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Voice and speech

City lit offers a wide-ranging programme of voice and voice-technique courses suitable for business presentations, acting training and general vocal health.
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  1. Accents: challenging British regional accents

    Evening
    Course Date: Mon 13 Jan 2020 (and 1 other date)
    Location on this date: International House
    Expand your skillset as an actor or someone with an interest in speech and phonetics by mastering some more ‘challenging’ accents which may include Glasgow, Belfast, Nottingham and others. An invaluable skill for all working actors.
    Full fee: £159.00
    Senior fee: £159.00
    Concession: £97.00

  2. Accents: London, General American and British regional

    Evening
    Course Date: Mon 13 Jan 2020 (and 2 other dates)
    Location on this date: International House
    Expand your skillset as an actor or as someone with an interest in speech and phonetics by mastering regional and international accents, including London; General American; West Yorkshire; Liverpool and Bristol.
    Full fee: £159.00
    Senior fee: £159.00
    Concession: £97.00

  3. Actor's voice: beginners

    Evening
    Course Date: Mon 13 Jan 2020 (and 4 other dates)
    Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street

    4 Review(s)

    Improve the quality of your voice and standard of speech; relaxation and alignment; breath capacity/control; articulation, forward placement and expressiveness.

    4 Review(s)

    Full fee: £79.00
    Senior fee: £79.00

  4. Actor's voice: improvers

    Evening
    Course Date: Mon 13 Jan 2020 (and 2 other dates)
    Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street

    1 Review(s)

    This thorough and fun improvers' course will benefit your further vocal development as an actor or professional speaker. You will consolidate work on breath support and explore pitch and resonance.

    1 Review(s)

    Full fee: £79.00
    Senior fee: £79.00
    Concession: £48.00

  5. Speaking Shakespeare: Richard III and Henry VIII

    Course Date: Wed 15 Jan 2020
    Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
    We will work with Shakespearean text for sense, rhythm and emotional truth. We will discuss and workshop speeches and scenes from Richard III and Henry VIII. The course may include a visit to Lincoln's Inn Library.
    Full fee: £109.00
    Senior fee: £87.00
    Concession: £66.00

  6. Reading English literature aloud: early 20th century

    Course Date: Wed 15 Jan 2020
    Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street

    1 Review(s)

    Come and enjoy reading aloud short stories and passages from novels by early 20th century writers including E M Forster; Agatha Christie; Daphne Du Maurier and F Scott Fitzgerald.

    1 Review(s)

    Full fee: £139.00
    Senior fee: £111.00
    Concession: £85.00

  7. Debating: improvers

    Evening
    Course Date: Wed 15 Jan 2020 (and 4 other dates)
    Location on this date: EC Euston

    5 Review(s)

    For those who have some experience in debating or related courses, you will progress quickly in areas of content, strategy and style, while honing your articulation and enunciation.

    5 Review(s)

    Full fee: £119.00
    Senior fee: £119.00
    Concession: £73.00

  8. Combining voice and Pilates

    Course Date: Wed 15 Jan 2020 (and 1 other date)
    Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street

    4 Review(s)

    This innovative course shows you how to integrate modified Pilates movements with voice training as a holistic approach to voice, starting at breath release and progressing into phonation and resonance. Through this combination you may begin to find a link between body and voice through the core muscles of support.

    4 Review(s)

    Full fee: £109.00
    Senior fee: £87.00
    Concession: £66.00

  9. Debating: beginners

    Evening
    Course Date: Wed 15 Jan 2020 (and 3 other dates)
    Location on this date: EC Euston

    4 Review(s)

    Debating requires the ability to speak English persuasively in public and, crucially, to respond rapidly to other people’s objections to what you say. We will cover the theory and practice of debating, and you will progress quickly in areas of content, strategy and style. A great mental workout.

    4 Review(s)

    Full fee: £119.00
    Senior fee: £119.00
    Concession: £73.00

  10. Voice technique: beginners

    Evening
    Course Date: Thu 16 Jan 2020 (and 2 other dates)
    Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street

    4 Review(s)

    Improve the quality and clarity of your voice through posture, breath capacity and control, articulation, resonance, forward placement and pitch. For anyone who wants to make the most of their voice.

    4 Review(s)

    Full fee: £159.00
    Senior fee: £159.00
    Concession: £97.00

  11. Storytelling for business and pleasure 1

    Evening
    Course Date: Thu 16 Jan 2020 (and 2 other dates)
    Location on this date: International House

    7 Review(s)

    All cultures respect the world of Story. The ability to tell Stories, in a variety of settings, is a skill that has seen a strong resurgence both in the workplace and in contemporary performance. Come to gain greater confidence in your communication skills and wider experience.

    7 Review(s)

    Full fee: £149.00
    Senior fee: £149.00
    Concession: £91.00

  12. Voice practitioners: masterclass

    Evening
    Course Date: Thu 16 Jan 2020 (and 1 other date)
    Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street

    2 Review(s)

    You will explore through practical exercises the basic methodology of two leading voice practitioners as selected by the tutor, themselves a Voice expert, and thus establish the best process for your own development.

    This term: Houseman: Finding Your Voice and McCallion: The Voice Book.

    2 Review(s)

    Full fee: £99.00
    Senior fee: £99.00
    Concession: £60.00

  13. Use your voice assertively

    Evening
    Course Date: Fri 17 Jan 2020 (and 5 other dates)
    Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street

    10 Review(s)

    Do you want to sound more confident, grounded, self-assured and assertive? Improve your vocal skills through a series of exercises that will support you to become more vocally confident, expressive and dynamic without appearing arrogant.

    10 Review(s)

    Full fee: £179.00
    Senior fee: £179.00
    Concession: £109.00

  14. Accents: North American standard and regional

    Course Date: Fri 17 Jan 2020 (and 2 other dates)
    Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street
    How to speak with confidence and authenticity in a North American or Broadcast Standard accent as well as a couple of regional American accents as time permits.
    Full fee: £119.00
    Senior fee: £95.00
    Concession: £73.00

  15. Storytelling for business and pleasure 2

    Weekend
    Course Date: Sun 19 Jan 2020 (and 2 other dates)
    Location on this date: KS - Keeley Street

    2 Review(s)

    All cultures respect the world of Story. The ability to tell Stories, in a variety of settings, is a skill that has seen a strong resurgence both in the workplace and in contemporary performance. Come to gain greater confidence in your communication skills and wider experience.

    2 Review(s)

    Full fee: £139.00
    Senior fee: £139.00
    Concession: £85.00

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