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Welcome to Vocal Process eZINE 11. We are
delighted to be renewing contact with you after several months, and
this edition is packed with news about the latest VP happenings.
INSET and Tailored Courses
So far 2005 has been the year of INSET and in-house for Vocal Process.
In addition to our continuing public course programme, Vocal Process
has been invited to a number of educational establishments to give
personalised training to voice professionals.
Two INSETS were led by Gillyanne for Somerset
Music Services (a full day) and the Berkshire Youth Music Trust (a
half day) respectively. Gillyanne will be returning to BYMT in October
to do a full day INSET. Look out for her in Bristol in early October,
when she will be doing an INSET for a group of public schools in the
area, organised by Colston School.
Read more
about the Somerset Music Services experience with Gillyanne.
Jeremy and Gillyanne gave a Musical Theatre
training day at Loughborough College with first and second year BTEC
students being put through their paces in preparation for end of year
assessments.
The South West Voice SLT SIG invited Vocal
Process to present a training day for them in April. The tailored day
included the application and comparison of the four basic vocal sets,
with video endoscopy and stroboscopy examples, and a demonstration of
Computer Voice Analysis using two different spectrographic programmes.
Gillyanne returned to Central School of
Speech and Drama in May to give two days of workshops on vocal set-up
and diagnostic in voice training. It was a fascinating two days, with
the students contributing much from their own varied vocal experience,
including Mongolian overtone chanting and various forms of interesting
vocal distortion ('dist' tones).
Over the last academic year, Gillyanne Kayes
has made regular teaching trips to Motherwell College, a venture that
culminated in a full day of Successful Singing Auditions with Jeremy
Fisher.
Read more
about this tailored course.
A trip to Tel Aviv
Vocal Process has been sponsored once again
by the British Council to teach in Israel. Gillyanne and Jeremy have
just returned from a round of workshops in Tel Aviv, set up by the
Stage Center organisation.
The
workshops began with a 'Find your Voice' day for amateur singers of
all persuasions and focused on body, breath, voice and personal
confidence. A three-day course followed on 'Performance in Musical
Theatre'. This course was attended by experienced professionals -
actors, singers and dancers as well as teachers of singing. Both
courses were packed, with participants hungry for information and
techniques. The trip ended with a lecture presentation by Gillyanne
and Jeremy at the Givatayim Theatre for representatives of the British
Council, the European Union, and an audience of 300.
Click here for
Jeremy's full report on the trip.
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Advanced Core
Training
Vocal Process Advanced Core Training
took place at the Academy of Contemporary Music in Guildford last
month. This course is not for the faint-hearted and requires
participants to work and think 'out of the box'. The two days
included accessing mixed voice qualities, moving between
qualities, exploration of vowel and consonant issues and
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Our thanks
once more to Gill Main, pictured here, for her expert assistance in
the small group sessions.
Certification - Module Two
Advanced Core Training signals the beginning of Module Two in the
Integrated Voice™ training programme
(see course details)
Entitled 'Advanced
Vocal Practice', the module includes Teaching in the Studio,
Introduction to Endoscopy and the Voice Clinic and an extensive unit
of Observed Teaching. We have a few additional places on Teaching in
the Studio and the Endoscopy Day. These places are limited and
available by invitation only. See below for details.
If you are interested in joining the Integrated Voice™ programme next
year, Module One begins again in February 2006 and runs to July.
Email
us for a course prospectus.
Upcoming courses
A new course,
'Teaching in the Studio', is a two-day programme on the
development of diagnostic ability and the use of auditory, visual and
language skills for clarity of communication. This course is the
result of an exciting collaboration between Vocal Process and
Elizabeth Stirling, an NLP™ Master Practitioner. For those of you new
to Neuro Linguistic Programming, our own approach is derived from some
of its precepts: in particular the use of language in teaching and the
promotion of excellence. On the first day, Gillyanne and Jeremy will
be working on building a voice profile for client assessment, goal
setting appropriate to your client or client group, and identifying
the causes of vocal difficulties and style problems. The second day
will be devoted to Elizabeth's expertise in NLP™ precepts including
eye movements, the different language modalities used for
communication, the circle of excellence and the "feedback sandwich".
Elizabeth is an accomplished singer herself and we are delighted to
welcome her to Vocal Process. This course will be run by invitation
only, so email us if you would like to be considered for a place.
Click here for more details about 'Teaching in the Studio'.
Belting Explained comes up again on October 1st.
If you have missed out on this course in previous years, book early as
it is always popular
(see course
details)
Computer Voice Training October 15th, 2005.
The last course was so full that we have had to do a re-run this
autumn. Due to the intensive nature of this course and the equipment
involved, space is limited so let us know right away if you want to
join this course.
(see course details)
Vocal Process Core Training will run again in London on October
28th-30th. Numerous performers, teachers and vocal coaches have
benefited from this course and we urge you to put the date in your
diaries if you want to discover more about the how and why of voice.
