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Upcoming International Events & Workshops

prepared by Kara Tsiaperas

Updated March 1, 2008
If you have events that you would like included on the list, please send a message to: international.resources@vasta.org

2008
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2009
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August | September | October | November | December

2010
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March 2008

Giving Voice 10: Breath Inspiration Voice
March 28 –April 2, 2008
Aberystwyth, Wales

Giving Voice invites exponents of voice from a wide variety of cultures and areas of expertise to explore the relationship, tangents and nuances, between breath and voice, and that vital component, inspiration, in all its meanings and resonances. Focusing on the voice in performance, practitioners and scholars come together in practical explorations in an inspirational programme of workshops, lecture demonstrations and performances. The published programme for Giving Voice 2008 will be available later this autumn, please do register your interest by email with us, so we can keep you informed of updates. If the theme of Breath, Inspiration, and The Voice is of particular interest to you, we would still welcome, even at this stage, any ideas for workshops, talks, or performances on this theme. Please contact Judie Christie or Joan Mills at cprwww@aber.ac.uk.

(PH) + 44 (0) 1970 622 133 (Drop the 0 if dialing from outside the UK)
International Festival of the Voice in Performance
cprwww@aber.ac.uk

April 2008

RESIDENTIAL VOICE WORKSHOP TRAINING & RESOURCES WEEK
Frankie Armstrong & Darien Pritchard
4-10 April 2008
Kinnersley Castle,
Herefordshire, UK

This course offers a unique opportunity to attend an intensive, residential training on the melodic natural voice. It is designed for people who wish to run voice workshops or incorporate voice into their existing work. Participants preferably need to have confidence with their vocal skills and/or experience in running groups and workshops. Places are limited to 12 people.

In addition to individual and group time to help people focus on their needs in these areas, we will also look at the process of working with groups, creating and setting up improvisations, structuring and pacing workshops, dealing with difficult situations/individuals, and contexts in which this approach can be applied.

As well as bodywork being an integral part of the workshop, there will be daily warm-up sessions taken by Darien, focusing on aspects of body release and energy that relate directly to vocal expression.

645. Pounds Sterling
45 Cecil St,
Cardiff CF24 1NW, South Wales, UK
Tel: (029) 2048 0429
Fax: (029) 2045 3385
http://www.frankiearmstrong.com/vtraining.html

The Human Voice – An Introduction to Roy Hart Theatre Voice Work
April 15 – 27, 2008. One rest day included.
The Roy Hart Centre, Malérargues, France.

Co-directed by Noah Pikes and Margaret Pikes, with other RHT teachers. This course is open to all who wish to explore their voice following the Roy Hart approach. It will give experience in the approaches of several Roy Hart Theatre teachers and includes 2 hours per day of small group work with the focus on the individual voice. Work times: 9.30-12.30 & 14.30-17.30 + 8 hours of presentations on the origins and development of Roy Hart Theatre. Max. No. of Participants: 14 This course  meets the requirements for those wishing to apply for the "Certificate in Roy Hart Theatre Skills for Professionals" Program. It also gives credits for the Roy Hart Theatre General Certificate.

910 euros which includes a Dinner prepared by the Centre's Director. Accommodation and meals are not included in the price.
www.roy-hart-theatre.com
roy.hart@wanadoo.fr

May 2008

Voice Performance & Choreographic Theatre
1st – 22nd May 2008
Roy Hart Centre, Malerargues, 30140 Thoiras, Anduze.

A 3 week workshop, directed by Linda Wise, with other Pantheatre teachers - there will be ensemble ateliers, singing lessons in small groups, voice coaching and choreographic theatre training and research. This workshop will begin the Pantheatre study and creation programme for May/June.

The cost is 1400€ plus onsite lodging.
Contact: Linda Wise: Linda@pantheatre.com or pan@pantheatre.com

Canada's National Voice Intensive
May 11, 2008 to June 13, 2008
Department of Theatre, Film and Creative Writing, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.

Canada's National Voice Intensive, under the direction of David Smukler, is a five-week program designed for professional actors, performing artists, voice teachers and advanced students.  For twenty two years, the Voice Intensive faculty has continuously refined its approach to the performers work.  The work integrates investigations of Shakespeare text with vocal, physical, intellectual and imaginative practices.  These practices balance structure and improvisation, traditional and contemporary challenges.  Mornings are devoted to voice and movement, afternoons to language and text.

$1500 Canadian 
Phone:  604-822-3903.   
e-mail: voice@interchange.ubc.ca . 
http://www.theatre.ubc.ca/vi

MUSIC THEATER ITALY

May 26 - June 20, 2008

STUDY ABROAD THIS SUMMER at Music Theater Italy, where you get to intensive lessons in singing, acting, dancing, and you will learn to speak conversational Italian. This is an intensive American Musical Theatre training program focused on improving your skills.

