Voice Evaluation: How it Shapes Action in Voice Work
Tuesday 12th August 2025, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM (London Time)
Whether we work in singing or spoken voice teaching, or voice therapy, exploring what a new client/student is feeling about their voice, and the detective work to find out what is ‘going on’ in that voice is a crucial part of a first meeting. The particular kind of focussed listening in perceptual vocal analysis can help us to identify what is going in a voice, and ideally, to provide guidance as to what we might then do. When we explain to the client some of what is contributing to their voice qualities and sensations, we offer a conscious understanding that can give a speaker a new sense of control, so we can then discuss the action that can be taken to change things.
This course will outline some ways that we can both explore and evaluate how a person feels about their voice, including the use of numerical self-rating, and both informal and formal assessments. The latter will include reference the Voice Handicap Index and the Singing Voice Handicap Index. We will then investigate the use of perceptual analysis schemes to describe the key features that we can hear, see and feel. This will include reference to the GRBAS (Hirano 1981), but the focus will be on the eight parameters of the Voice Skills Framework (Shewell 2009/2025) in the context of the definition of the ‘free voice’. Participants will have the opportunity to use the Voice Skills Framework in a practical exercise to evaluate a particular voice, and to discuss how their findings can guide a choice of the suggestions and exercises they might give to the client.
🏷️ Price £30 (UK VAT inclusive)
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Christina Shewell
Christina Shewell, MA, FRCSLT ADVS is spoken voice teacher, and speech/ language therapist with long experience in voice work with a wide range of clients, in both voice therapy and voice development.
Attend this course for as little as £22 as part of the Voice Professional Training CPD Award Scheme.
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