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What
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The
Voice and Speech Committee exists to promote and
improve the appreciation, study, teaching and practice
of healthy voice and speech within SETC. It seeks
to work in cooperation with other voice and speech
organizations such as Voice and Speech Trainers
Association and the Voice Foundation, as well as
other organizations such as the Association of Theatre
Movement Educators (ATME) to promote voice and speech
in all aspects of American and international theatre.
It provides a forum for the exchange of information
and ideas about voice and speech among SETC members
and with other voice and speech professionals through
the development and presentation of programs at
the SETC convention, newsletters, cooperation with
other national and or regional voice and speech
organizations and other projects which may benefit
voice and speech. It promotes and encourages scholarship
in voice and speech by providing opportunities for
the presentation of papers at panels at the SETC
convention, and by encouraging publication of voice
and speech papers in Southern Theatre, the Voice
and Speech Review, and other journals.
In addition, the Voice and Speech Committee works
closely with the Stage Movement Committee to arrange
for daily voice and movement warm-ups each morning
at SETC.
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Who
is involved in Voice and Speech?
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Membership
in the Voice and Speech committee consists of all
members of SETC who have an interest in voice and
speech. Most members are actors, directors and stage
movement specialists as well as specialists in voice
and speech. Some are vocal health professionals.
Many are professional vocal directors or voice,
speech, text and dialect coaches. Because of this
we invite and encourage members from all divisions
to be active in the committee. Many members of the
Voice and Speech committee are also members of other
professional voice organizations such as VASTA.
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Program
emphasis at the Annual Spring Convention:
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Programming
consists of workshops and lecture/demonstrations in
voice and movement integration, text work, embodying
text, breath work, Shakespearean and other heightened
verse, extended voice, enlargement and range work,
vocal production, methodologies of voice production,
methodologies of speech production, text and styles,
dialects, standard speech and the international phonetic
alphabet. Many of our workshops overlap with movement
or acting such as joint presentations of Alexander
Technique and speaking Shakespearean verse, Stillness
and “Target Words”, or Breath work and
Meisner Technique.
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Voice
and Speech, workshop samples From past
SETC Conventions:
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| Orlando,
FL - 2006
Dialect Triggers for
Improv or Multiple Roles:
Learn the vocal and physical "triggers"
for a number of stage dialects so that you can flip
from one to another when doing improv or when cast
in multiple roles.
Safe and Effective Vocal
Variety and Authenticity in Stage Combat:
This workshop will explore vocal aspects of combat
for the stage. Safe and effective use of the voice
in highly emotional and physically demanding scenes
will be covered.
Greensboro,
NC - 2005
Voice-Over Essentials:
Learn the basics of voice over work - demos, vocal
technique and selling the copy. Hear samples of voices
from the novice to the highest paid in the industry.
Uniting Actor, Body
and Voice:
This workshop will explore the dynamic relationship
between voice, movement and acting training. A discussion
of guidelines fostering coordination between voice
and movement curricula in developing the acting craft
will follow the experiential workshop.
Chattanooga, TN - 2004
Breathing Life into
Your Song:
This is for the singing actor focusing on the use
of the structured dynamic breath for freedom, tone
and expression.
Unlocking Greek Tragedy
with Your Voice and Body:
Learn how to use movement and vocal choices to create
a dynamic and truthful performance in a heightened
style using the Greek Messenger speech.
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