N David Williams (music director, pianist) and Kate Johnson (voice teacher/coach), are very pleased to announce the FOURTH annual MUSIC THEATER ITALY, May 26 - June 20, 2008. The school is based in the beautiful 12th Century Ex-Convento San Francesco in Conegliano - in the Veneto - near the magnificent city of VENICE. Housing and meals take place in the former convent, classes take place in the town’s local music school and brand new dance school. The Ex Convento also provides a class room for Italian lessons, and a state-of-the art computer room with 19 DSL connections. AND - you will be in ITALY - land of some of the best food and most fabulous people on our planet!

The tuition price includes all classes and lessons, lodging and meals.

We will provide information and guidance to help you plan extra-curricular weekend excursions. Possibilities include trips to Venice, Florence, Prague, Munich, Vienna, Salzburg, etc. We are very near the Dolomite mountains, so if the summer is hot - we can go there to frolic in the snow. You will also be a stone’s throw from the Adriatic sea - should you wish a day on the beach. Those seeking culture may wish to take a guided art history weekend.

For more information go to www.MUSICTHEATERITALY.com

Interested persons should contact :

Kate Johnson
katiekatiekins@yahoo.com
646-322-3106
or
N David Williams
dwilliams@miami.edu

July 2008

Myth & Theatre Festival
1 – 13th July 2008
Roy Hart Centre, Malerargues, 30140 Thoiras, Anduze.

Voice and Singing training, master classes, experimental sessions, lectures and performances, returning to last years’ (2007) theme: “Sirens, Sibyls & Sexuality” – exploring the ‘irresistable’ nature of the sirens’ voices, the ‘sybylline voice’ with it’s multi-phonics (especially in relation to contemporary music) and including this year, the theme of Scheherezade.

The cost is 900€ plus onsite lodging.
Contact: Enrique Pardo, pan@pantheatre.com

THEATRE METHODS 08
Between Tradition and Contemporaneity
July 7 - 13, 2008
Malpils, Latvia

Annual professional festival-fair bringing up the question of the Bridge between Tradition and Contemporaneity in performing arts. It is uniting performers from all over the world interested in the research of theatre methods between tradition and contemporaneity. Participants: actors, directors, dancers, choreographers, teachers, playwrights, stage designers, script writers, theatre critics, journalists, cultural managers. At the moment the festival has been accepting applications for creative presentations in 2008.

More details: http://www.iugte.com/projects/TM08.php

International Intensive Workshop on Voice & Song
July 7-18, 2008
Italy

The Tuscany Project blends group and individual work, focusing on each person's growing edge in the areas of: Vocal exploration,Performance presence, Movement, Song interpretation and performance, Individual and group singing. Explore pathways to powerful performance of songs connecting body, voice, emotions, text and imagination with awareness and confidence.

Contact: Gail Zarren gail@tuscanyproject.com
www.tuscanyproject.com

 Multidisciplinary Approaches to Performance, Health and Research in Voice
10th, 11th and 12th July 2008
The Guildhall School of Music & Drama and the Barbican Centre, London

Call for Papers and Workshops (Deadline 30 Nov 2007)

The conference focus will be on Multidisciplinary Approaches to Performance, Health and Research in Voice and the programme will include presentations from invited speakers, workshops, free papers, masterclasses and an exhibition.

Presented by: The British Voice Association and The Guildhall School of Music & Drama

BVA
330 Gray’s Inn Road
London
WCI X 8EE
UK
http://www.british-voice-association.com
bva@dircon.co.uk

Catherine Fitzmaurice Five-Day Workshop
July 14-18, 10:00am to 5:30pm
Arts Educational College in Chiswick, West London.

In July 2008, we will deepen our approach to Destructuring to facilitate freedom from unnecessary tension, and we will also develop a clear understanding of the physical techniques as well as the artistic and health values of Restructuring to facilitate intelligent and practical breath management choices that can be used during natural as well as theatrical speaking. And then we'll play.

300. Pounds
Daron Oram,10 Winchelsea House, London, SE16 4LH, UK
darono@yahoo.com
www.fitzmauricevoice.com

A Certificate in Roy Hart Skills for the Theatre Professional
22 July – 3 August 2008, Tuesday 16 Dec 2008 – Friday 9 Jan 2009, 21 July – 2 August 2009
Roy Hart Centre in France

The use of the voice plays a central role in most forms of interaction between people. Professionals in many fields find new vocal resources in the different forms of Roy Hart Theatre work. The program will provide an educational context for those who have had experience of RHT work where they can widen that experience and engage in practical training and discussion of its use in their professional setting. It offers the possibility to better understand and develop the use of these resources. On the positive completion of the program, participants will receive a professionally recognized certificate.

