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‘My Voice Matters’: Empowering children’s voices for Children’s Mental Health Week – and, crucially, beyond

Sophie Scott

Wednesday 31st January 2024

February 5th sees the start of Children’s Mental Health Week in the UK. The theme this year is ‘My Voice Matters’, its aim to ‘[empower] children and young people by providing them with the tools they need to express themselves’. Children, however, are born into a world the majority of which holds (consciously and unconsciously) to constructions of childhood rooted in traditional and often negative or, at best, restrictive stereotypes. These stereotypes permeate...

Course Reviews

Course Review: An Introduction to the Buteyko Breathing Method with Kate Cubley

Voice Study Centre

Tuesday 30th January 2024

Voice Study Centre Ambassador and associate lecturer Kate Cubley’s introduction to the Buteyko breathing method focused on “breadth not depth”, covering a wide range of material including the method’s uses, benefits and potential implications for singers and other voice professionals.

Student & Alumni News

Meet Our Students: Patricia PE Janssen

Voice Study Centre

Saturday 27th January 2024

Patricia PE Janssen is a Belgian singing and piano teacher, singer, medieval harpist, author, composer, choral director, Vocal Habilitation Professional, and singing for health leader.

Student & Alumni News

MA Voice Pedagogy student May Oskan presents twice at APME online conference

Voice Study Centre

Friday 26th January 2024

It is with great delight that we can announce that current MA Voice Pedagogy student May Oskan recently presented not one but two papers at the Association for Popular Music Education’s (APME) 3rd Annual Graduate Student Conference, which took place online on 19th and 20th January 2024.

Student & Alumni News

MA Voice Pedagogy student Erica Waxer presents at NATS Cal-West Region conference

Voice Study Centre

Tuesday 23rd January 2024

We are thrilled to report that the recent 2024 NATS Cal-West Region Regional Conference featured current MA Voice Pedagogy student Erica Waxer among the guest presenters! The event was held at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah from 12th-14th January.

Student & Alumni News

MA Voice Pedagogy student Katie Truman-Williams to present at upcoming PAMA symposium

Voice Study Centre

Friday 19th January 2024

We are very proud to announce that current MA Voice Pedagogy student Katie Truman-Williams has had a paper accepted for presentation at the upcoming 42nd Annual PAMA International Symposium, which is to be hosted live by the Performing Arts Medicine Association (PAMA) at University College London (UCL) from 18th – 21st July 2024.

Student & Alumni News

Meet Our Students: Karina Bes

Voice Study Centre

Monday 15th January 2024

Netherlands native Karina Bes is a passionate director, performer and coach in Musical Theatre. She received her PGCert in Voice Pedagogy with Distinction from the Voice Study Centre in 2023.

VSC Ambassador Heidi Moss Erickson presents at Renée Fleming's ‘Music and Mind’ event

Voice Study Centre

Sunday 14th January 2024

We are thrilled to report that VSC Ambassador and associate lecturer Heidi Moss Erickson was a guest presenter and panellist at soprano Renée Fleming's recent ‘Music and Mind’ event, which was held at the Mondavi Center in Davis, California on Friday 12th January 2024.

Course Reviews

Course Review: An Exploration of Mixing with Amanda Flynn

Voice Study Centre

Friday 12th January 2024

Following on from the success of her ‘An Exploration of Belting’ short course in August 2023, Amanda Flynn delivered ‘An Exploration of Mixing’ this time round. The course began with a short introduction during which she explained that mixing is very convoluted (even murkier territory than belting!) and that there is so much we don’t know and also so much we disagree on.