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Vocal Process and the Spoken Voice...
For
presenters, actors, voice teachers, and classroom teachers.
Vocal Process runs
practical courses on vocal development and exploration, problem
solving, improved communication and vocal pedagogy. For the last
seven years
Gillyanne Kayes has been teaching a
pedagogy module for the MA in Voice Studies (MAVS) at the Central
School of Speech and Drama in London.
"Overall
this has had a positive effect on my presentation skills and
reduced the stress on my vocal folds. If my throat hurts I can
now do something to address it, so a completely converted thumbs
up from me"
"For my part I thought it was an
excellent course, delivered in a very accessible manner. I never
once felt that I had to force myself to do some of the exercises
(individual or group)—despite being well outside my comfort zone
much of the time. I thought that the 'personal coaching' element
was particularly useful. All in
all, one of the best “personal skills” courses that I’ve been
on."
Feedback from
the Training the Trainers presentation day at Microsoft UK
headquarters
The Vocal Process
courses most appropriate to the spoken voice are:
With One Voice,
The Voice of Violence,
The Developing Voice, our flagship course,
Singing and the Actor Training,
and our Training the Trainers presentation skills day.
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Vocal Process can
provide tailored courses and INSETs in the areas of voice production
and adolescent voice change. In addition, the CSSD pedagogy module
described above, or elements from it, can be given as a tailored
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Click here for details of the most recent
workshops at CSSD for the MA Voice Studies course. |
The
Singing and The
Actor book, now in its second edition, gives detailed
information on false vocal fold retraction, tone onsets, generating
airflow, projection, tuning the oral resonator, medialising vowels
and listener-oriented diction.
The new
Singing and The
Actor Audio Guide CD includes audio examples of the different
voice qualities, the siren, anchoring, retraction (the internal
laugh), controlling the nasal port, the tongue and jaw and finding
breath.
Successful Singing Auditions contains information relevant to
any performer: the audition arena, your job and the panels job,
measuring your success, your levels of competence and an entire
chapter devoted to what makes you special that includes the FOAL
(Falling Off A Log) Process to define your comfort zone.
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