The cost of the program is 5,600€. This does not include food and lodging (which is about 30€ a day, and over 5 weeks, will cost approximately an additional 1000€) or travel.
Contact the administration at the Roy Hart Centre via email at: roy.hart@wanadoo.fr
www.roy-hart-theatre.com

August 2008

Linklater Voice Teacher Training
Aug. 11-17, 2008, March 6-27, 2009, March 5-26, 2010
Hamburg, Germany

In the course of 2008-2010, for a second time, Kristin Linklater will conduct a Voice Teacher Training leading to the certification as a Designated Linklater Voice Teacher. Information about the content, requirements for candidacy and application can be downloaded as pdf-file here:

Application deadline is December 15, 2007
http://www.linklatertraining.de/download/LinklVoiceTeachTr_e.pdf

5,550,00 EUR
Michael Petermann
WEISSER RAUSCH Musik und Theater
Alternative Theatre - Certified Linklater Training
Feldstrasse 66, D-20359 Hamburg, Germany

Tel. +49 40 23 51 74 45
Fax +49 40 23 51 74 46
www.linklater.eu
www.linklatertraining.de

September 2008

The Creative Voice International Seminar
Directed by Kaya Anderson with A.Bignamini(italian theatre teacher), S.Weins, and D.Goldsworthy.
9-28 September
Malerargues, France

Discover a wider range and the expressive power of the voice. Enjoy transforming and regenerating your voice, mind and body. We will work on characters and love scenes, both humourous and dramatic, from Shakespeare and other authors, in songs, arias, poetry, stories, and language. Bring a song and text leanrt by heart (it may be of your own compostition) to work on. This workshop is for you if you wish to improve and discover a more expressive voice in speaking and singing, which you can use to enhance your capacity to communicate.Please send a brief description of yourself and your interests, togetehr witha photo.

1500 euros (Includes lodgings and a Welcoming Dinner)
roy.hart@wanadoo.fr
http://www.roy-hart-theatre.com/

October 2008

A Vocal Training Intensive
Directed by Carol Mendelsohn with S.Ryan, D.Goldsworthy, and Rossignol
1- 26 October
Malerargue-France

This vocal training intensive is intended for those students who have worked with Roy Hart teachers. It provides a structure for both advancing in Roy HArt voice work and theatre training. The program consists of individual and group training with the aim of developing and strengthening the voice as a tool for artistic expression and communication. Please come with at least one song known by heart, a monologue, or poem of your choice, and a personal story.Please send a CV and a letter of intention by email.

1500 euros (including lodgings and a Welcoming Dinner)
roy.hart@wanadoo.fr or carolmendelsohn@hotmail.com
http://www.roy-hart-theatre.com/

November 2008

A Pedagogic workshop
Directed By Kaya Anderson and Noah Pikes
4-9 November
Malerargues, France

This workshop is for RHT Voice Teacher Diploma candidates and those who have experience of several workshops with RHT recognized teachers and wish to gain practical insight into the teaching of RHT work.

42hrs-630 euros
roy.hart@wanadoo.fr
http://www.roy-hart-theatre.com/

December 2008

A Certificate in Roy Hart Skills for the Theatre Professional
22 July – 3 August 2008, Tuesday 16 Dec 2008 – Friday 9 Jan 2009, 21 July – 2 August 2009
Roy Hart Centre in France

The use of the voice plays a central role in most forms of interaction between people. Professionals in many fields find new vocal resources in the different forms of Roy Hart Theatre work. The program will provide an educational context for those who have had experience of RHT work where they can widen that experience and engage in practical training and discussion of its use in their professional setting. It offers the possibility to better understand and develop the use of these resources. On the positive completion of the program, participants will receive a professionally recognized certificate.

The cost of the program is 5,600€. This does not include food and lodging (which is about 30€ a day, and over 5 weeks, will cost approximately an additional 1000€) or travel.
Contact the administration at the Roy Hart Centre via email at: roy.hart@wanadoo.fr
www.roy-hart-theatre.com

Discover Your Voice in 2009
28 December 2008-1 January 2009
Malerargues, France

Directed by Kaya Anderson with Kevin Crawford and Marie-Paul Marthe

25hrs-350 euros (includes New Years' Dinner in the chateau)
roy.hart@wanadoo.fr
http://www.roy-hart-theatre.com/

January 2009

Voice-Music-Performance
Directed by Jonathan Hart-Makwaia
6-12 January 2009
Malerargues, France

This is a workshop for the development of vocal and musical expression. Each participant should come with a project to work on (e.g.song, vocal character, area of improvisation, text, or other structure) which can be musically inspiring.

40hrs- 570 euros
roy.hart@wanadoo.fr
http://www.roy-hart-theatre.com/

Links between the Person and Voice-A pedagogic workshop
Directed by Ian Magilton with Marie-Paul Marthe
13-20 January 2009
Malerargue, France

A grounding principle of RHT is that there be no spilt between actor and the person, thus the link between the voice and the psyche in teaching. This workshop will concentrate specifically on the recognition, interpretation, and exploitation of this link. For Roy Hart teachers and students in teacher training only.

