History of Past VASTA Conferences
- 1987 New York, NY— Inaugural Conference led by Cicely Berry, Dorothy Mennen & Bonnie Raphael
- 1988 New York, NY— Bob Parks: Awareness Enhancement – Making the Voco/Physical Connections
- 1989 New York, NY— Sound Connections: Body & Voice
- 1990 Evanston, IL— Vocal Perspectives: Phonation/Text/Physicalization
- 1991 Seattle, WA— Lessac Training: Vocal & Body NRG States with Arthur Lessac and Sue Ann Park
- 1992 Atlanta, GA— Linklater Training: Kristin Linklater, Susan Dibble and Louis Colaianni
- 1993 Philadelphia, PA— Vocal Extensions
- 1994 Evanston, IL— Master Teachers: Michael Johnson-Chase, Ivan Midderigh, Kittie Verdolini & Ralph Zito
- 1995 Berkeley, CA— Master Teachers: Patsy Rodenburg, Jeannette Nelson & Kelly McEvenue
- 1996 New York, NY— 10th Anniversary Conference: Celebrating VASTA’s Origination Date of 1986
- 1997 Chicago, IL— Joint conference with ATME
- 1998 San Antonio, TX— Voice & Healing
- 1999 Toronto, Canada— Bridges Across Disciplines
- 2000 Washington, DC— Celebrating Difference: The Performing Voice from Around the World
- 2001 Chicago, IL— The Lost Secrets of Speaking Shakespeare
- 2002 San Diego, CA— Breathe
- 2003 New York, NY— Voice & Ritual: Beyond the Spoken Word
- 2004 Philadelphia, PA— Diversity
- 2005 Glasgow, Scotland— Breaking Boundaries: Crossing the Cultural Divide; Cicely Berry - Keynote
- 2006 Chicago, IL— Babble: Encountering Sound and Speech
- 2007 Denver, CO— Practical Voice Science: Watch, Learn, Play
- 2008 Ashland, OR— Your Most Sweet Voices: Coaching Shakespeare
- 2009 New York, NY— Vocal Methodologies from the Source: Lessac, Linklater, Fitzmaurice & Rodenburg
- 2010 Mexico City, Mexico— CEUVOZ/VASTA: Muchas Lenguas, Una Voz - Many Languages, One Voice
- 2011 Chicago, IL— Vocal Play: Improv, Comedy, Song & Character
- 2012 Washington, DC— 25th Conference Anniversary: A Voice for Good
- 2013 Minneapolis, MN— Voices of Wisdom, Spanning Generations
- 2014 London, England— Royal Central School of Speech and Drama: Voicing the Future. Reinventing Tradition.
- 2015 Montreal, Canada— Cirque des Voix/Circus of Voices
- 2016 Chicago, IL— Dynamic Dialogues and Connections
- 2017 Singapore— The Art of Storytelling