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VASTA Sponsored Sessions at National Theatre Conferences

The following Conference Sessions were sponsored by VASTA (the Voice and Speech Trainers Association). In 1982 and 1985, VASTA was not yet incorporated. Sessions for those Conferences were sponsored by the Voice and Speech Area of the American Theatre Association(1982) and the National Educational Theatre (1985.)

The 1982 Convention of the American Theatre Association (ATA)

The 1985 National Educational Theatre Conference (NETC)

The 1987-96 Conferences of the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE)

The Sessions are sorted according to topic; within topics the Sessions are arranged chronologically. Many Sessions could be placed under a number of topic headings; in those cases, one topic heading was chosen. Not included are many Sessions which VASTAco-sponsored, but was not the major sponsor.

TOPICS:

Accents and Dialects
Breath
Collaboration
Emotion
Female Voice
Miscellaneous
Movement
Promotion and Tenure
Shakespeare
Singing
Speech Training
Teacher Training
Theatre and Therapy
Vocal Health
Voice and Movement
Voice and Speech Science
Voice Coaching
Voice in Cultural Traditions
Voice Training
Voice-overs

Please excuse mistakes in accuracy of presenters. Often changes are made after the program is printed. Please report errors to Eric Armstrong, who maintains this website.

TOPIC: Accents and Dialects
TITLE Mini-Workshops in Teaching Dialects for the Stage
PRESENTER: Tallant Smith, Barry Kurr
DATE: 1985
PLACE: Toronto
CHAIR: Valerie Schor

TOPIC: Accents and Dialects
TITLE Using Dialects on the High School Stage
PRESENTER: Tallant Smith
DATE: 1986
PLACE: New York City
CHAIR: Helen Oretski

TOPIC: Accents and Dialects
TITLE Making and Using Your Own Dialect/Accent Collection
PRESENTER: Evangeline Machlin, Jerry Eisenhour
DATE: 1986
PLACE: New York City
CHAIR: Willian Lacey

TOPIC: Accents and Dialects
TITLE Dialects and Accents for Actors: Ways and Means of Gathering
PRESENTER: Evangeline Machlin, Barry Kur, Gillian Lane-Plescia
DATE: 1988
PLACE: San Diego
CHAIR: Patricia Boyette

TOPIC: Accents and Dialects
TITLE Voices from Life: Everyday Life Performance and the Dialectic/Life Study
PRESENTER: Marian Hampton, Kathleen Juhl, Katie Uldrich, Nancy Bandiera, Michael Miller
DATE: 1993
PLACE: Philadelphia
CHAIR: Marian Hampton

TOPIC: Accents and Dialects
TITLE Stage Dialects, from Training through Performance
PRESENTER: Bonnie Raphael
DATE: 1994
PLACE: Chicago
CHAIR: Kathy Devecka

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TOPIC: Breath
TITLE Lateral Activation: Key to Increased Vocal Range and Control for Actor and Singer
PRESENTER: Sven Wedin, Alan Freeman
DATE: 1985
PLACE: Toronto
CHAIR: Lawrence Jasper

TOPIC: Breath
TITLE Breath: Bridge Between Idea and Expression
PRESENTER: Kate Fitzmaurice
DATE: 1985
PLACE: Toronto
CHAIR: Dudley Knight

TOPIC: Breath
TITLE Destructuring/Restructuring the Breathing: Release and Focus
PRESENTER: C.Fitzmaurice, Donna Snow, Nancy Houfek, Dudley Knight, Joan Melton, Michael Barnes, Lynne Innerst, Daria Martel
DATE: 1994
PLACE: Chicago
CHAIR: Catherine Fitzmaurice

TOPIC: Breath
TITLE Destructuring/Restructuring the Breathing
PRESENTER: Catherine Fitzmaurice, Dudley Knight, Joan Melton, Michael Barnes, Paul Backer
DATE: 1995
PLACE: San Francisco
CHAIR: Dudley Knight

TOPIC: Breath
TITLE Destructuring/Restructuring: From Breath to Text
PRESENTER: C. Fitzmaurice, D. Knight, D. Snow, J. Melton, L. Innerst, M.Barnes, D. Martel, P.Backer
DATE: 1996
PLACE: New York City
CHAIR: Nancy Houfek

TOPIC: Breath
TITLE You/Me: Giving & Receiving, Breath, & Meisner Technique
PRESENTER Marlene Johnson, Patricia Riggin
DATE 2002
PLACE San Diego

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TOPIC: Collaboration
TITLE Acting Teachers vs. Voice/Speech Teachers: Cooperation or Competition
PRESENTER: Gordon Peacock, Evangeline Machlin
DATE: 1985
PLACE: Toronto
CHAIR: Mary Corrigan

TOPIC: Collaboration
TITLE Directors and Voice Coaches Methods and Advantages of Teamwork
PRESENTER: Malcolm Morrison, Johanna Morrison, Mark Lamos, Patsy Rodenberg, David Hammond
DATE: 1986
PLACE: New York City
CHAIR: Carol Pendergrast

TOPIC: Collaboration
TITLE The Voice and Acting Teachers: A Collaboration
PRESENTER: Dorothy Runk Mennen, Jim Wise, Earl Lammel
DATE: 1986
PLACE: New York City
CHAIR: Carol Bellini-Sharp

TOPIC: Collaboration
TITLE The Teaching Director Rehearsing for Vulnerability and Integration--Acting with BodyVoice -2 Parts
PRESENTER: Lawrence Broglio
DATE: 1990
PLACE: Chicago
CHAIR: Becky Prophet

