VoiceGym Weekend Courses for Teachers and Clinicians

To accomodate the needs of participants it has been necessary to reschedule the next course for the weekend of 10/11 May 2008.

The weekends will focus on ...

• The specific problems found in classroom teaching, singing or instrumental teaching and voice problems associated with teaching and performance. The presentations will examine case studies relating to the training of voices and teaching related voice loss.
• The connections between voice development and voice mechanics and how this can impinge upon dental and structural treatment protocol. How voice work can be used to speed treatment by empowering the patient, and the benefit to strucutral integrity of gertting the voice functioning efiiciently in both speech and singing. Case studies will support these findings.

The course is designed to ensure that you ...

• understand the natural process of voice development and its links to posture and dentition
• are given the understanding and the tools to improve balance and posture of the body when using the voice
• can continue to develop your own quality of speech and singing and can encourage others to do so
• can be selective about which exercises to concentrate on for specific problems, especially in dealing with tongue posture, nose breathing and body rhythm
• can re-balance face muscle systems for nose breathing, speech and singing;
• understand the relationship between jaw dysfunction and the articulation of speech
• understand the connections beween pelvic stability and the voice
• understand the connections between speech and singing;

You need to come in loose comfortable clothing and be prepared to work barefoot. This is a very active two days in which you learn the effect of Voice Gym on yourself.

Numbers

Numbers are imited to 4 so as to ensure individual attention and interdisciplinary discussion

Venue

The Voice and Body Centre, Southampton

Course Content

First Day: 9:00 am - 8:30 pm with working lunch

• Working through Part 1 of Voice Gym;
• Background of Primitive Reflex patterning;
• Presentation on related anatomy;
• Long-term studies of interdisciplinary work to put performers back into performance, using orthodontics, structural support and Voice Gym Exercise, including video and audio examples;
• Practical work on exercises for tongue thrust, facial muscle balance and nose breathing using physio balls and stretch bands;
• The anatomy behind articulation;
• Learning to use pysio balls and stretch bands for flexibility and fitness in voice and body.
• Workshop Dinner and concert

Second Day: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm with working lunch

• Working through Parts 2 and 3 of Voice Gym;
• Practical work on the balance board;
• Physio ball exercises for posture and breathing;
• Tongue posture in speech and singing;
• Nose breathing in speech and singing;
• The hour after lunch will be open for questions and discussion;
• The opportunity to examine papers, articles and books which cross refer information presented on the course.

Cost £550 including a complete VoiceGym Pack, lunch on both days and dinner/concert on the first day

Please contact Angela first by phone or e-mail to book an available date. Payment should be made in advance. You can send a Cheque or pay by Credit card over the phone. Before you arrive, please find your correct physio-ball size by clicking on this link. If you already have either of the Voice Gym packs the cost will be adjusted accordingly.

Forward tongue position and poor facial balance are increasing problems that affect not only the breathing and voice but whole body balance and posture as well as the position of teeth and jaw. Voice Gym whole body and voice exercises reposition the tongue and correct imbalance in the face muscles, thus providing an invaluable tool in correction of associated problems,including many of those experienced by singers, instrumentalists and dental patients.

VoiceGym and Early VoiceGym packs for resale to clients

VoiceGym is covered by a strict copyright which prohibits copying material from the original books and CD. However, when you have done the weekend course, giving you an accreditation to use Voice Gym in your practice or your teaching, you can buy additional copies of the material for your students, patients or clients at discounted rates. You may then add your own handling charge. Contact angela@voicegym.co.uk for information.