30 hrs-450 euros
roy.hart@wanadoo.fr
http://www.roy-hart-theatre.com/

February 2009

The Voices of the Archetypes of Myth/Frankie Armstrong

February 14-15
Melbourne, Australia

This workshop provides an exciting way to expand and liberate vocal colour, range and expressivity. It uses movement, imagination and storytelling to access a wide range of vocal qualities and expression through exploring figures that inhabit the world’s mythology, such as The Huntress, The Trickster, The Child, The Mother and The Crone. These archetypes are not a character or caricature but a particular aspect or quality in all of us.

(Contact: The Boite, 03 9417 1983; www.boite.com.au)

March 2009

VOICE AND MUSIC PERFORMANCE
Directed by: Enrique Pardo et Linda Wise
March 6 to 21  2009
Paris, France

A performance-oriented workshop (classes, research laboratories and work presentations) emphasizing the performance aspects of the voice in its relation to music. The workshop will include composers, musicians, choreographers and theatre directors who collaborate and/or study with Pantheatre. They will be invited to take part, contribute ideas and direct sessions.

Panthéâtre, 124 boulevard Voltaire, 75011 Paris Tel : 33 (0)1 48 06 32 35
eFax : 33 (0)8 26 70 19 94 Port : 06 26 74 72 71
www.pantheatre.com

April 2009

The Human Voice: An Introduction to Roy Hart Theatre Voice Work
14 – 26 April 2009
France

Directed by Noah Pikes with Clara Silber Harris and Marie-Paule Marthe. This course is open to all who wish to explore their voice following the Roy Hart approach. It will give the participant experience in the different ways of several Roy Hart Theatre teachers and includes two hours per day of small group work with the focus on the individual voice. The course includes the following:

· 12 working days of 6 hours per day
· including four hours of presentations on the origins and development of Roy Hart Theatre
· experience with different Roy Hart Theatre teachers

9 h 30 - 12 h 30 / 14 h 30 - 17 h 30
76 hours
14 participants

Price: 975 euros (which includes a welcoming dinner but does not include lodging or other meals)
www.roy-hart-theatre.com

Voice Resources and Training Week/ Frankie Armstrong
April 15-21
UK

A training week at Kinnersley Castle, Herefordshire with Frankie and Darien for those who wish to incorporate the Natural Voice approach to voice into their work. (Places restricted to 12 people, bookings by the end of February 2009)

For details or booking forms, contact: Frankie, 029 2048 0429
http://www.frankiearmstrong.com

CENTRE FOR VOICE IN PERFORMANCE/ WORKSHOP FOR PROFESSIONAL VOICE TEACHERS - NADINE GEORGE, INTERNATIONAL FELLOW IN VOICE AT THE RSAMD, WILL GIVE A WORKSHOP ON THE VOICE AND GREEK TEXT
APRIL 16 TH – 17 TH 2009, 10am – 1pm and 2pm – 5pm
RSAMD, GLASGOW, Scotland

‘How great it is really to work on your own voice again in a profound way. We spend so much time giving out, that you can run yourself dry without realizing it. The workshop’s given me back the feeling that I’ve something within to give out.’ (workshop participant 2008)

The Emotional Voice: the effect of emotion on performance/ BVA
Saturday, 18th April, 2009
The Gulbenkian Room, Park Crescent Conference Centre, 229 Great Portland Street, London W1W 5PN (opposite Great Portland Street tube station)
UK

In celebration of World Voice Day, the British Voice Association presents a study day which examines the nature of emotion, it's effects on the brain and body and some ideas on how to prevent it impacting negatively on performance. We will also explore and experience ways in which emotion can be used positively to enhance performance skills. The provisional programme, application form and course fee will be available here shortly.

£65 for BVA members, £75 for non-members (tea coffee and lunch included)
330 Gray’s Inn Rd, London, WC1X 8EE, 44 (0) 207713 0064
www.british-voice-association.com

BEING IN VOICE - THE ACTING CLASS
Sunday 26 April - Sunday 14 June 2009, 9.30 am to 12.30 pm
Metro Arts, Edward St, Brisbane, Qld,
Australia

Being in Voice focuses on the whole performer in the context of the whole performance. The training consists of integrated voice and acting exercises and techniques from the work of Valerii Galendiev, Kristin Linklater, Roy Hart, Catherine Fitzmaurice, Cicely Berry, Ira Seidenstein, John Wright, Frankie Armstrong and many others.

The Generous Voice - generating your unique sound in a dynamically active body, and sharing it generously in any performance space.