TOPIC: Collaboration
TITLE The Integration of the Aural Aspects of Production: The Relationship of Director, Sound Des., Vocal Dir.
PRESENTER: Nan Withers-Wilson, Jonathan Wilson, Rick Thomas
DATE: 1990
PLACE: Chicago
CHAIR: Arlene Crewdson

TOPIC: Collaboration
TITLE University and Professional Theatre in Cooperation: Reaping the Benefits
PRESENTER: Michael Kahn, Stephen Welch, Ralph Zito, Richard Jennings
DATE: 1991
PLACE: Seattle
CHAIR: Jayne Mulvaney

TOPIC: Collaboration
TITLE I Am Not an Island: Interaction, Collaboration and Advocacy in Actor Training
PRESENTER: Marc Powers, Pamela Chabora, John Kuhn, David Downs, Steven Hurley, Cecil O'Neal, Claudia Anderson
DATE: 1994
PLACE: Chicago
CHAIR: Paul Kassel

TOPIC: Collaboration
TITLE Theatre and Music: Collaborations with Composers
PRESENTER: Shirish Korde, Lynn Kremer Babcock
DATE: 1994
PLACE: Chicago
CHAIR: Mandy Rees

TOPIC: Collaboration
TITLE Developing a Working Relationship b. Voice Specialists: Voice/Speech Teacher & the Speech/Lang Path
PRESENTER: Dorothy Runk Mennen, Richard Sullivan-Lee, Barbara Solomon
DATE: 1994
PLACE: Chicago
CHAIR: Dorothy Runk Mennen

TOPIC: Collaboration
TITLE N.L.P. for Actors and Directors
PRESENTER: Robert Barton
DATE: 1994
PLACE: Chicago
CHAIR: Rocco Dal Vera

TOPIC: Collaboration
TITLE Breaking Barriers
PRESENTER: Elizabeth Carlin, Peter Lichtenfels, Lori Merrill-Fink
DATE: 1995
PLACE: San Francisco
CHAIR: Elizabeth Carlin

TOPIC: Collaboration
TITLE Voice/ Movement/ Acting All in One: Using What You Know to Create Integrated Curriculum
PRESENTER: Tyne Turner, Robin Bennett
DATE: 1996
PLACE: New York City
CHAIR: Eric Armstrong

TOPIC: Collaboration
TITLE Emerging Voices: Challenges in Coaching—Debut Panel
PRESENTER Brad Gibson, Jeffery Simlett, Mark Ingram, D’Arcy Smith
DATE 2004
PLACE Toronto

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TOPIC: Emotion
TITLE Sentics: A New Approach to Enriching Depth and Fidelity of Emotion in the Actor
PRESENTER: Roger Gross, Patricia Relph, Max Dixor
DATE: 1982
PLACE: New York City
CHAIR: Sarah Barker

TOPIC: Emotion
TITLE From Discovery to Form: The Art of Expressing Emotion in Style
PRESENTER: Kate Ufema, David Barker, Jennifer Martin
DATE: 1986
PLACE: New York City
CHAIR: Sarah Barker

TOPIC: Emotion
TITLE Breath and Emotion: New Techniques for Actors
PRESENTER: Michael Johnson-Chase, Susana Bloch, Robert Barton, Claudia Anderson
DATE: 1992
PLACE: Atlanta
CHAIR: Michael Johnson-Chase

TOPIC: Emotion
TITLE New Emotional Freedom for Actors: Helping Actors Summon and Control Feelings
PRESENTER: Susana Bloch
DATE: 1992
PLACE: Atlanta
CHAIR: Robert Barton

TOPIC: Emotion
TITLE Intercommunication Between Neuroscience and Actor Training: Pedagogical/Aesthetic Implications
PRESENTER: Paul Kassel, Mark Olsen, Ramon, Delgado, John Dolan, Claudia Anderson, Michael Johnson-Chase DATE 1993
PLACE: Philadelphia
CHAIR: Pamela D. Chabora

TOPIC: Emotion
TITLE ALBA Emoting and the American Actor-Teacher (2 parts)
PRESENTER: Roxane Rix, Michael Johnson-Chase, Nancy Loitz, Stephen Book, Claudia Anderson
DATE: 1994
PLACE: Chicago
CHAIR: Roxane Rix, Pamela Chabora

TOPIC: Emotion
TITLE Comprehensive Exploration of Alba Emoting: A New Approach to Breath and Emotion in Actor Training
PRESENTER: Susana Bloch
DATE: 1994
PLACE: Chicago
CHAIR: Pamela Chabora

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TOPIC: Female Voice
TITLE Developing a Genuine Female Voice
PRESENTER: Jan Gist, Carol Bellini-Sharp, Christine Cedarburg, Ellen McGrath
DATE: 1986
PLACE: New York City
CHAIR: Jan Gist

TOPIC: Female Voice
TITLE Enabling Women to Raise Their Voices in neare
PRESENTER: J Robert Wills, Jane Brody, Ann Kilkelly
DATE: 1994
PLACE: Chicago
CHAIR: Marian Hampton

TOPIC: Female Voice
TITLE (R)evolution of Women and Girls: Creating Change through Freeing Voices
PRESENTER: Kristin Linklater, Fran Bennett, Maureen Shea, Sue Clark
DATE: 1994

PLACE Chicago
CHAIR:

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TOPIC: Miscellaneous
TITLE Greek Tragedy for Modern Actors: A Workshop
PRESENTER: Patricia Romanov, Michael Deacon, Neil Freeman
DATE: 1985
PLACE: Toronto
CHAIR: Kent R. Brower

