This training course is a two part course of online active workshops. You will receive four hours of live training from course leader Rockford Sansom. This training course will cost £150 and take place in March and April, over two days.

Workshop 1: Accent Training Foundations 

• What is accent training?
• Key Figures.
• Foundational Concepts:

1. Oral Posture.
2. Key sounds.
3. Intonation

The first part of this course will be a two-hour live workshop, introducing you to the foundations of Accent Training. Prior to the workshop, you will be able to watch a lecture going over the key concepts in Accent Training, to give you an introduction and grounding of the theory. This workshop will be active and will involve direct coaching from Rockford, to enable you to put what you learn into practice.

Workshop 2: Tools for Coaching Accents 

• How to work with actors.
• How to work with directors.
• Needs for ESL (English as a Second Language) learners.

The second part of this course will be a two-hour live workshop, exploring Tools for Coaching Accents. Prior to the workshop, you will be able to watch a lecture going over the key tools used, to give you an introduction into the tools you will go on to use. You will then join this active workshop, which will involve direct coaching from Rockford to enable you to put these tools into practice.

Please note: This course cannot be booked using the Short Course Block Bundle offer

Rockford Sansom, PhD, MFA, is a voice trainer and theatre professor. As a voice coach, he has worked with actors Off-Broadway and in regional theatres, Fortune 100 CEOs, United Nations officials, active members of the U.S. Congress, and speakers in TED Talks. As an actor, he has performed Off-Broadway, regionally, and in international and national tours. Rocky is also a published author and editor, and he was a member of the first teaching certification program for Knight-Thompson Speechwork.