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Choice for Voice: Crossing boundaries in voice
Virtual 3-day conference: 3-5th September 2021
Christina Shewell, MA, FRCSLT ADVS
Voice teacher and therapist - mending and extending voices
Christina Shewell, MA, FRCSLT ADVS, is a spoken voice teacher, and speech/ language therapist, and has long working experience with a wide range of clients in both voice therapy and voice development, with a particular expertise in working with professional voice users. For 11 years, she was senior lecturer in voice and counselling skills at University College London, has been a staff member at major British acting schools, a coach in the business world and has spoken at many conferences. She is the originator of the Voice Skills approach and has led a wide range of training courses, both nationally and internationally Her book Voice Work: Art and Science in Changing Voices (2009) addresses voice work along the continuum of normal-abnormal voice, in singing, spoken voice coaching and voice pathology, and is a core text for a wide range of voice practitioners.
Christina’s current particular interest is in the relevance of mindfulness and imagery to voice work and well-being, and in the links between voice, neuroscience, body and emotions. Her most recent article, Poetry, Voice, Brain and Body, was published last year in the Voice and Speech Review – the journal of the Voice and Speech Trainers Association (VASTA).