If you can’t work out how to apply your spoken voice training to singing
If you sing beautifully but are worried about speaking onstage
If you have students who are having problems with their voice

you need to discover the secrets of singing and speaking
With One Voice

"A very rich, informative and pleasurable day. Made me hungry for more!"
PW, theatre voice teacher on With One Voice

Discover the fundamental concepts that underlie vocal training

The With One Voice day seminar includes an in-depth look at diagnosing vocal faults in both singing and speaking:

Diagnostic Session

Posture and physical tensions
the neck, the shoulders, knees and toes. Habitual posture, weight distribution, head-neck relationship.
Posture and physical environment
does your singer use a mike? Does (s)he move around in performing, are there habitual postural imbalances?

Breath
habitual breath use, problems with in-breath, problems with out-breath, supported speaking voice
Breathing patterns
overbreathing and starving, “Support”, Exercises for flexible breath use breathing for singing and speaking - one size does not fit all!

Phonation
tone onsets, effort use, creaky voice, pitch variation
Phonation patterns
recognising pressed phonation, poor vocal fold closure, constriction, inappropriate effort levels, understand why the “falsetto flip” happens, why some people can’t seem to get out of “head voice”, why others can’t get into it.

Resonance
larynx height, pharynx width, tongue use, soft palate, jaw, lips, placement
Resonance patterns
tongue problems, size and shape, habitual larynx position, what is nasal tone and what do you do about it? Is your voice too edgy and bright or too dark and covered?

Articulation
muscular precision, use of energy, balance of vowel and consonant
Articulation patterns
do your habitual patterns need to change for projected spoken or sung voice?

Working with your clients:

why any healthy singing voice can speak well - and why it sometimes doesn't

why seeing and hearing what your students do is vital - help them help themselves

how you can understand your students' experiences on a much deeper level - and communicate effectively in language they can grasp

The day also includes three separate workshops:

Key elements of singing training:
Key elements of spoken voice training:
Singing the text, speaking the song:

Key elements of singing training:

Pitch and the vocal folds - finding pitch, sustaining pitch

Breath use - breathing for speaking, breathing for singing, the elastic recoil breath and 'diamond of support'.

Building tone - resonance and bodywork to create 'core' sound

Range and register - exploring your full vocal range, finding the gear changes

Singing the text - working with words, rhythm and melody

Key elements of spoken voice training:

Body - release tension, energise and align

Breath - open ribs, connect to diaphragm and abdominal muscles

Voice - connect breath and voice, open up range

Resonance - open and free the vocal tract

Speech - energise the muscles of articulation, work the lips, tongue and soft palate

Singing the text, speaking the song:

Finding more colour, more power, more range, and more meaning by crossing the boundaries between the training disciplines.
 

Singers use their speaking voice more during the day than their singing voice. This course helps singers find a more effective speaking voice to inform and support their singing.

Many actors with good voices think they can’t sing. This course helps actors use the skills they already have to find their singing voice and increase their employability.

Gillyanne Kayes is a renowned singing consultant, author and researcher with more than 25 years teaching experience with actors and musical theatre performers. Co-director of the voice training company Vocal Process (with Jeremy Fisher), her book Singing and the Actor is a recommended text for numerous performing arts courses around the world:
"Kayes' work is both exciting and rewarding. Having seen her teach her magic, I can guarantee you that her techniques, when done properly, reap amazing results."
John Staniunas, Voice and Speech Trainers Association, US

David Carey is Senior Voice Tutor at RADA and former Course Leader of the Voice Studies course at CSSD, training over 200 voice teachers during his 17 years in the post. He has worked for more than 30 years in the field of voice, with such companies as The RSC, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and Stratford Ontario Festival. He was recently awarded the National teaching Fellowship by the Higher Education Academy of England in recognition of his contribution to voice teaching. This year he published a workbook with his wife Rebecca Clark Carey - The Vocal Arts Workbook
"Refreshing and imaginative, this book teaches through enhanced awareness, and instructs through clear and specific exercises"
Cicely Berry

When: 22 May 2010 - 10.00am - 5.00pm

Where: RADA, Chenies Street, London WC1E 7PA

Full Price: £107.00 (Standard Rate)

Discounts: £67.00 (Full-time students)

Places booking fast!

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'Belting Explained' with Gillyanne Kayes and Jeremy Fisher

If you think belting is…

    Using a jutting head position because “it’s about yelling at someone”?
    Lowering the tongue or larynx while belting because “I need to make a big space”?
    Singing with a wide-open jaw because "that's what I see in the pop videos"?
    Holding the body rigid because “it’s about gripping to support that sound”?
    Using the “toilet” muscles to support because “you press down to make that noise”?
    Pushing chest voice up because "that's what it sounds like everyone is doing"?
    Adding "twang" to a classical vocal setup because “belting is like a loud head voice”?

you need to come on Belting Explained!

When: 17 April 2010 - 10.00am - 5.00pm

Where: RADA, Chenies Street, London WC1E 7PA

Full Price: £107.00 (Standard Rate)

Discounts: £67.00 (Full-time students)

Only 2 places now available!

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Gillyanne Kayes and Jeremy Fisher 

'Singing and the Actor Training Retreat' with Gillyanne Kayes and Jeremy Fisher

When: 12 - 14 March 2010

• Day 1: 1.00pm - 7.30pm

• Day 2: 9.30am - 7.30pm
  

• Day 3: 9:30am - 5.30pm 

Where: Presteigne, Herefordshire/Powys

Full Price: £479 (Standard rate)

Discounts: £297 (Refresher rate for those who have taken SATA Training or Core Training before)

Places still available!

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