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Working with Spoken Voice

Tuesday 25th August 2020, 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM (London Time)

This workshop will be tailored to the needs & interests of the group. Areas that MAY be covered are:

  • Mindfulness and it’s role in vocal training
  • Dealing with the inner critic
  • Working with text & song
  • Resonance

The first part of the day will focus on individual questions and giving specific answers around these.

The second part will be practical work based on what has been discussed in the first part.

Barbara Houseman

Barbara Houseman’s career as a voice and acting coach and theatre director spans nearly forty years. She trained as a voice teacher at The Royal Central School of...

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Thinking Outside the Voice Box: Adolescent Female Voice Change
Wednesday 14th October 2026
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
(London Time)

Thinking Outside the Voice Box: Adolescent Female Voice Change

Dr Bridget Sweet-Manternach

Join Dr Bridget Sweet for this 2 hour session as she unpacks this fascinating topic. The purpose of this course is to bring attention to adolescents who experience an estrogen-dominant voice change and to encourage new and holistic ways of thinking about [assigned at birth] female voices. While considering physical changes during adolescence, we will unpack basic vocal anatomy and physiology and then discuss what happens to the vocal mechanism during voice change for females vs. [assigned at birth] males.

Introduction to Vocal Acoustics for Spoken and Sung Voice
Monday 19th October 2026
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Tuesday 20th October 2026
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
(London Time)

Introduction to Vocal Acoustics for Spoken and Sung Voice

Gökçe Kutsal

This course is designed to break down the fundamentals of acoustics for both spoken and sung voice in a beginner-friendly, accessible way — so you can easily understand and apply these concepts to your teaching or research.

Practical Magic*: The Art & Science of Balancing Voices with SOVTs and VFEs
Tuesday 20th October 2026
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.