TOPIC: Miscellaneous
TITLE The Actor's Voice on Stage and Screen: Conversation with Fern Persons
PRESENTER: Fern Persons
DATE: 1990

PLACE Chicago
CHAIR: Bonnie Raphael

TOPIC: Miscellaneous
TITLE Make it Happen: Theatre Exchanges between the Soviet Union and the US
PRESENTER: Gil Lazier, Betty Bernhard
DATE: 1991
PLACE: Seattle
CHAIR: Jan Gist

TOPIC: Miscellaneous
TITLEVoice at "The Other Place"
PRESENTER: Linda Gates, Kathryn Brindle Maes, Jan Gist, Betty Moulton, Robert Neff Williams
DATE:1992
PLACE:Atlanta
CHAIR:Dorothy Runk Mennen

TOPIC: Miscellaneous
TITLE VASTA Debut Presentations
PRESENTER: Claire Hart-Palumbo, Lesley-Ann Timlick, Brent Blair, Betty Moulton
DATE: 1995
PLACE: San Francisco
CHAIR: Betty Moulton

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TOPIC: Movement
TITLE Marge Barstow: A Life of Service to the Theatre: Among Others
PRESENTER:
DATE: 1988
PLACE: San Diego
CHAIR:

TOPIC: Movement
TITLE Alexander and Feldenkrais: Are they Mutuaily Exclusive?
PRESENTER: Michael Costello, Sarah Barker, Michael Johnson-Chase, Barbara Leverone
DATE: 1993
PLACE: Philadelphia
CHAIR: Michael Costello

TOPIC: Movement
TITLE Trish Arnold: Shakespeare & Co.'s Master Movement Teacher
PRESENTER: Trish Arnold, Susan Dibble
DATE: 1989
PLACE: New York City
CHAIR: Sara Barker

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TOPIC: Promotion and Tenure
TITLE The Voice/Speech Specialist: Tenure or Not
PRESENTER: Donna Aronson, Beverly Byers-Pevitts, BettyAnn Leeseberg- Lange, Deb O'Donnell
DATE: 1988
PLACE: San Diego
CHAIR: BettyAnn Leeseberg-Lange

VASTA SESSIONS AT ATHE 1987-95; AT ATA 1982 AND 1985; AT NETC 1986

TOPIC: Promotion and Tenure
TITLE Presentation of VASTA Models for Promotion and Tenure
PRESENTER: Donna Aronson, Marian Hampton, Beverly Byer-Pevitts
DATE: 1991
PLACE: Seattle
CHAIR: Donna Aronson

TOPIC: Promotion and Tenure
TITLE Surviving the Nineties, Part l: Administrators Judge Hypothetical P/T
PRESENTER: Marian Hampton, Donna Aronson, Beverly Byel-Pevitts, Rhoda Pollack, Harold Nichols, Robert V~~lls
DATE: 1993
PLACE: Philadelphia
CHAIR: B.F. Acker

TOPIC: Promotion and Tenure
TITLE What Does a Voice Teacher Do Anyway?
PRESENTER: Dorothy Runk Mennen, Bonnie Raphael, Lucille Rubin, Kate Ufema, Judith Williams
DATE: 1993
PLACE: Philadelphia
CHAIR: Dorothy Runk Mennen

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TOPIC: Shakespeare
TITLE Shakespeare--The Actor and His Text
PRESENTER: Cicely Berry
DATE: 1982
PLACE: New York City
CHAIR: Patience L. Riley

TOPIC: Shakespeare
TITLE What the Hell is Scansion, and Who Needs it Anyway?
PRESENTER: Neil Freeman
DATE: 1982
PLACE: New York City
CHAIR: Kathleen Conlin

TOPIC: Shakespeare
TITLE Getting the Verse Back into Shakespeare's Verse Plays
PRESENTER: Roger Gross, Joel Fink, Robert Barton
DATE: 1985
PLACE: Toro nto
CHAIR: Judith Royer

VASTA SESSIONS AT ATHE 1987-95; AT ATA 1982 RbID 1985; AT NETC 1986

TOPIC Shakespeare
TITLE Shakespeare's First Folio: An Elizabethan Prompt book (3 parts)
PRESENTER: Neil Freeman, Patrick Tucker
DATE: 1986
PLACE: New York City
CHAIR: Frank Hildy

TOPIC: Shakespeare
TITLE Development of Characterization: Thinking in the Shakespearean Text
PRESENTER: Neil Freeman
DATE: 1988
PLACE: San Diego
CHAIR:

TOPIC: Shakespeare
TITLE Metrical Training for the Actor: Avoiding the Human Metronome Syndrome
PRESENTER: Ellen J. O'Brien
DATE: 1991
PLACE: Seattle
CHAIR: Pat Stein

TOPIC: Shakespeare
TITLE Rehearsing Shakespeare, Part l: From Text into Performance
PRESENTER: Neil Freeman, Rinda Frye
DATE: 1993
PLACE: Philadelphia
CHAIR: Brant Pope

TOPIC: Shakespeare
TITLE Rehearsing Shakespeare, Part 11: Using the Text--Shakespeare and His Gntemporaries
PRESENTER: Richard Digby Day
DATE: 1993
PLACE: Philadelphia
CHAIR: Ron Marasco

TOPIC: Shakespeare
TITLE Shakespeare Sonnets: A Master Class
PRESENTER: Kristin Linklater
DATE: 1993
PLACE: Philadelphia

TOPIC: Shakespeare
TITLE A Master Class in Shakespeare with Patrick Tucker
PRESENTER: Patrick Tucker
DATE: 1994
PLACE: Chicago
CHAIR: Paul Kassel

