Voice and Speech I

This course aims at improving spoken English by practicing specific vowel and consonant sounds as well as rhythm and intonation. Class members study and practice speaking skills needed to function appropriately in a U.S. academic setting as well as in U.S. society in general. Examples as well as self-recordings are used to identify and improve challenges in pronunciation.

 

Voice and Speech II

This class will continue to challenge actors with exercises and teach them how to use these tools with contemporary and shakespeare monologues. Speech for acting requires awareness of many factors. These constitute a discipline which must appear completely unselfconscious but require extensive study and practice on a daily basis.  Only with mastery can these skills seem completely natural. Actors will learn how to develop their skills in voice and speech by regular training of: breathing, resonating, articulating, stretching, forward sound and adding text.

 

Voice and Speech III

Speech for acting requires awareness of many factors.  These constitute a discipline which must appear completely unselfconscious but require extensive study and practice on a daily basis.  Only with mastery can these skills seem completely natural. Actors will learn how to develop their skills in voice and speech by regular training of: breathing, resonating, articulating, stretching, forward sound and adding text.

 

Voice and Speech IV

This advanced Voice and Speech class will build on the previous voice and speech classes. In this class Students will work on fine details in their voice in order to master this discipline.