Advanced Tools & Techniques: Navigating Adolescent Voice Change POST EVENT VIDEO
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ADVANCED TOOLS & TECHNIQUES: NAVIGATING ADOLESCENT VOICE CHANGE
This event is designed to be attended in person, however, if you are not able to do so, you can watch along with us live. A post-event video will be available to view. The video will be released two weeks after the event, and will be available to view for 4 weeks. We look forward to seeing you at this exciting event. DR CHRIS ALLAN Chris Allan is a Newcastle based singer and teacher. He has been teaching for many years, 22 of them at the University of Newcastle Conservatorium where he was Head of Voice and Senior Lecturer. His PhD studies (completed 2011) looked at the intersection of voice science with the vocal studio and the notion of developing a classical sound with young singers. Chris has presented on these and other aspects of vocal performance at conferences in Australia, England and Singapore. Although he spent a great deal of time working with University aged students, Chris has continued to teach pre-tertiary students including nurturing boys voices through the changes found during puberty. He is also an accomplished pianist and enjoys accompanying and is also a choral conductor. For the past 13 years has been directing the Newcastle University Choir. In 2022 he completed training as a Feldenkrais Practitioner which was born out of his abiding interest in how we use our bodies in pursuit of excellence. WENDY ROLLS Wendy Rolls enjoys working with singers of all ages as a teacher, conductor and performer. Her work is informed by a wide-ranging background with a Master of Music Studies in vocal pedagogy from Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University., Bachelor or Veterinary Science (UQ, Bachelor of Education (QUT), and and Australian Kodály Certificate. Wendy has worked with many young female singers as choristers and music students, including twelve years in a singing-based school music program, from early childhood to middle school. Wendy currently teaches singing at Brisbane Girls Grammar School and her private studio, as well as conducting an auditioned chamber choir for middle school girls, and completing her PhD study. Following her Masters’ thesis on the pedagogical needs of adolescent female singers, Wendy recognised the need for a clear and simple way to explain girls’ voice change. The subsequent pamphlets were well received by both teachers and students, and she was encouraged to explore this area more deeply. Wendy’s current PhD study involves one-to-one singing lessons with nine girls whilst tracking their vocal development and responses to changes they experience. She has presented at workshops and conferences on vocal pedagogy, vocal health, and musicianship for singers for ANATS, ANCA and Kodály Australia WEBSITE: wendy.rolls.id.au Facebook: Wendy Rolls Singing & Musicianship Instagram: @wendyrollssinging |
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