INTERNATIONAL &
NATIONAL EVENTS
1999

by Naomi Frenkel & Marlene Johnson

Here is a list of the international events planned for 1999 based on the information we have so far. If any members are aware of events not listed, please feel free to post them on VASTAVOX, or send them to us and we will do it. Watch for the International Sponsors of Workshops, Classes, and Conferences at the VASTA web site!

Atlantic Overtures has sent out brochures advertising the summer sessions at the Royal Natl Theatre in London and the Oxford School of Drama (NOT the same as BADA offering). Courses offered are: July 12-39: 1999 Summer Acting Program for Professional actors; July 19-30 1999 Alumni Acting Program; July 5-16 Professional Voice Teachers Course with Patsy Rodenburg; July 11-August 7 Oxford School of drama. All courses require auditions (which begin Mar 15) except Patsy's class which requires a professional/academic resume and statement of purpose. Contact Atlantic Overtures, 3549 North 47th Ave, Omaha,NE 68104 TEL/FAX 402-453-3872 - email: <AtlanOver9@aol.com> for application packet and information.

The International Workshop Festival in London publishes a directory, "INTERNATIONAL TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES EUROPE" listing 197 organizers of workshops, courses, and masterclasses held by internationally recognized teachers and artists in 22 countries. It is now in its second edition, dated 1997. The directory is available from the IWF: 52 Tottenham Street, London W1P 9PG, England, TEL (33) 1-44-618485 FAX (33) 1- 44-618486. The price is £10 (app. $17.00 including shipping) The good news is the abundance of training and learning experiences available the bad news is that there are no specific dates for these events, you have to contact theorganization directly for that information. The other difficulty is that the IWF only accepts payment in pounds (a check drawn directly on a British bank). They will send you an order form on request.

JANUARY

11-19 PANTHEATRE in Paris: Annual Professional Workshops:

Pantheatre
20 Rue St. Nicolas
75012 Paris, France
TEL/FAX 011-33-1-44-67-70-53
<http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/pantheatre>
Email: <pantheatre@compuserve.com>

15-18 Actor Training: International Perspectives
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

FEBRUARY

8-12 SECOND WORLD VOICE CONGRESS: Sao Paulo, Brazil

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II (Second) World Voice Congress
R. Dr. Diogo de Faria, 171
04037-000, Sao Paulo, SP, BRAZIL
TEL/FAX #(+5511) 539-5013
Email: <info@worldvoice.net>
<http://www.worldvoice.net>

13-14, 19-21 Saule Ryan and Carol Mendelsohn of the Roy Hart Theatre in France will be offering workshops at Brandeis. Contact: Judi Wilson TEL: 617 - 864 4463 ext. 3

APRIL

CENTRE FOR PERFORMANCE RESEARCH:

1-10 Giving Voice: a Divinity of the Voice

9-12 A Performance Studies International
5th Annual Conference

Centre for Performance Research
8-H Science Park
Aberystwyth SY23 3AH
Wales
TEL 011-44-1970-622133
FAX 011-44-1970-622133
Email <cprwww@aber.ac.uk> <http://www.aber.ac.uk/~cprwww/>

MAY

1-6 4th CANADIAN VOICE CARE FOUNDATION Conference in Banff:

Canadian Voice Care Foundation
2540 Toronto Crescent NW
Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 3V9
Contact: Katherine Ardo
TEL (403) 282-2177
TEL toll free: 1-888-284-9590
FAX 403-289-4988

29-6/2 - "Focusing the Voice on Musical Theatre" - An Integrated Voice Workshop with Joan Melton and David Nevell, sponsored by the Department of Theatre and Dance, California State University, Fullerton.
Contact: Joan Melton
TEL 714-278-2164
Email: <jmelton@fullerton.edu>

JUNE

2-6 VOICE FOUNDATION : 28th annual Symposium:

A Care of the Professional Voice
The Voice Foundation
1721 Pine Street
Philadelphia PA 19103
TEL 215 - 735-7999
FAX 215 - 735 - 9293

11-19 INTERNATIONAL YOUNG PEOPLE'S
THEATRE ASSOCIATION:
Tromso, Norway,
Secretary General,
ASSITEJ Austria,
Burggasse 28-32/2, A-1070,
Vienna, Austria,
TEL 43 2 523 27 2940,
FAX 43 1 523 17 2990

16-18 Voice Intensive
Contemporary Arts Summer Institute
Attn: Tanya Petreman
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Email : <Tanya_Petreman@sfu.ca>
TEL (604) 291-4672

28-31 SPOLETO SYMPOSIUM, Charleston, SC Medicine in the Vocal Arts

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