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Scotland Area 2024 Professional Development Day

“Everyone on Board” – breaking down barriers to inclusion for singers With Dr Kathleen Cronie Sunday 3 March 2024 Victoria Hall, Stirling Road, Dunblane, FK15 9EX This workshop will focus on what singers need from teachers and song leaders to allow them to participate meaningfully in their practice. Beginning with a reflection on why singers…

Peak Performance …  being the best we can be with Heather Nicoll 8 May 2022 2.00pm–5.00pm This series of gentle workouts for the mind are designed to strengthen your mental well-being as teachers and artists. Beneficial mindful strategies will be introduced and consolidated through mindfulness meditation practice to help break bad habits, manage stress and…

An exploration of blues, jazz and soul music which explores tonality, riffing and improvisation with Jennifer John Sunday 3 April 2022 Leeds Conservatoire Unfortunately this event has been cancelled and all delegates have been refunded. Pleased contact North Area Representative Carrie Birmingham if you have any queries.  

S(pr)inging Into Speaking with Melanie Mehta Saturday 30 April 2022 Royal Birmingham Conservatoire A practical day looking at efficiency and interaction of the speaking and singing voice including tools and techniques for releasing our voices, starting with the spoken voice and ways to improve singing performances through work on text. Timings 10.30am–5.00pm 10.30: Registration and…

The Singing Teacher’s Guide to Healthy Speech for Themselves and their Students with Sally Dennis, SLT Sunday 5 February 2023 Box Studios, 17 Boundary Street, Liverpool, L5 9UB During this event, the nuts and bolts behind speech production will be discussed, and insights shared into commonly observed issues singing students and singers present with when…

It’s only a larynx; demystifying MT & CCM With Emma Trow Sunday 5 March 2023 Edinburgh Society of Musicians An exploration of contemporary vocal styles; how to understand the technical musical theatre and pop/rock vocal set ups and experiment with simple ways to achieve them in the studio. A creative and interactive guide to help…

Notes from the Voice Clinic with Lynne Wayman Sunday 23 April 2023 The Music School, Trent College, Long Eaton Lynne Wayman, Vocal Rehabilitation specialist and recommended teacher for Nottingham and Guys and St Thomas’ Voice Clinic, will lead us in an exploration of the techniques used in the rehabilitation of the singing voice. The day…

An Integrative Approach to Vocal Health: Ethics, Knowledge and Empowerment with Jenna Brown Sunday 26 February 2023 1532 Arts Centre, Bristol Grammar School, Bristol This session will explore how singing teachers can navigate the boundaries of trans-disciplinary, vocal health aware practice. It explores how practical strategies can be applied ethically within a person-centred context to…

Break down vocal barriers with movement With Chris Johnson Sunday 23 April 2023 Francis Holland Sloane Square, 39 Graham Terrace, London, SW1W 8JF Chris Johnson will present and explore in a scientific yet practical way the role of movement as assessment in the voice studio. He will offer examples, systematic diagnostic tools and simple solutions…