TOPIC: Shakespeare
TITLE Taming the Enemy: How to make Shakespeare’s scansion a useful working
theatrical/analytical Tool
PRESENTER Craig Ferre, Neil Freeman
DATE 2002
PLACE San Diego

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TOPIC: Singing
TITLE If You Can Breathe and Talk, You Can Sing
PRESENTER: Carol Pendergrast, Mark Zeller
DATE: 1982
PLACE: New York City
CHAIR: Melvin White

TOPIC: Singing
TITLE The Voice Lesson for the Actor-Singer
PRESENTER: Dorothy Runk Mennen
DATE: 1982
PLACE: New York City
CHAIR: Donna Aronson

TOPIC: Singing
TITLE Singing for Actors: ree Styles
PRESENTER: Elizabeth Nash, Tom Whitaker, Connie DeVeer, Deanna Annentrout
DATE: 1989
PLACE: New York City
CHAIR: Marian E. Hampton

TOPIC: Singing
TITLE Acting Songs: Audition and Performance Techniques
PRESENTER: Thomas Foral
DATE: 1990
PLACE: Chicago
CHAIR: Patricia Raun

TOPIC: Singing
TITLE Singing with the Principles of the Alexander Technique
PRESENTER: Laury Christie
DATE: 1990
PLACE: Chicago
CHAIR: Jayne Mulvaney

TOPIC: Singing
TITLEPeking Opera Techniques: Application to the Training of Western Actors
PRESENTER: Wang Louyong

DATE 1991
PLACE:Seattle
CHAIR: Michael Johnson-Chase

TOPIC: Singing
TITLE Enabling Non-singing Actors to Sing
PRESENTER: Dorothy Mennen, Carol Pendergrast
DATE: 1991
PLACE: Seattle
CHAIR: Janet Rodgers

TOPIC: Singing
TITLE A Glimpse into the Roy Hart Approach to the Voice--Singing from the Soul
PRESENTER: Saule Ryan, Carol Mendelsohn, Lucinda Holshue, Barbara Acker
DATE: 1992
PLACE:Atlanta
CHAIR: Mary Lowry

TOPIC: Singing
TITLE Performing Power for the Singer/Actor
PRESENTER: Joan Barber, Doug Barber
DATE: 1993
PLACE: Philadelphia
CHAIR: Doug Barber

TOPIC: Singing
TITLE Developing Character Through Song and Dance
PRESENTER: Janet DeRuvo
DATE:1993
PLACE:Philadelphia
CHAIR:Michael Ellison

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TOPIC: Speech Training
TITLE Speech and Dialect Coaching: The Skinner Legacy
PRESENTER: Susan Leigh, Deborah Hecht, Tim Monich
DATE: 1988
PLACE: San Diego
CHAIR: Susan Leigh

TOPIC: Speech Training
TITLE Pedagogy: Three Approaches to Speech Training
PRESENTER: Sue Ann Park, Kristin Linklater, Elizabeth Himmelstein, Lilene Mansell
DATE:1990
PLACE:Chicago
CHAIR:andra Langsner-Crews

TOPIC: Speech Training
TITLE Political, Cultural and Social Issues Involved in Teaching Standard Speech
PRESENTER: Tawnya Pettiford-Wates, Katherine Mesney, Deena Burke, Judith Shahn
DATE: 1991
PLACE: Seattle
CHAIR: Claudia Anderson

TOPIC: Speech Training
TITLE Cultural Pluralism in Pedagogy and Production: Aesthetics in Today's Stage Speech
PRESENTER: Kathy Devecka, Judith Sullivan, Ursula Meyer, Jan Gist, Kenny Leon
DATE: 1992
PLACE:Atlanta
CHAIR: Judith Shahn

TOPIC: Speech Training
TITLE Standard Speech for the Theatre: Can We Justify Its Survival?
PRESENTER: Dudley Knight, Susan Leigh
DATE: 1992
PLACE:Atianta
CHAIR: Dudley Knight

TOPIC: Speech Training
TITLE Flinging Pillows: A Visceral Approach to Learning/Retaining Phonetics
PRESENTER: Louis Colaianni
DATE: 1992
PLACE: Atlanta
CHAIR: Claudia Anderson

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TOPIC: Teacher Training
TITLE Optimum Standards for the Training of Voice and Speech Specialists for the Theatre
PRESENTER: Mary Corrigan, Carol Pendergrast, Lucille Rubin
DATE: 1985

PLACE Toronto
CHAIR: Bonnie Raphael

VASTA SESSIONS AT ATHE 1987-95; AT ATA 1982 AND 1985; AT NETC 1986

TOPIC: Teacher Training
TITLE Establishing Guidelines for Training & Evaluating Theatre Voice & Speech Specialists
PRESENTER: Mary Corrigan, Lucille S Rubin, Carol Pendergrast, Evangeline Machlin
DATE: 1986
PLACE:New York City
CHAIR:Bonnie Raphael

TOPIC: Teacher Training
TITLEVoice Training II--Present-Day Training for the Voice Teacher/Trainer/Coach
PRESENTER: Ursula Meyer, Kathy Devecka, Claudia Anderson, Barry Kur
DATE: 1991
PLACE:Seattle
CHAIR: Barry Kur

TOPIC: Teacher Training
TITLEVoice Training l--the Path of the Masters: Finding Your Own Path
PRESENTER: Betty Moulton, Bonnie Raphael, Fran Bennett, Carol Pendergrast
DATE: 1991
PLACE:Seattle
CHAIR: Kathy Devecka

