 2025
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Thursday 15th May 2025
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Thursday 22nd May 2025
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Thursday 29th May 2025
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
(London Time)

Trauma-Informed Voice Professional Certificate with Dr Elisa Monti

Dr Elisa Monti

This five-part certificate course is designed to help participants learn the theory and practice of trauma-informed approaches. The concepts and activities included are tailored to meet the needs of voice specialists who want to acquire more specific tools to navigate the space with their students and colleagues.

Mindfulness and Voice: Exploring the Intersection through Peer-Reviewed Literature
Tuesday 6th May 2025
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
(London Time)

Mindfulness and Voice: Exploring the Intersection through Peer-Reviewed Literature

Catherine Brown

There is a natural synergy between mindfulness and voice work. Both require and cultivate sustained attention, self-knowledge, somatic (bodily) awareness, and breath work.

Alexander Technique Overview: Foundational Principles, Current Research, and Significance in Voice Training
Wednesday 7th May 2025
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
(London Time)

Alexander Technique Overview: Foundational Principles, Current Research, and Significance in Voice Training

Michele Capalbo

At the conclusion of the course, participants will have a preliminary understanding of the Alexander Technique’s precepts, and how the Technique may benefit those who wish to improve their singing or speaking.

Demystifying Research: Evaluating the Efficacy of the Feldenkrais Method®
Thursday 8th May 2025
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
(London Time)

Demystifying Research: Evaluating the Efficacy of the Feldenkrais Method®

Marina Gilman

This course will explore some of the central principles of the Feldenkrais Method in terms of the science of the mid-20th century when they were developed as well as their validation based on contemporary advances in our understanding of neuroscience.

Navigating Vocal Health: Understanding Voice Disorders and Rehabilitation for Singers
Thursday 22nd May 2025
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Friday 23rd May 2025
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
(London Time)

Navigating Vocal Health: Understanding Voice Disorders and Rehabilitation for Singers

Dr Kari Ragan

Every voice teacher and singer can benefit from a deeper understanding of vocal pathologies and how to navigate them. From recognizing the signs of voice disorders to working with a voice care team, gaining knowledge in these areas is crucial for supporting a singer’s vocal health and longevity.

Congruent Ideologies of the Bel Canto Pedagogues
Wednesday 15th October 2025
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
(London Time)

Congruent Ideologies of the Bel Canto Pedagogues

Dr John Seesholtz

This presentation and discussion highlights the qualities held in common between the major pedagogues of the era, including elements of alignment, inspiration, vowel purity, legato, and pedagogic progression from exercises to repertoire.

Vowel Modification and Authenticity in Classical Singing
Thursday 23rd October 2025
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
(London Time)

Vowel Modification and Authenticity in Classical Singing

Dr John Seesholtz

This presentation and discussion is an introduction to Sound Spectrum, Amplitude, Formants, Overtones, the Overtone Series, Vowel Formants, and how they work together (Formant Tuning) to create acoustic boosts in classical singers.