Material Essences and Pole Work - physical processes for developing stamina, flexibility, self-awareness and spontaneity, and for creating characters and images

The Vocal Body - Developing core physical stamina, vocal flexibility and creativity as you grow your voice within your body, and the body within your voice

Working with Archetypes (Mask work without the masks) - how to manifest Archetypal qualities both physically and vocally, while exploring ways to access your creative and emotional life effectively and safely

Owning the text - analyze and investigate the language, its structure and the aural potential of the script (classical and contemporary)

Earlybirds (book and pay by 26 March, 2009) $350
Cost: AU$380 (8 sessions)
BOOKINGS and enquiries: fkennedy@being-in-voice.com

May 2009

ONE - D AY WORKSHOP Fitzmaurice Voicework
May 3, 2009
Actors Centre, London, England

Singing from the Soles of the Feet/ Frankie Armstrong
May 8-10
UK

For thousands of years, our ancestors sang to accompany work, devotion, seasonal rituals and social gatherings - to express joy, grief, rage, tenderness, hope and fear. All these emotions can be given full range through the power and beauty of the voice. To help unlock this, Frankie uses a range of gentle movements and exercises to help relax and free the body and voice. She focuses on how to involve the whole body - to give rise to the voice from the feet on up. She uses chants and songs from around the world, along with simple structures to create vocal ‘events’.

Singing from the Soles of the Feet. Voice workshop with Frankie in Broadway, rural Worcestershire.

Contact: Farncombe Estate, 01386 854 100; www.FarncombeEstate.co.uk
http://www.frankiearmstrong.com

Hearing and Seeing Voice: Perception-Analysis-Imaging/ BVA
Saturday 9th May
University College, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT
London, UK

A day devoted to presentations describing work on the speaking and singing voice, including analysis and imaging using electro-laryngography in the Voice Clinic and Singing Studio.

Speakers will include Ron Baken, Philippe Dejonckere, Julian McGlashan, David Howard and Tom Harris as well as Adrian Fourcin, with contributions from other colleagues and former students.

Application forms for this event will be available in due course. For further information contact Jackie Ellis by phone on 020 7713 0064 or email her at bva@dircon.co.uk
www.british-voice-association.com


Finding your voice / Frankie Armstrong
May 22 – 24
in Co Wicklow, near Dublin, Ireland

Our voice is the most intimate expression of ourselves. A five day residential workshop which offers an opportunity to explore our voices and the variety of expression, colour and range that we are capable of.

Contact: The Chrysalis Centre, Donard, Co Wicklow, Eire,+353 (0)45 404713;
www.chrysalis.ie
http://www.frankiearmstrong.com


ONE-DAY WORKSHOP in Fitzmaurice Voice work
May 25, 2009
Warrington England
taught by Assistant Teacher Terry O'Connell. Introduction to Fitzmaurice Voicework.

contact: Terry O'Connell terry@oconnell.com
www.fitzmauricevoice.com

June 2009

Realisation of a Personal Project
2 – 12 June 2009
France

Directed by Anne-Marie Le Tron with David Goldsworthy and Saule Ryan

This is an intensive, residential workshop which aims to help artists conceive and develop their creative projects which involve the use of voice. Please register early as only 10 participants are accepted!

Price: 900 euros
www.roy-hart-theatre.com

RP workshops
June 2009
London, UK

The workshops will be co-led by two dialect coaches: Helen Ashton and Marina Tyndall to ensure a high level of individual attention.

--RP Intensive for London and South East Actors: Sunday 7th June 2009
--RP Intensive for American Actors: 14th June 2009
--RP Intensive for Celtic Actors: 21st June 2009

If you are interested in finding out more, please send us an email at: madetomeasurerp@googlemail.com

Let Your Voice Out/ Frankie Armstrong
June 13-20
Spain

Frankie leads a week long, residential voice workshop at Cortijo Romero holiday centre in a very beautiful valley in Southern Spain. This is a chance to explore the range, power and expressivity of your voice in a relaxed, supportive atmosphere while also enjoying swimming, walking, wonderful food and glorious scenery.

Contact: Janice Gray, 01494 765 775
www.cortijo-romero.co.uk
http://www.frankiearmstrong.com

July 2009

Sound Power and the Healing VoiceDerek Barnes [assisted by Susan Cullen]
Dates: July 5, Aug 2nd, Sept 20th 10am -5pm

Venue: Concert Artistes Association 20 Bedford Street, London

Derek Barnes is an exceptional individual with an [arguably] unique range of skills that have been developed over 20 years of research and teaching. he is a musical director, composer voice teacher and healer. He is also a master practitioner trained in the Hustler singing technique . His numerous professional credits include the National Theatre and he is a former professor at Gottenburg university, where he coached the musical theatre and opera students. He is known as "the teacher of the safe belt" but his exploratory vocal workshops offer a different and, I believe, unmissable opportunity for any practitioner or teacher committed to an integrated, cross cultural and holistic approach to voice work.

