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Cross Training Musical Theatre Singers

Thursday 14th October 2021, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM (London Time)

The vocal skill required for a successful career in musical theatre today is worlds removed from what was expected 30 years ago.

To be competitive and stay competitive, singers must have resilient flexible voices and the stamina to survive eight shows a week.

Cross-training voices in classical and vernacular techniques ensures a balanced instrument, adaptable to a multitude of styles.

This workshop will focus on playful ways to produce a wide range of vocal sounds, tracking speaking and singing as a single integrated arc.

Mary Saunders Barton

Mary Saunders Barton is a Penn State Professor Emeritus, currently residing in New York where she maintains a private professional voice studio. She is an adjunct...

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Why Bother with Acoustic Vocal Pedagogy?
Thursday 16th October 2025
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
(London Time)

Why Bother with Acoustic Vocal Pedagogy?

Ken Bozeman

Most of the acoustic energy activated by singing stays within the vocal tract—only a small percentage is radiated for the outside world to hear. This internal reverberating energy is powerful...

Introduction to gender-affirming voice coaching
Friday 17th October 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.

Embodied voice research: negotiating the ‘inner’ and outer’
Friday 17th October 2025
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
(London Time)

Embodied voice research: negotiating the ‘inner’ and outer’

Marth Munro

The central thrust of the session will be around the employment of Donald Schön’s concept of ‘reflection-in-action’ and ‘reflection-on-action’ to contextualise the potential interface between the inner and the outer in embodied voice research.