Emotion Performance Pedagogy: Developing A Practical Pathway Of Emotion Access And Regulation For Performers
Thursday 31st March 2022, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM (London Time)
Articulating the need for practical emotion education for performers: using consent-based, trauma-informed, culturally competent pedagogy to develop sustainable rehearsal and performance practices
Defining emotion: theories of emotion, delineating affect, emotion categories, and emotion concepts
Making emotion training accessible: perception and neurodiversity
Teaching emotional access and regulation through somatic attention: exteroception, proprioception, and interoception
Current methods and techniques for the emotional education of performers: assessing the pros and cons of each method and technique
Practical exploration: A suggested work-flow for emotion performance pedagogy.
Matthew Ellenwood
Matthew Ellenwood holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Illinois Wesleyan University and a Masters of Music degree in vocal performance and pedagogy...
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Tuesday 17th February 2026
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Simultaneous Singing and Dancing in Musical Theatre: A Cross-Disciplinary Evidence Review
Debbie Winter
Dr Claire Thomas
This short course invites participants to critically examine the latest cross-disciplinary evidence on the physical and vocal demands of musical theatre performance. Drawing on a comprehensive literature review conducted by Debbie Winter and Claire Thomas (Voice Study Centre, University of Essex), the course explores research from voice science, dance medicine, sports science, and performance pedagogy.
Thursday 19th February 2026
8:30 AM - 10:30 AM
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It’s not a virus! Reconceptualizing and De-pathologizing Music Performance Anxiety
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Performance Anxiety is one of the most widespread and debilitating challenges facing musicians across all ages, nationalities and musical genres. Despite decades of research and the development of numerous interventions, we do not yet have an established way of supporting performers experiencing performance anxiety. Aimed at performers, teachers, researchers and students, this presentation will first summarise the current state of play in performance anxiety research, before exploring alternative ways to think about performance anxiety, drawing on new research outside of performance psychology...
Thursday 19th February 2026
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Thursday 26th February 2026
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
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Performing Pain: Vocal Health in Emotional Roles!
Louisa Morgan
How connected are acted emotions to our real-life emotions? Are they expressed differently? Do they feel different in the body? This 2-part course with Louisa Morgan looks at the potential impact of acted emotion on vocal health, why we should consider it as voice practitioners, and how to care for our performers needing to work with it.