TOPIC: Teacher Training
TITLEThe Teacher's Voice: A Shared Concern
PRESENTER: Lyn Darnley, Stephanie Martin
DATE: 1992
PLACE:Atlanta
CHAIR: Lyn Darnley

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TOPIC: Theatre and Therapy
TITLETheatre and Therapy
PRESENTER: Kristin Linklater, Bob Barton, Susana Bloch, Robert M. Kest
DATE: 1993
PLACE:Philadelphia
CHAIR: Kristin Linklater

TOPIC: Theatre and Therapy
TITLEHealthy Concepts for Passionate Theatre Making: Theatre and Therapy 1'
PRESENTER: Charles E. Gessert, Kristin Linklater, Norma Saldivar
DATE: 1994
PLACE:Chicago
CHAIR:Michael Johnson-Chase

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TOPIC: Vocal Health
TITLE A Doctor Discusses Voice Problems of Actors and Singers
PRESENTER: Dr. Wilbur James Gould, M.D.
DATE: 1986
PLACE: New York City
CHAIR: Bonnie N. Raphael

TOPIC: Vocal Health
TITLE Maintaining Vocal Health: What Does it Take?
PRESENTER: Dr. Robert Bastian
DATE: 1988
PLACE: San Diego
CHAIR: Dorothy Runk Mennen

TOPIC: Vocal Health
TITLE Common Voice Problems of Actors and Singers: Symptoms, Diagnosis
PRESENTER: Dr. Wilbur James Gould
DATE: 1989
PLACE: New York City
CHAIR: Bonnie N. Raphael

TOPIC: Vocal Health
TITLE Toward Equipping the Actor with Self Monitored Vocal Health
PRESENTER: Jim Price, Dave Ingram, Ginny Kopf
DATE: 1989
PLACE: New York City
CHAIR: Kathy Devecka

TOPIC: Vocal Health
TITLE Keeping Your Voice at its Best Lifelong
PRESENTER: Van Machlin, Dorothy Mennen, Carolyn Combs, Sue Ann Park, Arthur Lessac
DATE: 1989
PLACE: New York City
CHAIR:Kate Ufema

TOPIC: Vocal Health
TITLE Advocating Vocal Health in a Hostile Environment
PRESENTER: Robert Bastian, Aubrey Payne
DATE: 1990
PLACE: Chicago
CHAIR: Marian Hampton

TOPIC: Vocal Health
TITLE What the Ear Fails to Hear: Coping with Hearing Loss and Distortion
PRESENTER: B.F. Acker, Walter Smoski, Laura J. Kelly
DATE: 1990
PLACE: Chicago
CHAIR: Carolyn ComL

TOPIC: Vocal Health
TITLE The Perilous Teen Voice Years--and Beyond
PRESENTER: Dr. Alan Keaton, Linda E. Eblen, MA, CCC
DATE: 1991
PLACE: Seattle
CHAIR: Barbara AckER,

TOPIC: Vocal Health
TITLE Vocal Health and Survival in Theatre
PRESENTER: Deana Melody-Curtis
DATE: 1993
PLACE: Philadelphia
CHAIR:

TOPIC: Vocal Health
TITLE The Teacher's Voice Surviving the Classroom
PRESENTER: Bonnie Raphael, Carol Pendergrast, Dorothy Mennen, Elizabeth Hunt
DATE: 1996
PLACE: New York City
CHAIR: Diane J. Winslow

TOPIC: Vocal Health
TITLE Wellness for the Actor
PRESENTER: Dora Ruffner, Milton Feher, Gwen Korovin, Diane Nichols
DATE: 1996
PLACE:New York City
CHAIR: Rocco Dal Vera

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TOPIC: Voice and Movement
TITLE Centering the Voice as We Center the Mind through Yoga, Aikido and Alexander Technique
PRESENTER: Gray Stephens, Debra and Mio Morales
DATE: 1982
PLACE:New York City
CHAIR:Susan Leigh

TOPIC: Voice and Movement


TITLE Sound and Movement Exploration of Text
PRESENTER: Irene Connors, Sabatino Berlezza
DATE: 1982
PLACE:New York City
CHAIR:Erik Frederickson

TOPIC: Voice and Movement
TITLE Intevention Work with Actors: Bridging the Gap Between Voice and Movement
PRESENTER: Bonnie Raphael, Michael Johnson-Chase
DATE: 1986
PLACE:New York City

TOPIC: Voice and Movement
TITLE Age Characterization: Vocal and Physical Approaches for the Young Actor
PRESENTER: Claudia Anderson, Sara Gabel
DATE: 1988
PLACE:San Diego
CHAIR:Deb O'Donnell

TOPIC: Voice and Movement
TITLEVoice and Movement Working Together
PRESENTER: Judith Pratt
DATE: 1988
PLACE: San Diego
CHAIR:

TOPIC: Voice and Movement
TITLEAn Actor's Exploration in Sound and Movement with Kristin Linklater
PRESENTER: Kristin Linklater
DATE:1990
PLACE:Chicago
CHAIR:Claudia Anderson

TOPIC: Voice and Movement
TITLE Creating Sound & Movement Characters
PRESENTER: Judith Pratt
DATE:1990
PLACE:Chicago
CHAIR:Betty Moulton

TOPIC: Voice and Movement
TITLE Jamming: Physical/Vocal Jamming and Scoring the Images, 2 Parts
PRESENTER: Sandra Langsner-Crews
DATE: 1990
PLACE: Chicago
CHAIR: Sonia Berman

