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Teaching Belt Vocals Effectively and Safely

Thursday 4th May 2023, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM (London Time)

Discover how to guide your students into intense belt vocals effectively and safely!

In this online short course, you will gain the essential knowledge to successfully teach belt singing, including:

  • Understand how belt singing really works
  • The acoustics that are key to intense singing
  • Identifying the critical concept behind belt success and failure
  • How to get your students belting quickly
  • Applying your new knowledge in lessons
🏷️ Price £30
🎥 Recording automatically sent to all who book (even if you cannot attend live)
▶️ Rewatch as many times as you like
📜 Certificate of attendance available

John Henny

John has been a leading voice teacher for over 25 years. He has taught thousands of singers, including Grammy winners and top background and session singers. John's students have appeared on Broadway and in major touring companies.

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Attend this course for as little as £22 as part of the Voice Professional Training CPD Award Scheme.

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Seeing Sound: An Acoustic Approach to Voice for Actors!
Tuesday 18th November 2025
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
(London Time)

Seeing Sound: An Acoustic Approach to Voice for Actors!

Professor Kathryn Cunningham
Dr Sri Nandamudi

In this short course, Professors Kathryn Cunningham and Srihimaja Nandamudi (CCC-SLP) will introduce accessible ways to integrate acoustic voice analysis into actor voice training. Expanding on their article for Voice and Speech Review, Cunningham and Nandamudi will demonstrate interactive strategies that crossover from the clinical realm to the acting studio.

The Art and Science of Accents and Dialects: Bridging Linguistics and Dialect Coaching
Thursday 20th November 2025
5:00 PM - 7:30 PM
(London Time)

The Art and Science of Accents and Dialects: Bridging Linguistics and Dialect Coaching

Louisa Morgan

The Voice Study Centre in partnership with the University of Essex are delighted to be hosting a free-to-attend symposium event on the 20th of November 2025: The Art and Science of Accents and Dialects: Bridging Linguistics and Dialect Coaching. The session will include a two-hour online roundtable panel discussion including time for a 30-minute Q&A from the audience at the end.

Singing In Regional Accents: Introducing a Strategy!
Tuesday 25th November 2025
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
(London Time)

Singing In Regional Accents: Introducing a Strategy!

Jennifer Rhodes

Do you find your students lean towards a particular accent when they sing? Is there a discrepancy between their spoken and sung accent, or have they have been instructed to change their accent when they sing? Changing an accent can change the way a song is sung, and may unearth unforeseen technical vocal challenges. Join Jennifer Rhodes as she unpicks the latest research on this topic!