Fees: £105 - places limited to 12 per day. Derek can be contacted on
derekbarnes@ntlworld.com

Tools of the Trade: A multidisciplinary look at treatment techniques and tools/ BVA
A BVA Study Day will take place on Sunday, 5th July 2009
UK

The day will include The Gunnar Rugheimer Lecture given by Dr Evelyn Abberton. Her title will be "Don't look at me with that tone of voice!" The Annual General Meeting of the British Voice Association will also be included in the day. Further details will be provided as they become available.

www.british-voice-association.com

A Certificate in Roy Hart Skills for the Theatre Professional
22 July – 3 August 2008, Tuesday 16 Dec 2008 – Friday 9 Jan 2009, 21 July – 2 August 2009
Roy Hart Centre in France

The use of the voice plays a central role in most forms of interaction between people. Professionals in many fields find new vocal resources in the different forms of Roy Hart Theatre work. The program will provide an educational context for those who have had experience of RHT work where they can widen that experience and engage in practical training and discussion of its use in their professional setting. It offers the possibility to better understand and develop the use of these resources. On the positive completion of the program, participants will receive a professionally recognized certificate.

The cost of the program is 5,600€. This does not include food and lodging (which is about 30€ a day, and over 5 weeks, will cost approximately an additional 1000€) or travel.
Contact the administration at the Roy Hart Centre via email at: roy.hart@wanadoo.fr

August 2009

Sound Power and the Healing VoiceDerek Barnes [assisted by Susan Cullen]
Dates: July 5, Aug 2nd, Sept 20th 10am -5pm

Venue: Concert Artistes Association 20 Bedford Street, London

Derek Barnes is an exceptional individual with an [arguably] unique range of skills that have been developed over 20 years of research and teaching. he is a musical director, composer voice teacher and healer. He is also a master practitioner trained in the Hustler singing technique . His numerous professional credits include the National Theatre and he is a former professor at Gottenburg university, where he coached the musical theatre and opera students. He is known as "the teacher of the safe belt" but his exploratory vocal workshops offer a different and, I believe, unmissable opportunity for any practitioner or teacher committed to an integrated, cross cultural and holistic approach to voice work.

Fees: £105 - places limited to 12 per day. Derek can be contacted on
derekbarnes@ntlworld.com

Phonetics Teaching & Learning Conference
August 6-8, 2009
UCL , London, UK

PTLC is a biennial international conference devoted to the teaching, learning and assessment of phonetics in all its guises, including (but not confined to): general phonetics, phonetics for speech therapy and audiology, phonetics for the performing arts, phonetics for language teaching, forensic phonetic, the use of IT and distance learning in phonetics. John Wells will be giving the keynote speech.

Registration and paper submission are now open email (registration and all enquiries): ptlc@langsci.ucl.ac.uk

Kristin Linklater teaching the Linklater Progression
Aug. 10-14, 09
Central School of Speech and Drama, London

Five-day workshop for actors, performers, voice teachers and like minded practitioners run by world renowned voice teacher Kristin Linklater. An introduction to the Linklater Progression: from physical awareness, natural breathing, touch of sound and freeing vibrations, through to developing and strengthening resonance, range and an approach to text. The workshop will be 10am - 4pm daily (with an hour for lunch). It’s going to be very inspiring and there are limited places so if you are interested please contact me, Ashley Howard, by email or phone as soon as possible to reserve your place.

300£
Ashley Howard Tel. 07821 213752
Email. ashley.howard@cssd.ac.uk Web. www.ashleyhoward.synthasite.com

September 2009

Sound Power and the Healing VoiceDerek Barnes [assisted by Susan Cullen]
Dates: July 5, Aug 2nd, Sept 20th 10am -5pm

Venue: Concert Artistes Association 20 Bedford Street, London

Derek Barnes is an exceptional individual with an [arguably] unique range of skills that have been developed over 20 years of research and teaching. he is a musical director, composer voice teacher and healer. He is also a master practitioner trained in the Hustler singing technique . His numerous professional credits include the National Theatre and he is a former professor at Gottenburg university, where he coached the musical theatre and opera students. He is known as "the teacher of the safe belt" but his exploratory vocal workshops offer a different and, I believe, unmissable opportunity for any practitioner or teacher committed to an integrated, cross cultural and holistic approach to voice work.