TOPIC: Voice and Movement
TITLE Centering, Sounding and Moving from Chakras
PRESENTER: Theresa Mitchell, Lucinda Holshue
DATE: 1990
PLACE: Chicago
CHAIR: Philip Burton

TOPIC: Voice and Movement
TITLE Impulse and the Vocal/Physical Connection
PRESENTER: Kathy Devecka, Ursula Meyer
DATE: 1990
PLACE: Chicago
CHAIR: Betty Moulton

TOPIC: Voice and Movement
TITLE Movement and Verbal Theatre in Canada
PRESENTER: Savannah Walling, Giuseppe Condello, Robert Gaines, Michael Hood
DATE: 1991
PLACE: Seattle
CHAIR: Annette Lust

TOPIC: Voice and Movement
TITLE Vocal-Body Energy States in the Use and Training of Voice, Speech, Movement
PRESENTER: Arthur Lessac
DATE:1991
PLACE:Seattle
CHAIR:Barry Kur

TOPIC: Voice and Movement
TITLE Sound Motion
PRESENTER: Laury Christie, Melody Shaper
DATE: 1992
PLACE: Atlanta
CHAIR: Jayne Mulvaney

TOPIC: Voice and Movement
TITLE Integrating the Voice via Laban Movement
PRESENTER: Tom Casciero, Charlotte Anderson
DATE: 1995
PLACE: San Francisco
CHAIR:Tom Casciero

TOPIC: Voice & Movement
TITLE Experiential Anatomy for the Actor’s Voice
PRESENTER Jeff Morrison, Anna Ferris
DATE 2002
PLACE San Diego

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TOPIC: Voice and Speech Science
TITLE The Performer's Larynx: An Audio-visual Concept
PRESENTER: Stuart G. Selkin, M.D.
DATE: 1982
PLACE:New York City
CHAIR:Lucille Rubin

TOPIC: Voice and Speech Science
TITLE Finding the Ring in the Actor's Voice
PRESENTER: B.F. Acker, Lucille Rubin, Bonnie Raphael
DATE: 1985
PLACE: Toronto
CHAIR:B.F. Acker

TOPIC: Voice and Speech Science
TITLEUtilization of Scientific Voice and in Theatre Voice and Speech Training
PRESENTER: Pamela Lynn
DATE: 1986
PLACE: New York City
CHAIR: Donna Aronson

TOPIC: Voice and Speech Science
TITLE The Relation of Computerized Vocal Analysis to V. and S. Training
PRESENTER: Donna Aronson, Pamela Lyn, MACCC
DATE: 1987
PLACE: Palmer House, Chicago
CHAIR: B.F. Acker

TOPIC: Voice and Speech Science
TITLE Biofeedback Training for Vocal Quality
PRESENTER: Barbara F. Acker, Kate Ufema
DATE: 1994
PLACE: Chicago
CHAIR:

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TOPIC: Voice Coaching
TITLE Mini Workshops in Theatre Voice and Speech
PRESENTER: Willie B Morgan, Valerie M Schor, Jan Gist
DATE: 1985
PLACE: Toronto
CHAIR: Willie B Morgan

TOPIC: Voice Coaching
TITLE The Dynamic Nature of Greek Tragic Masks:Mask, Speech and Movement-Antigone
PRESENTER: Hollis Huston, Alan Dunn, Jane Ridley
DATE: 1985
PLACE: Toronto
CHAIR: Andrew Hepburn

TOPIC: Voice Coaching
TITLE Rendezvous: Working Actors with their Former Voice Coach
PRESENTER: Dorothy Runk Mennen
DATE: 1987
PLACE: Palmer House, Chicago
CHAIR:

TOPIC: Voice Coaching
TITLE The Freelance Voice Teacher: Bridging the Gap..Univ. and Prof. Theatre
PRESENTER: Gillian Lane-Plescia
DATE: 1987
PLACE: Palmer House, Chicago
CHAIR:

TOPIC: Voice Coaching
TITLE The Voice Outdoors
PRESENTER: Bonnie Raphael, Jan Gist
DATE: 1988
PLACE: San Diego
CHAIR: Marian Hampton

TOPIC: Voice Coaching
TITLE The Art of Coaching Actors in Productions: Voice, Speech and Movement
PRESENTER: Carol Pendergrast, Bonnie Raphael, Jennifer Martin, Tim Monich
DATE: 1988
PLACE: San Diego
CHAIR: Carol Pendergrast

TOPIC: Voice Coaching
TITLE From Concept to Performance: Exploration of Classical Greek Text...
PRESENTER: Claudia Anderson, Sara Gabel, Carol Pendergrast, Sandra Shotwell
DATE: 1989
PLACE: New York City
CHAIR: Lynn Kremer Babcock

TOPIC: Voice Coaching
TITLE Vocal Orchestration: The Art of Vocal Coaching different arenas
PRESENTER: Diane Crowell, Michael Nash, Mitchell Patrick, Kay Matshullat, Robert Hobbs
DATE: 1989

PLACE New York City
CHAIR: Elizabeth Carlin

TOPIC: Voice Coaching
TITLE Approaches to Violence on the Contemporary Stage: Sounds of Violence
PRESENTER: Bonnie Raphael
DATE: 1989
PLACE: New York City
CHAIR: Donna Aronson

TOPIC: Voice Coaching
TITLE Violent Points of View
PRESENTER: Richard Raether, Colleen Kelly, Bonnie Raphael, Erik Frederikson, Jeff Coep
DATE: 1991
PLACE: Seattle
CHAIR: J. Allen Suddeth

