Gokce Kutsal

Gökçe Kutsal is an experienced interior architect, acoustics designer and musician; her blended background has provided Gökçe with high proficiency as an acoustician.

Between 2017 and 2021, Gökçe lectured at Bilkent University, combining her experience both as an interior architect and an acoustics designer to form and deliver a lecture-based course on Architectural Acoustics.

Gökçe is the founder of SOUNTERIA, a UK-based design and consultancy company specialising in architectural acoustics. Where her background in interior architecture and music is utilised in every stage of acoustics design, ensuring spaces are set up for optimum sound quality.

In addition, Gökçe is a performance coach and voice teacher with over 1500 hours of experience in teaching and coaching.

Her MA Voice Pedagogy research focused on performance anxiety, helping artists and creatives overcome stage fright, procrastination and self-criticism. 

By focusing on ways for her clients to find enjoyment and confidence in auditions, on stage, on camera and in the practice room, Gökçe has been able to put her diverse background as an acoustics consultant, university lecturer, singer and former radio host to good use.

Gökçe will present her MA Voice Pedagogy research ‘Acceptance and Commitment Training delivered by singing teachers as a treatment for student and professional vocalists’ performance anxiety’ at The International Symposium on Performance Science (ISPS) in August, 2023. Gökçe was previously invited to present ‘Twanging on YouTube – A documentary and acoustic analysis of twang’s description and demonstration by voice teachers of contemporary commercial music on YouTube’ to the British Voice Association (BVA) in 2021.

When she’s not working, Gökçe is an avid bookworm and loves spending time reading about the next interesting topic with a good cup of tea.