Fees: £105 - places limited to 12 per day. Derek can be contacted on
derekbarnes@ntlworld.com

Application Deadline for Linklater Certification In Germany
Hamburg, Germany

In the course of 2010-2011, for a third time in Germany, Kristin Linklater will conduct a Voice Teacher Training leading to the certification as a Designated Linklater Voice Teacher. Information about the content, requirements for candidacy and application can be found here: http://www.linklatertraining.de/training/termine.html

Application deadline is September 15, 2009. Feel free to contact me in case you

have questions. Michael Petermann
WEISSER RAUSCH Musik und Theater
Alternative Theatre - Certified Linklater Training
Feldstrasse 66, D-20359 Hamburg, Germany
Tel. +49 40 23 51 74 44
Fax +49 40 23 51 74 46
www.linklater.eu

www.linklatertraining.de

November 2009

Fitzmaurice ONE-DAY WORKSHOP
November 1, 2009
Sydney Australia

Introduction and review of Fitzmaurice Voicework. Taught by Catherine Fitzmaurice

contact: Katherine Poulsen katherinepoulsen@hotmail.com

BVA Stroboscopy Days/ BVA
9th/10th November 2009
Manchester, UK

Phil and Sue Jones have kindly agreed to host this popular BVA course again at the Wythenshawe Hospital in Manchester on the 9th/10th November, 2009. More details will appear as we receive them but meanwhile, please make a note of the dates.

www.british-voice-association.com

December 2009

Breath in Action
Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School, Wellington,
11 Hutchison Road
New Zeland

Saturday Dec 5 th

This workshop is lead by master voice teacher Jane Boston and will involve participants sensing the breath in the body:

* as a key to emotional availability
* to release and express the authorial voice in any piece of dramatic or poetic writing
* to find the voice in themselves.

Cost: $150 NZ Dollars

D'Arcy Smith
Senior Tutor of Voice and Speech
Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School
64-4-381-9248

darcys@toiwhakaari.ac.nz

Mad Hatter's RP Party
London
Sunday 13th December 2009, 10am to 6.30pm

Helen or Marina
hckashton@gmail.com
www.accent-dialect-coach.com

January 2010

The Potential Space and Fitzmaurice Work, Workshop leader Roger Smart
Fri, January 8th 6p-9p, Sat, January 9 th 10a-6p, Sun, January 10th 10a-4p
Goldsmith's College, New Cross , London

The complex relationship between our body, our breath, our emotions and our voice has been charted over many years.  Recently this relationship has been addressed by a number of eminent neurologists and neuro-biologists such as Antonio Damasio, Candace Pert and Susanna Bloch, in addition to researchers into performance and creativity and those in the healing arts. If you would like to gain some idea of what Fitzmaurice Voicework is, and what it might do for you, I would first ask you to imagine a guitar, or a violin, or any similar stringed instrument with a sound box.  You might then imagine placing one of your hands as firmly as you can on the back of the sound box, and think of plucking one of the strings with the other hand.  You will hear the pitch of the note as it would be sounded under any other circumstances, but it is probably a thin sound; a sound without richness and fullness; a sound without real volume; a sound that is flat and lacking expressivity.  With your hand pressed on the sound box, the instrument is incapable of expressing the harmonics that give its sound richness, presence and an individualistic character.

Waged £45, Unwaged £25

American Accent Boot Camp
London
Sunday, January 10, 10:00am-6:30pm

"Take your American accent from 'fairly good' to fighting fit’

Helen or Marina
hckashton@gmail.com
www.accent-dialect-coach.com

March 2010

Voice Clinics Forum, 2010
March 13th 2010
Park Crescent Conference Centre, London W1W 5PN

The Voice Clinics Forum meeting scheduled for Friday, 5th February 2010 has been postponed. We have become aware of other meetings that conflict with this date. The BVA will reschedule this meeting in due course. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

RESEARCH DAY: Exploring Voices

A one-day conference about recent voice research from scientific, arts and educational, and clinical perspectives. The day will also include presentation of short-listed papers for the prestigious Van Lawrence Prize, worth £500 to the winner.

Programme and application forms available shortly
The British Voice Association at the Institute of Laryngology and Otology
330 Gray's Inn Road, London WC1X 8EE
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7713 0064 | Fax: +44 (0)20 7915 1388
E-mail: bva@dircon.co.uk
http://www.british-voice-association.com/index.htm

April 2010

CENTRE FOR VOICE IN PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP WITH NADINE GEORGE FOR PROFESSIONAL VOICE TEACHERS
APRIL 14/15/16TH 2010
RSAMD, Glasgow

NADINE GEORGE, INTERNATIONAL FELLOW IN VOICE AT THE RSAMD, WILL GIVE A WORKSHOP ON THE VOICE AND SHAKESPEAREAN TEXT FOR PROFESSIONAL VOICE TEACHERS IN GLASGOW. This intensive workshop will take place at the. There will be two days of practical work from 10am – 1pm and 2pm – 5pm with an hour for lunch. The final morning is from 10am – 1pm and will allow for an extended discussion of this work, your own experience and practice, and ways forward for the profession.

