Develop a comprehensive understanding of how your vocal mechanism operates and learn evidence-based techniques to maintain your voice in optimal health and peak condition.
For professional voice actors and voice-over artists, your voice represents far more than a tool; it embodies your distinctive product, establishes your professional brand, and constitutes your primary source of income. Clients specifically hire you for your unique vocal qualities and depend on consistent, reliable delivery of your best work. Voice professionals utilize their voices more extensively and in greater variety than most other professions, and because you and your voice are inseparable, your overall physical health and emotional well-being directly impact the quality and consistency of your vocal output. Consider this scenario: you develop a cold and temporarily lose your voice, preventing all professional work and income. What strategies enable rapid voice recovery that protects your long-term vocal health and career sustainability? Are there preventive measures and vocal care routines that reduce the likelihood of future voice loss and related problems?
In this comprehensive webinar, you will learn essential information about voice production physiology and develop practical strategies for maintaining consistent vocal health and performance capacity. We address vocal technique fundamentals, identify common daily habits and behaviors that damage vocal health, and establish personalized daily vocal care routines. Additionally, we discuss vocal recovery strategies when illness strikes and address non-ideal performance situations to ensure you remain prepared when clients request your services.
This specialized training is particularly valuable if you experience vocal fatigue, strain, or diminished performance quality after extended recording sessions.
Throughout this course, you will:
- Gain foundational knowledge of how the voice functions, including vocal cord physiology and the mechanisms of speech and sound production
- Recognize vocally harmful behaviors and implement strategies to avoid practices that compromise vocal health and longevity
- Identify common medical conditions and medications that negatively impact vocal performance and develop effective compensation techniques
- Create and implement a sustainable daily vocal maintenance routine, including warm-up exercises and healthy daily habits
- Learn specialized vocal care protocols for managing illness and recovering your voice safely and quickly
This course is designed for: Hobby enthusiasts exploring voice work, aspiring professional voice actors, and established working voice professionals
This course is available for "remote" learning and will be available to anyone with access to an internet device with a microphone (this includes most models of computers, tablets). Classes will take place with a "Live" instructor at the date/times listed below.
Upon registration, the instructor will send along additional information about how to log-on and participate in the class.
