Performers
As a performer, your voice can be your greatest strength - or biggest hurdle.
Under-energised performances, playing small, frustration in your craft, no bookings… all can arise from a voice with inhibited skill in bringing text and character to life.
Great performances are supported by connected, resonant, dynamic, articulate, emotionally vulnerable and specific vocal work that enhance the narrative. Once you know how to use your vocal instrument, you can communicate subtle meaning on screen or bring extraordinary power and presence to the stage. You can develop your voice to work for you, not against, and feel both in control and free in your work.
Voice and accent work is acting in its purest, most distilled form. I’m all about the fun and feeling of embodied voicing, accessibility, skill development, working with your cultural experiences and gamifying the whole experience. I’m not about boring, repetitive exercises or teaching the ’correct’/ ‘proper’/ ‘right’ ways of speaking and sounding.
Within accent and dialect work, my goals are always accuracy, competency, excellence and authenticity. We’ve all experienced transformative accent excellence … and also inaccurate, jarring accents - let’s ensure yours is great! We trade approximations and mimicry for precision in listening to and observing an accent’s mechanics. Based in Knight-Thompson Speechwork©, you will form a holistic and skillful approach to acquiring accents and dialects.
Prospective services include:
Signature Offers: The Complete Accent Kit and The Vocal Mastery Pack (see below)
Accents and Dialects: specialties in General American and Standard British
Vocal Development for Expressive, Intelligible and Resonant Performances
Healthy Vocal Use, Care and Dexterity
Body and Breath Work- Connection, Relaxation and Control
Nervous System Regulation
Overcoming Speech Concerns
Vocal Power and Confidence
Vocal Warm Ups
Extreme Vocal Use
Vocal Skills for Film
Articulation
Impactful Presentation Preparation and Skill Development
Audition Preparation: Classic and Contemporary Texts
Script and Scene Analysis
Creative Text Interpretation
Have a different area of concern/curiosity? Get in touch to chat with me.
What to expect:
All sessions are relaxed, responsive and tailored to your needs. Some sessions will require a space to move on the floor, comfortable clothing and hydration nearby.
We start on schedule with a check in, session outline and time to ask questions or raise concerns. We finish each session with a recap and next steps.
As a professional, trained voice and dialect coach, I pull from a multitude of methods to target your concerns and bring out your best voice.
Whether working on vocal production, accents, texts or other areas of your voice, each session will equip you with tools to extend your craft.
Have questions? Get in touch to discuss them.
(New graduate? Discounts available)
-
I am equipped to coach a wide variety of accents and dialects upon request. I love the challenge of a new accent, let me know what you need. Here's a sample of accents already coached:
Australian, Baltimore, Boston, Bolton, Californian Surfer, Cockney, Estuary, Fijian, French, General American, German, Italian, Irish, Mid-Atlantic, Minnesota, New York: Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, Puerto Rican (Bronx), Received Pronunciation, Scottish, Standard British, Southern American, Yorkshire
Idiolects: Sylvia Plath
-
Latin, French, Italian, German
-
The Vocal Mastery Pack and The Complete Accent Kit have two payment and pricing options. Please contact me for further details.
Outside of these offers, I deliver tailored pricing and packaging options depending on individual needs. For a bespoke quote, send me an email outlining your coaching requirements.
For sessions over 1 hour or for 2 or more participants, pricing is negotiated based on requirements.
-
Payment for individuals: invoices sent upon booking confirmation and due prior to first session commencement.
Cancellations: notification must be provided in writing 24 hours prior to session commencement or 100% session fee forfeited. Postponements actioned by me will incur no charge, with the session credited to a new convenient time.
The Complete Accent Kit
A holistic approach to accent acquisition that takes out all the unknowns
You’ll leave with abundant tools, skills and resources to nail your accent
In today’s performing arts industry (and for many, in daily life), embodying multiple authentic accents is an expectation - not an option. And yet…
You have no confidence or know-how to embody an accent
You might think you’ve nailed it…. but your agent says otherwise
It’s been a while since you performed in an accent and need support
Many performers panic at the idea of ‘putting on’ an accent, hiding from the task!
… Ready to gain confidence, perform with authenticity and showcase excellent accent accuracy?
On the inside you’ll receive:
A free 15 minute consult for every new client
4 x 1:1 coaching sessions
A proven system to help you embody via the 4 P’s: People, Posture, Prosody and Pronunciation
Sessions tailored to you and your needs
Resources after each session to aid ongoing learning
Hand-selected audio and video references
Flexible delivery timings for each session
Email support between each coaching session
The confidence to successfully perform in accent whilst retaining your acting technique
Methods and tools to teach yourself after the course
A competitive edge in auditioning and performing!
Mastering accents is possible. Start right here ⇨
The Vocal Mastery Pack
The tailored course for developing your voice, your way
You’ll leave with awareness, knowledge and practical actions to master your voice
Professional speakers need to present with confidence, clarity and presence to demonstrate expertise. Yet right now you have….
Nerves taking over and interrupting your speech
Breath that gets stuck, runs out or stops altogether
Inadequate volume, vocal range and dynamics
A voice that doesn’t support your creativity, ideas and messages
All this and more costing you time, jobs, focus and opportunities to leverage your knowledge and skills
… Ready to gain confidence, power and ease in your voice?
On the inside you’ll receive
A free 15 minute consult for every new client
4 x 1:1 coaching sessions
Discover what limits you and how to combat it
A holistic approach to voice development, incorporating mindset, body and breath work
A program tailored to your exact vocal needs
Easy online delivery with flexible timings to suit your schedule
Personalised recommendations and skill-building each session to target your concerns
Email support between each coaching session
Accessible and enjoyable techniques for daily maintenance and public speaking preparation
The confidence to be in control at all professional speaking opportunities
Finding your power is possible. Start right here ⇨
Ready to master your vocal skills?
“It is through the speaking voice that you convey your precise thoughts and feelings... the more responsive and efficient the voice is, the more accurate it will be to your intentions.”