120 pounds
Bill Wright b.wright@rsamd.ac.uk

May 2010

ONE-DAY Fitzmaurice WORKSHOP
May 15, 2010
Actors Centre
London England

Fitzmaurice Voicework, Group work Taught by Catherine Fitzmaurice

contact: Actors Centre www.actorscentre.co.uk
http://www.fitzmauricevoice.com/home.html


Fitzmaurice WEEKEND WORKSHOP
May 22-23, 2010, Saturday and Sunday 10 am - 5:30 pm
Rag Factory, London England

Taught by Catherine Fitzmaurice and Assistant Teacher Terry O'Connell Fitzmaurice Voicework and healing.

contact: Fitzmaurice Workshops for price and details
e: info@fitzmauricevoice.com
www.ragfactory.org.uk
http://www.fitzmauricevoice.com/home.html

July 2010

Linklater Teacher Training Program
July 2010
Hamburg, Germany

Andrea Harding will prepare trainees for the designation workshop. Continued in March 2011 and March 2012. Application deadline Dec. 15, 2009

5,700 EUR
Weisser Rausch Musik und Theatre, Michael Petermann, Feldstrasse 66, D-20359 Hamburg, Germany
phone 49 40 23 51 74 44
linklater.eu

International Intensive Workshop on Voice & Song
Saturday July 3rd - Sunday July 11th, 2010
Italy

The Tuscany Project blends group and individual work, focusing on each person's growing edge in the areas of vocal exploration, movement, performance presence, song interpretation and performance. International experienced faculty such as Belle Linda Halpern, Anja Struchholz and Ron Roy will guide you and challenge you! Explore pathways to powerful performance of songs connecting body, voice, emotions, text and imagination with awareness and confidence.

complete program details: www.tuscanyproject.com

Frankie Armstrong Singing Retreat
July 9-11
Wales, UK

A residential singing retreat in the beauty of West Wales in a delightful rural setting not far from the coast. This weekend offers you a chance to both relax and find yourself gently energised through the power and delight of singing together.

Contact: Jules Steinson, Email inner.journey2007@yahoo.co.uk
http://www.frankiearmstrong.com/index.html

Singing After Roy Hart
July 20-30 2010
Château de Malérarguesâ, France

Workshops and Symposia on the Voice Pedagogy of The Roy Hart Theatre... and Beyond For voice professionals, singers and performance artists, directors (theatre, dance, music) and those interested in an in depth enquiry into the RHT vocal pedagogy and its creative practice. Deepen your understand and experience through master classes, Roy Hart Singing lessons, lectures, concerts and work-in-progress presentations with an international community of creative artists. Project director: Enrique Pardo Pedagogic director: Carol Mendelsohn Roy Hart Teachers: Kaya Anderson, Marianne LeTron, Jonathan Hart-Makwaia, Linda Wise, Saule Ryan, Ian Magilton, Kozana Lucca A ROY HART CENTRE / PANTHEATRE collaboration

Information and registration http://www.pantheatre.com/gb/2-TT10-gb.html

August 2010

Linklater Teacher Training Program
International Centre of Voice / Central School of Speech and Drama, London, UK
Aug. 9 -27, 2010 & Aug. 1- 28, 2011

Linklater teacher training course taught by Kristin Linklater. First session is Aug. 2010 and the second session s Aug. 2011.

icv@cssd.ac.uk
caroline.clark@cssd.ac.uk

Flexible Body, Free Voice with Frankie Armstrong
August 15-20
Ireland

Frankie working with Darien in a blend that they’ve created over more than twenty years. Darien uses gentle ‘exercises’ from the Feldenkrais Method® to promote a combination of relaxation and flexibility which leads naturally into the body-breath-voice approach explored by Frankie. This is both for the speaking and singing voice, so we’ll include simple songs and chants from around the world. Chrysalis centre is beautiful setting with glorious gardens and excellent vegetarian food.

Contact: +353 45 404713, Email - Chrysalis, Donard, Co Wicklow, Ireland
http://www.frankiearmstrong.com/index.html

September 2010

Voice Workshop Leader’s Training Week with Frankie Armstrong
September 3-9
Herefordshire, UK

A training week at Kinnersley Castle, Herefordshire with Frankie and Darien for those who wish to incorporate the Natural Voice approach to voice into their work. (Places restricted to 12 people)

For details or booking forms, contact: Frankie, 029 2048 0429
http://www.frankiearmstrong.com/index.html

October 2010

Let Your Voice Outwith Frankie Armstrong
October 23-30
Spain

Frankie leads a week long, residential voice workshop at Cortijo Romero holiday centre in a very beautiful valley in Southern Spain. This is a chance to explore the range, power and expressivity of your voice in a relaxed, supportive atmosphere while also enjoying swimming, walking, wonderful food and glorious scenery.

Contact: Janice Gray, 01494 765 775; email, www.cortijo-romero.co.uk
http://www.frankiearmstrong.com/index.html

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