VOICE CARE NETWORK UK
SPRING STUDY DAY(London)
Making Sense of Learning
an inter-disciplinary approach
SATURDAY 14TH MAY 2011
“Whatever role you have in life, every action you undertake, every thought you entertain, every memory you hold, every hang up you possess, every quirk and foible, it’s all the result of chemistry and electricity working across a network of squidgy organic matter that you have helped shape throughout your life.”(Dr Andrew Curran)
What actually goes on when we learn something? What makes something stick so that we can recall it, whether it be a word, a poem, a tune, a painful experience or a new skill? Do two halves make more than one whole? What part do our emotional responses play?
We will consider research and a range of approaches to promote both a deeper understanding of how people learn and the different ways they potentially engage with the work we do. It will enable us as teachers and therapists to be further equipped to promote effective change in our clients or patients.
The day will be of value to all voice professionals including speech and language therapists, voice teachers, singing teachers and performers.
Dr Andrew Curran, practicing paediatric neurologist at Alder Hey Hospital, Liverpool. He is committed to using his extraordinary knowledge of the workings of the human brain to make a difference in the educational experience of all young people. He is involved in Manchester University’s Department of Education in developing research ideas looking at the use of emotional literacy in our classrooms. H is book: ‘The Little Book of Big Stuff about the Brain’ (2008) is the user’s manual “that your brain didn’t come with”. (available on the day)
Christina Shewell MA, FRCSLT, ADVS has worked for many years as speech and language therapist, theatre voice teacher, presentation skills coach, and senior university lecturer in voice and counselling skills both nationally and internationally. Her book: ‘Voice Work: Art and Science in Changing Voices’ (2009), addresses voice work along the continuum of normal-abnormal voice, in singing, spoken voice coaching and voice pathology. (available on the day)
Barbara Houseman, has worked in theatre for over thirty years as a voice and text coach and as a director. She has worked at the Royal Shakespeare Company, London’s Young Vic and at London’s Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre. For the past twelve years she has also taught presence, impact and influence to business people.
Her books: ‘Finding Your Voice’(2002) and ‘Tackling Text [and Subtext]’(2008) are required reading in a number of training programmes. (available on the day)
VENUE: Nutford House, Brown Street (off George Street), London W1H 6AH
(Nearest underground stations Marble Arch or Edgware Road (10/15 minutes walk)
TIME: 10.00 am to 4.30 pm (Registration from 9.30 am)
COST: VCN Members: £65.00* Non-Members: £75.00
*Book by 15 April 2011 and save £10.00 – pay only £55.00
Fee to include refreshments and lunch
Why not join the VCN to benefit from the discounted fee?
Certificate of attendance will be provided for CPD purposes
For application form ring 01926 864000 or email info@voicecare.org.uk
VOICE CARE NETWORK SPECIAL STUDY DAY
SATURDAY 11TH JUNE 2011
with
Cicely Berry, O.B.E., Hon. D. Lit.,
Voice Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
EARLY BOOKING STRONGLY ADVISED
This is a rare opportunity to work with Cicely Berry who is held in the highest regard internationally for her contributions to voice. Although she is regarded in iconic proportions by student and professional actors alike, her work has significant impact on a range of other professions. Her influence rests in highest places. In her own words:
“When going into a workshop, my primary objective is to get people to feel something in the language… to make the words active.”
“We live in a literal age: ‘this is what this means, that is what that means…’ instead of discovering how you feel by speaking it.”
"Language is not just from the mind. It evolves out of the necessity of the body."
After an interval of several years since her last workshop with us, we are delighted to offer our members the chance to experience, first hand, a voice and text workshop with our patron and long term supporter. As author her publications, DVDs and CDs include: Voice and the Actor, The Actor and the Text, Your Voice and How to Use It, Text in Action, the extensive: The Working Shakespeare Collection (includes a Workbook for Teachers), Where Words Prevail.
VENUE: HOLY TRINITY PARISH CENTRE, STRATFORD-ON-AVON
TIME: 10.30 am to 5.00 pm (Registration from 10.00 am)
COST: VCN Members: £65.00* Non-Members: £75.00
*Book by 30th March 2009 and save £10.00 – pay only £55.00
Fee to include refreshments (not lunch)
Why not join the VCN to benefit from the discounted fee?
Certificate of attendance will be provided for CPD purposes
Accommodation: www.stratford-upon-avon.co.uk or phone 01789 267 575
Theatre tickets: We are very grateful to the Royal Shakespeare Company for holding a limited number of seats for VCN:
“MacBeth” Friday 10th June (7.15 ) @ £31.00 each “The Merchant of Venice” Saturday 11th (7.15) @ £38.00 each
The RSC has asked for immediate response please. (Tickets are in demand). Please contact VCN office by Wednesday 30th March with your payment (can be done over the phone now during VCN office hours) to secure a seat.
For application form ring 01926 864000 or email info@voicecare.org.uk