TOPIC: Voice Coaching
TITLE Voice Specialists Past and Present
PRESENTER: Barbara Acker, Marian Hampton, Lynne Soffer
DATE: 1995
PLACE: San Francisco
CHAIR: Barbara Acker

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TOPIC: Voice in Cultural Traditions
TITLE Use of Voice in Asian Theatre: Demonstration, Workshop, Analysis
PRESENTER: Elizabeth Wichmann, Kathy Folley, Adeline Hirschfeld- Medalia, Pamela Lynn, Mary Braaten
DATE: 1985
PLACE:Toronto
CHAIR: Lynn Kremer-Babcock

TOPIC: Voice in Cultural Traditions
TITLE The Fire from Below: Movement and Vocal Training in Suzuki Method
PRESENTER: Yuki Goto, Richard Gabriel
DATE: 1989
PLACE: New York City
CHAIR:

TOPIC: Voice in Cultural Traditions
TITLE Sensations of Tone
PRESENTER: Ed Herbst
DATE: 1989
PLACE: New York City
CHAIR: BettyAnn Leeseberg-Lange

TOPIC: Voice in Cultural Traditions
TITLE The Traditional and Evolving Art of Palauan Chant Dance
PRESENTER: Lynn Kremer Babcock
DATE: 1993
PLACE: Philadelphia
CHAIR:

TOPIC: Voice in Cultural Traditions
TITLE Balinese Vocal Techniques
PRESENTER: Lynn Kremer Babcock, Desak Made Suarti Laksmi
DATE: 1995
PLACE: San Francisco
CHAIR: Lynn Kremer Babcock

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TOPIC: Voice Training
TITLE Stress Management for Actors and Actor Training Programs: Ideas/Techniques Acting, Voicc, Movcmcnt
PRESENTER: Randy Bolton, Carol Kroty, Carol Pendergrast
DATE: 1982
PLACE: New York City
CHAIR: Mary Corrigan

TOPIC: Voice Training
TITLE Expression Sensory Perception: Imagery and Its Physical and Vocal Expression
PRESENTER: Donna Aronson
DATE: 1982
PLACE: New York City
CHAIR: Dorothy Runk Mennen

VASTA SESSIONS AT ATHE 1987-95; AT ATA 1982 AND 1985; AT NETC 1986

TOPIC: Voice Training
TITLE Making College Voice Teachers Happy: or Trainng the High School Voice for the Stage
PRESENTER: Evangeline Machlin, Tallant Smith, Meg Wilbur
DATE: 1982
PLACE: New York City
CHAIR: Kate Fitzmaurice

TOPIC: Voice Training
TITLE Importance of Voice for the Actor in Commuruty Theae: Lessac, Linklater Trainecl Leader
PRESENTER: Sheila Sabray-Saperstein
DATE: 1982
PLACE: New York City
CHAIR: Louis Tobin

TOPIC: Voice Training
TITLE The Many Voices of Eve: Vocal Registers
PRESENTER: Dorothy Runk Mennen, Carol Schoenhard
DATE: 1985
PLACE: Toronto
CHAIR: Ruth McKeney

TOPIC: Voice Training
TITLE The Music of the Consonants in Prose, Poetry, Text Exploration and Therapy Sue Ann Park, Lisbeth Roman, Arthur Lessac, Richard Cuyler
DATE: 1985
PLACE: Toronto
CHAIR: Mary Corrigan

TOPIC: Voice Training
TITLE Projection Made Simple: Giving Power to Voices Already Aligned and Placed
PRESENTER: Harry Hill
DATE: 1985
PLACE: Toronto
CHAIR: Robert Barton

TOPIC: Voice Training
TITLE Structuring the Two and Three Year Training Program: Voice & Speech
PRESENTER: Bob Parks, Debbie Hecht, Mary Corrigan, Bonnie Raphael
DATE: 1986
PLACE: New York City
CHAIR: Sandra Shotwell

VASTA SESSIONS AT ATHE 1987-95; AT ATA 1982 AND 1985; AT NETC 1986

TOPIC: Voice Training
TITLE How the Brits Do It
PRESENTER: Kathryn Brindle, Patsy Rodenberg
DATE: 1986
PLACE: New York City
CHAIR: Deb O'Donnell

TOPIC: Voice Training
TITLE Resonance Where Their Brains Ought to Be
PRESENTER: Marian Hampton, Elisabeth Nash
DATE: 1987
PLACE: Palmer House, Chicago
CHAIR:

TOPIC: Voice Training
TITLE Discovenes: Panel on New and Old Approaches to Voice Training and Correction
PRESENTER: Barbara Acker, Anat Keidar, Karen Miller
DATE: 1988
PLACE: San Diego
CHAIR: Kathy Devecka

TOPIC: Voice Training
TITLE Music, Movement and Imagination: A Foundation for Expanding Vocal Flexibility
PRESENTER: Ann Klautsch
DATE: 1990
PLACE: Chicago
CHAIR: Christine Adaire

TOPIC: Voice Training
TITLE The Voice Outdoors: Using the Voice Outdoors as a Stimulus for Releasing the Voice
PRESENTER: Marian Hampton
DATE: 1990
PLACE: Chicago
CHAIR: Connie de Veer

TOPIC: Voice Training
TITLE Actor Voice Training Abroad
PRESENTER: Lucille Rubin, Dagmar Apel, Carol Pendergrast, B. F. Acker
DATE: 1990
PLACE: Chicago
CHAIR: Sandra Shotwell

