Skills Lab 2027 bundles now on sale: add all three 2027 sessions to your basket to receive discounted rates
This training day is designed for anyone that uses their voice as part of their work – this is not limited to singers, it could mean speaking in front of a class, leading workshops, or 1-1 teaching.
Voice care is essential for a sustainable career, especially when your day consists of back to back sessions, with little rest time.
In this training day, Voice Care Specialist Gillian Ramm brings her clinically-informed training in functional voice, to explore practical techniques developed to prevent vocal fatigue.
Whether a singer, workshop leader or just someone who uses their voice a lot, this session will equip you with a toolkit of techniques to help you use your voice sustainably.
What to expect:
- A range of exercises to train vocal muscles
- Advice on correct hydration techniques to support vocal health
- Pointers on how to recognise, locate and relieve vocal tension
- A toolkit of workshop techniques that help you preserve the voice
- Networking opportunities with music leaders at different stages of their careers
Who is this session for?
- Teachers, educators and practitioners leading creative learning
- Music leaders and workshop facilitators who lead group sessions or 1-1 lessons
- Singers and vocal performers
- Presenters, speakers and other professionals using voices throughout the day
Meet the leaders
James Redwood
James Redwood is a composer, music leader and workshop facilitator. His practice thrives on collaboration and partnership. James has a hugely varied career, working with orchestras, opera companies and arts organisations to create new music with and for non-professional groups. In addition to composition and creative music leading, James has a range of experience leading training and CPD for school teachers, Hub musicians, orchestral players and emerging music leaders.
Gillian Ramm
Gillian Ramm is a Vocal Habilitation Professional, qualified Singing Voice Rehabilitation Specialist, and Vocal Health First Aider with Vocal Health Education. Her training is broad and highly clinically informed to support those using their voice in the broadest sense, having completed extensive training in areas such as Mindfulness, Counselling Skills for Singing Teachers, Accent Breathing Method, functional anatomy, vocal acoustics, Sing to Beat Parkinson’s Training, teaching adolescent voices and more. Gillian regularly engages with mentoring with the some of the world’s leading voice experts.
