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REGIONAL WORKSHOPS - apply for funding
In 2020 we launched our Regional Workshops fund. It's a great time to begin planning some regional meetings and/or workshops. With our eyes opened to the capabilities of video-conferencing, these could be coordinated to be linked via online conferencing to other regions. If you have ideas for a voice workshop you would like to run, please contact us. Likewise, if you have a studio or home suitable for hosting others, let us know.
WELLINGTON Event available on Pay-To-View
VOICE PHYSIOTHERAPY WORKSHOP - CARING FOR THE VOCAL ATHLETE - KRISTINA HOCKEY
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3 NOVEMBER, 7.00 - 8.30PM
MUSIC BLOCK, SG.05, WINTEC - TE PUKENGA Pre-registration required by: * either paying in advance using the POLiPay links below Students $5 - register here (POLiPay) Members $10 - register here (POLiPay) Non-members $20 - register here (POLiPay) or register here (GoogleForm) and pay cash on arrival. Kristina Hockey is a voice and performing arts physiotherapist. She runs Voice Physiotherapy New Zealand, and is currently based in Christchurch, and travels to the North Island each month. She is a singer and performer herself and brings her insider insight into the performing world to her practise as a Voice Physio.
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Nurturing Growing Voices - Opera Masterclass - London-Based Kiwi Rhonda Browne
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14 NOVEMBER, 6.30 - 8.30PM
QUEEN MARGARET COLLEGE AUDITORIUM, HOBSON ST, THORNDON Pay with the links below to gain access to the recording of the masterclass. Students $5 - register here (POLiPay) Members $10 - register here (POLiPay) Non-members $20 - register here (POLiPay) Bringing her experience and perspective as a performer with a dramatic contralto voice suited to repertoire such as Wagner and Verdi, in this masterclass, Rhonda will work with a variety of voices for contrast, to discuss the journey larger voices take, and ways in which we can nurture our students voices at whichever point they are on that journey. Rhonda's dedication to her craft has already led her to attain impressive accolades, including singing with the English National Ballet at Covent Garden, and winning the Wagner Prize. Her breadth of experience playing roles as diverse as Erda in Wagner's Ring, to the Witch in Hansel & Gretel speaks of her versatility. Her distinctive contralto timbre, and engaging stagecraft have resulted in Rhonda being sought after on both the operatic stage and concert platforms internationally. Rhonda is driven by her love of exploring a variety of music, and experiencing the corresponding emotions evoked by the performance in both the audience and musicians alike. She studies with Jacqueline Bremar. Rhonda’s roles include Erda DAS RHEINGOLD/SIEGFRIED/Schwertleite DIE WALKÜRE (Longborough Festival), Filipyevna EUGENE ONEGIN (West Green) Lady Bertram MANSFIELD PARK (Opera South), Baba the Turk RAKE’S PROGRESS (Bury Court), Mistress Bentson LAKME (Swansea City), Witch / Mother HÄNSEL UND GRETEL (Pop-Up Opera/Iford Arts), Auntie PETER GRIMES (Nottingham Philharmonic), Duchess of Plaza Toro GONDOLIERS, Gudrun THELMA and Ludmila BARTERED BRIDE (Surrey Opera), Zia Principessa SUOR ANGELICA (Giornata Opera), Zita GIANNI SCHICCHI and Rossweise (Fulham Opera), staged MESSIAH (Merry Opera). Rhonda covered Erda RHEINGOLD/SIEGFRIED, Rossweise/Grimgerde/Schwertleite DIE WALKÜRE, First Norn GÖTTERDAMMERUNG (Opera North), First Norn/Flosshilde (Longborough Festival), and Ulrica UN BALLO IN MASCHERA (Iford Arts). |
Past event - The Doctor and the Voice - Seminar - Dutch Laryngologist Marco Franken
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11 SEPTEMBER, 11AM-1PM
NZ SCHOOL OF MUSIC - 86FT006 (86 Fairlie Terrace, Room 6) KOHA ENTRY (suggested Students $5 / Members $10 / Non-members $15) Pre-pay registration via POLiPay here Marco Franken studied medicine at Leyden University, Netherlands then specialised in Oto-Rhino-Laryngology at University Hospital Leyden (LUMC). As an intern he developed an interest in the voice and the vocal cords. He began his practise in 1988 and has viewed over 100,000 throats of singers, actors, presenters and other patients in his career. He was consultant to Stage Entertainment Inc and the voice department at Royal Conservatoire, The Hague. While retired, he still cares for professional singers. In this lecture, using footage and images of (f)actual vocal cord disorders and voice problems from performing artists, Marco will discuss common medical voice problems in professional singers and ways to identify, treat and prevent them. There will be time to ask questions and have open discussion. |