(see course details)
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Advance Notice
As part of Module Two Certification we will be setting
up an 'endoscopy half-day' with Tom and Sara Harris. As in Studio Voice Work we are
offering few additional places on this course by invitation. Please
email us if you would like to be considered for inclusion. Date and
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Future Appearances
Gillyanne will be appearing at the Angela Jackson's Vocal Workshops on
Sunday October 9th to give a day on Belting techniques. Sponsored
by the Arts Council England, the Musicians Union and the local
Eastleigh Borough Council, the organisation offers a valuable service
to the community with a varied workshop portfolio ranging from 'Vocal
Harmonies' with Jacqueline Dankworth and friends to David Jones and
Ann de Renais. Angela Jackson's mission is to provide the community
with "affordable high-quality vocal workshops and concerts using the
very best teachers and performers, and to encourage all forms of live
music" and Gillyanne is delighted to be involved. Check out the site
and forthcoming workshops on
http://www.angelajacksonsworkshops.co.uk/workshops.htm
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VASTA (Voice and Speech Trainers Association) is holding its annual
conference in Glasgow at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
in August. Vocal Process has been invited to join the
International Voice Organisations Round Table, and Gillyanne will
be at the conference to represent us. |
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The panel is set to include representatives
of the British Voice Association, the Voice Care network, Giving
Voice, the International Centre for Voice, and the RSC voice staff.
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And both Gillyanne and Jeremy will be appearing at PEVoC 6, the Pan
European Voice Conference, in London in September. Gillyanne is
giving a workshop entitled Perspective on Passaggio for
Contemporary Singers, and Jeremy is appearing as the opera
accompanist at the PEVoC 6 party. Jeremy will also be acting as
conference accompanist for the many workshops taking place over
the four days. The PEVoC experience is highly recommended for all
those seriously interested in voice. There is a broad range of
papers, workshops and discussion - a fantastic learning
opportunity for vocal practitioners of all kinds. See
http://www.pevoc6.com |
Vocal Process author activities
In addition to their work for A&C Black Pubs, Gillyanne
and Jeremy both write educational articles for magazines and selected
websites. Recent articles have appeared in the Music Teacher and
Classroom Music, and a new vocal music review is due in the Music
Teacher next month. In addition, Jeremy has just celebrated his 300th
article for 'Operatalent', the opera information website. Each article
identifies an aria, duet or ensemble and describes its function in the
opera, the technical difficulties, and "the story so far".
Click on this link and visit the Operas section for more
information.
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The
new Vocal Process website
Our
new site reflects the growth of Vocal Process and its work over
the past year. It is easy to navigate, written in clear
English and has several new sections - expect further development
over the coming months. One section of the site is now devoted to
the ‘Singing and the Actor Experience’, a resource for performers
and teachers wanting to learn more about the application of
Gillyanne Kayes’ work. |
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Jeremy Fisher has written a new article for
this section giving tips on mirening, and has recorded the first few (mirened)
lines of "If the heart of a man".
Click here to download the
soundfile
(249kb
Windows Media Audio File)
Your
Questions Answered
Our current 'Your Questions Answered'
section is being expanded, and we are interested in your problems.
Our panel of experts, in addition to Jeremy and Gillyanne, includes Dr
Meribeth Dayme, distinguished writer, expert in vocal physiology, and
coach in creating confidence; Mr Moshe Harrell, the Israeli
laryngologist and medical advisor for our latest endoscopy session;
and Dr Nicholas Bannan, co-creator of the MTPP course at Reading
University Department of Education, whose interests include group
vocal interaction, aural development and the human capacity for vocal
learning. All our experts have the knack of conveying complex
information in a straightforward, user-friendly manner, so if you have
anything that confuses you about singing, vocal technique, vocal
function, physiology or performance issues, please email your question
to YQA@vocalprocess.co.uk.
The Singing and the Actor Audio Guide
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The mirening recording mentioned earlier came from our two-day stint
in the recording studio laying down the tracks for the new Singing and
the Actor Audio Guide. The SATA Audio Guide is a CD with 38 tracks
of examples in male and female voice, and a 16-page booklet with
commentary and useful tips from the author. The booklet also
contains page references for the exercises in both editions of
Gillyanne's book Singing and the Actor. |
The Audio Guide is Gillyanne's creation for those who need to hear
vocal examples before truly understanding the concepts. The 'Singing
and the Actor Audio Guide' is the only CD linked directly to
Gillyanne's book, and is currently only available from the Vocal
Process website. The CD is now in stock, and normally retails for
£12.99. But for the next month we are offering a special price of
£11.49 to readers of this eZINE. This offer is not even available
on the website, so email us directly on
SATA@vocalprocess.co.uk
quoting eZINE11 and we will personally send you an invoice for the
special price.
The next
eZINE
We are delighted to announce that our next
edition, eZINE 12, will include an article from Dr Meribeth Dayme. If
you have enjoyed this eZINE and would like to read previous Vocal
Process editions, click on this link for access to the archive from
July 2003.
In the meanwhile, remember to monitor your effort levels.
 
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