TOPIC: Voice Training
TITLE Enhancing Vocal Quality: Use it or Lose It
PRESENTER: Marilyn Hetzel
DATE:
PLACE:
CHAIR:

TOPIC: Voice Training
TITLE Sacred Sounding
PRESENTER: Laura Parrotti
DATE: 1992
PLACE: Atlanta
CHAIR:

TOPIC: Voice Training
TITLE Voice Development (With a Shoestring Budget of Time)
PRESENTER: Emmett Jacobs
DATE: 1993
PLACE: Philadelphia
CHAIR:

TOPIC: Voice Training
TITLE Vocal Aesthetics vs Vocal Athletics: Concepts in Voice Building
PRESENTER: Dr. Raymond Smolover
DATE: 1993
PLACE: Philadelphia
CHAIR: Trisha Sandberg

TOPIC: Voice Training
TITLE Vocal Violence
PRESENTER: Patricia Romanov
DATE: 1993
PLACE: Philadelphia
CHAIR: Barry Kur

TOPIC: Voice Training
TITLE Word Masks--lt's Not What You Say, but How You Say It
PRESENTER: Robert Barton, Rocco Dal Vera
DATE: 1994
PLACE: Chicago
CHAIR: Robert Barton

TOPIC: Voice Training
TITLE Application of Learning Modalities to the Teaching of Voice
PRESENTER: Carol Pendergrast, Alphonse Keasley, Kathryn Maes
DATE: 1994
PLACE: Chicago
CHAIR: Carol Pendergrast

TOPIC: Voice Training
TITLE Vocal Imagination
PRESENTER: Sandra Crews, Rocco Dal Vera, Matthew Wright, Mary Thomas
DATE: 1995
PLACE: San Francisco
CHAIR: Sandra Crews

TOPIC: Voice Training
TITLE Reflections and New Directions
PRESENTER: Arthur Lessac, Dorothy Runk Mennen, Mary Corrigan
DATE: 1995
PLACE: San Francisco
CHAIR: Mandy Rees

TOPIC: Voice Training
TITLE Vocalizing Gender
PRESENTER: Ivan Midderigh, Bonnie Raphael, Carol Freidenberg, Michael Barnes
DATE: 1995
PLACE: San Francisco
CHAIR:

TOPIC: Voice Training
TITLE Linklater-based Voice Training: The Explorations and Applications of 3 Teachers
PRESENTER: Christopher Von Baeyer, Claudia Anderson, David Smukler
DATE: 1996
PLACE: New York City
CHAIR: Christopher Von Baeyer

TOPIC: Voice Training
TITLE Voice Training/Coaching the Teen-Age Actor
PRESENTER: Barry Kur, Lyn Darnley, Nancy Krebs, Michael Fields
DATE: 1996
PLACE: New York City
CHAIR: Barry Kur

TOPIC: Voice Training
TITLE Structuring Curriculum for Voice and Speech Training
PRESENTER: Marth Munro, Deena Burke, Kate Burke, BettyAnn Leeseberg-Lange
DATE: 1996
PLACE: New York City
CHAIR: Marian Hampton

TOPIC: Voice Training
TITLE More Practical Voice and Speech Exercises for the Theatre Teacher & Practitioner
PRESENTER Janet B. Rodgers, Cynthia Blaise, Elizabeth Carlin-Metz, Jan Gist, Ginny Kopf, Erica Tobolski
DATE 2002
PLACE San Diego

TOPIC: Voice Training
TITLE Sculpting the Voice
PRESENTER Barbara Backer, Erica Tobolski, Jac Rowen
DATE 2002
PLACE San Diego

TOPIC Voice Training
TITLE Carryover: From Voice & Speech Class to Performance
PRESENTER Claudia Anderson, Elizabeth Carlin-Metz, Jan Gist, Bonnie Raphael
DATE 2002
PLACE San Diego

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TOPIC: Voice-Overs
TITLE Voice-Overs: How to Train, Tape and Sell Your Voice
PRESENTER: Howard Ross, Julia Ireland
DATE: 1989
PLACE: New York City
CHAIR: Lucille S. Rubin

TOPIC: Voice-Overs
TITLE Theatre on the Air
PRESENTER: Merwin Goldsmith, Elizabeth Moulton
DATE: 1989
PLACE: New York City
CHAIR: Deborah O'Donnell

TOPIC: Voice-Overs
TITLE Creating Character Voices
PRESENTER: Patrick Fraley
DATE: 1990
PLACE: Chicago
CHAIR: BettyAnn Leeseberg-Lange

TOPIC: Voice-Overs
TITLE An Agent and Her Actor: A Successful Relationship
PRESENTER: Patrick Fraley, Lynda McCarrell
DATE: 1991
PLACE: Seattle
CHAIR: Carolyn Rutherford

TOPIC: Voice-Overs
TITLE Voice-Over Acting: The Many Voices Inside You
PRESENTER: Patrick Fraley, Susan Blu
DATE: 1993
PLACE: Philadelphia
CHAIR: Patrick Fraley

TOPIC: Voice-Overs
TITLE The Character Voice Caper Project
PRESENTER: Patrick Fraley, Kathy Devecka
DATE: 1993
PLACE: Philadelphia
CHAIR:

TOPIC: Voice-Overs
TITLE Cartoon Voice Recording Workshop
PRESENTER: Patrick Fraley
DATE: 1994
PLACE: Chicago
CHAIR:

TOPIC: Voice-Overs
TITLE Radio & TV Voice-Over Commercials
PRESENTER: Kathy Devecka, Patrick Fraley
DATE: 1995
PLACE: San Francisco
CHAIR: Kathy Devecka

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