Securing Belt, Mix, and Legit for Musical Theatre
Thursday 10th July 2025, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM (London Time)
Today, musical theatre singers are required to perform in a variety of vocal styles, ranging from legit to rock and pop. This demands a deep understanding of the systematic adjustments necessary to master these styles while maintaining a balanced and sustainable vocal technique.
This course explores the various systematic negotiations and approaches necessary for legit, mixed, and belt voice qualities for authentic performance. Participants will learn how to develop vocal exercises for voice habilitation, as well as targeted aesthetic exercises. We will discuss cues for registration awareness and development, necessary vowel modifications, the impact of emotional stimuli, effective breathing strategies, and simple speech organization of the voice that allow your students to navigate the many styles of musical theatre singing!
Kevin Wilson
Kevin Wilson joined the Wanda Bass School of Music in the Fall of 2024. A native of Oklahoma, he comes to Oklahoma City University after spending 16 years as a Professor of Voice and Director of Vocal Pedagogy at the Boston Conservatory. While at the conservatory, he established the Master of Music degree in Vocal Pedagogy, the Master of Fine Arts degree in Musical Theatre Vocal Pedagogy, and the annual Vocal Pedagogy Professional Workshop. At OCU, he teaches Advanced Vocal Pedagogy and is the Director of the annual Vocal Pedagogy and Vocology Intensive. In 2024, he received the Excellence in Teaching Award from OCU.
Attend this course for as little as £22 as part of the Voice Professional Training CPD Award Scheme.
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Certificate in Executive Voice Coaching and Communication
Louisa Morgan
This five-day course is designed for professional coaches who want to extend their practice into executive coaching, leadership communication, and professional corporate voice work.
Friday 2nd October 2026
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
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Muscle Tension Dysphonia in the Singing Voice!
Dr Claire Thomas
Join Dr Claire Thomas for a practical 2-hour workshop for singing teachers and voice practitioners! Building upon the previous course to create a practical teacher pathway in order to recognise what is happening, reduce unnecessary effort, transfer coordination into singing, manage load and recovery and know when to refer back. Not one size fits all, but a guide to making informed choices with voice users. Based on a five-year investigative project, the course equips singing teachers with the knowledge and practical tools needed to confidently understand MTD, and support singers experiencing MTD beyond their initial therapeutic input.
Tuesday 6th October 2026
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
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Inspired Not Bound: The Promise of Science-Informed Voice Pedagogy
Lynn Helding
Lynn Helding defines Science-Informed Voice Pedagogy in her upcoming book Practicing Science-Informed Voice Training as, “A type of hybrid singing voice pedagogy that unites science and art by researching current voice science, translating it, combining it with extant historic voice knowledge, and transmitting it to singers.” Join Lynn Helding as she seeks to understand human behaviour of both sides of the “Science versus Art” debate via research from the fields of cognitive science and behavioural science, focussing particularly on lessons learned due to several societal shifts.