Join Christina Wilson and Naomi Lewandoski in this interactive workshop designed for Singing Teachers in the first 5 years of their teaching careers. In this workshop we'll discuss and play with gadgets, props and body movements you can use as a singing teacher. You'll learn about the benefits they have to the student’s voice and learning, and how best to utilise them in your singing lessons. From the why and how of straw phonation to breathing balls, bouncy balls, stretchy bands, balance exercises and linking body and movement, this fun workshop will give you ideas to add to your teaching toolkit and help students develop skills that feel innate.

This is an in-person event designed to build community amongst teachers starting their teaching journey. This workshop aims to provide a safe space for beginner teachers to learn, ask questions and build community.

PLEASE NOTE THIS WORKSHOP IS DESIGNED FOR SINGING TEACHERS IN THE FIRST 5 YEARS OF TEACHING. If you have been teaching for more than 5 years please look to our professional development events aimed at all levels of teachers on our website https://www.anats.org.au/event...

CHRISTINA WILSON is a national and international award winning classical singer with over 30 years industry experience performing, recording, adjudicating and teaching.

She is on staff in the Vocal and Opera Studies Area at the Sydney Conservatorium, the Sydney University where she also teaches for the Music Open Academy one to one lessons, group classes, and in VoiceWorks, a professional development workshop on vocal use and care with TQI, BOSTES and NESA accreditation. Previously she has been a Lecturer in Singing at the ANU, a Lecturer in Voice and Performance at the University of Canberra and a performance tutor at UNSW. She has worked as a vocal consultant with choirs, given masterclasses at NIDA, AIM and the Mdk University in Vienna, and adjudicated for the Sydney, Wollongong, Taree, National Eisteddfods and the Melbourne Liederfest.

Christina is currently a doctoral student at the Sydney Conservatorium. She maintains her own regular professional training including courses in Estill, Accent Method breathing, and somatic disciplines such as Alexander Technique, Feldenkreis Technique, Pilates and yoga.

Christina is the ANATS National Treasurer, NSW Chapter Vice President and a former ACT Chapter president.

NAOMI LEWANDOSKI is an award-winning singer, teacher, vocal coach, adjudicator, conductor, and workshop presenter with over 25 years of national and international industry experience. She is the business owner of @northsidevoicestudio and is on staff at Ravenswood School for Girls and Arden Anglican School in Sydney. Naomi has a holistic and person-centred approach to teaching voice and works with singers across all styles and ages. She has a particular interest in Vocal Health for singers and her studios are a creative and welcoming space for students to explore, discover and build their unique voices.

Naomi holds a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from the Queensland Conservatorium of Music – Griffith University and has been awarded a Queensland Arts Council Grant, The Tait Memorial Scholarship, A Goethe Institut Award & The Ian Potter Foundation Grant which furthered her studies in Europe. She has recently been appointed as an AMEB Voice examiner and has adjudicated for the International Grand Music Festival in Indonesia. Naomi runs Find Your Voice Workshops for singers wanting to explore their voices and bring elements of voice and movement together through her interest in Yoga and Somatic movement.
Naomi is a Registered Vocal Process™ Teacher led by UK leading voice experts Dr Gillyanne Kayes and Jeremy Fisher. She regularly attends professional development courses including Somatic Voicework™, Kodály Music Institute of Australia and holds a Certificate in Vocal Health First Aid through Vocal Health UK.

Career highlights include Maria in West Side Story, Gianetta in The Gondoliers and Ensemble roles with Opera Queensland & Grange Park Opera UK - La Boheme, Carmen, La Traviata, Tosca, Die Fledermaus, Faust, L’elisir d’amore, Anything Goes, Grease, Joseph & his Technicolour Dreamcoat.

Naomi is the NSW Secretary of the Australian National Association of Teachers of Singing (ANATS) and has presented Early Career Teaching Workshops for ANATS NSW including Building a Successful Studio & Starting Out Teaching Young Voices.