Voice, speech and communication
Do you want to have clearer speech? Or perhaps you want to learn how to get your point across more effectively? Our part-time courses in voice, speech and communication will help you to communicate with confidence.
Or view our Communication skills for business courses, perfect if you wish to improve any aspect of speaking in public - pitching, teaching, collaborating, even storytelling!
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Self-presentation for business people
Course Date: Sat 27 Oct 2018 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetDevelop your effectiveness as a communicator on this fun but intensive Saturday workshop. You'll learn powerful techniques and life skills from a Voice specialist and Body Language expert.Full fee: £149.00Senior fee: £149.00Concession: £149.00 -
Actor's voice: beginners
Course Date: Mon 29 Oct 2018 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetImprove the quality of your voice and standard of speech; relaxation and alignment; breath capacity/control; articulation, forward placement and expressiveness.Full fee: £79.00Senior fee: £79.00Concession: £48.00 -
Actor's voice: improvers
Course Date: Mon 29 Oct 2018 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetThis thorough and fun improvers' course will benefit your further vocal development as an actor or professional speaker. Ideal for people interested in improving their vocal skills; you will consolidate work on breath support and explore pitch and resonance.Full fee: £79.00Senior fee: £79.00 -
Clear speech
Course Date: Wed 31 Oct 2018 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetThis intensive course is ideal if you seek greater clarity and confidence in how you communicate. Suitable for anyone for whom English is the first language.Full fee: £99.00Senior fee: £79.00Concession: £60.00 -
Debating: improvers
Course Date: Wed 31 Oct 2018 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: EC EustonFor those who have some experience in debating or related courses, you will progress quickly in areas of content, strategy and style, while honing your articulation and enunciation.Full fee: £109.00Senior fee: £109.00Concession: £66.00 -
Combining voice and Pilates
Course Date: Wed 31 Oct 2018 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetThis innovative course shows you how to integrate modified Pilates movements with voice training as a holistic approach to voice, starting at breath release and progressing into phonation and resonance. Through this combination you may begin to find a link between body and voice through the core muscles of support.Full fee: £99.00Senior fee: £79.00Concession: £60.00 -
Reading English literature aloud: early 20th century
Course Date: Wed 16 Jan 2019
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetCome and enjoy reading aloud short stories and passages from novels and verse plays by early 20th century writers including Forster; Priestley; Woolf and Eliot.Full fee: £99.00Senior fee: £79.00Concession: £60.00 -
Speaking Shakespeare
Course Date: Wed 16 Jan 2019 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetWe will discuss and workshop speeches and scenes from Othello and The Winter's Tale. The course contains a visit offsite to Lincoln's Inn Library where Shakespeare's 2nd Folio is preserved. We will discuss and workshop speeches and scenes from Othello and The Winter's Tale.
Tutor: Vernon Thompson.Full fee: £99.00Senior fee: £79.00Concession: £60.00 -
Debating: beginners
Course Date: Wed 16 Jan 2019 (and 4 other dates)
Location on this date: EC EustonDebating requires the ability to speak English persuasively in public and, crucially, to respond rapidly to other people’s objections to what you say. We will cover the theory and practice of debating, and you will progress quickly in areas of content, strategy and style. A great mental workout.Full fee: £109.00Senior fee: £109.00Concession: £66.00 -
Voice technique: improvers
Course Date: Thu 17 Jan 2019 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetThis course will support your extended vocal development with a focus on resonance, tonality and pitch. Open to those who have completed at least one voice course previously as well as professionals looking to refresh their skills.Full fee: £159.00Senior fee: £159.00Concession: £97.00 -
Voice practitioners: masterclass
Course Date: Thu 17 Jan 2019 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetYou will explore through practical exercises the basic methodology of two leading voice practitioners as selected by the tutor, themselves a Voice expert, and thus establish the best process for your own development.
This term: Houseman: Finding Your Voice and McCallion: The Voice Book.Full fee: £89.00Senior fee: £89.00Concession: £54.00 -
Voice technique: beginners
Course Date: Thu 17 Jan 2019 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetImprove the quality and clarity of your voice through posture, breath capacity and control, articulation, resonance, forward placement and pitch. For anyone who wants to make the most of their voice.Full fee: £159.00Senior fee: £159.00Concession: £97.00 -
Vocal anatomy
Course Date: Fri 18 Jan 2019
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetLearn which bits of your body do what to produce your own unique voice & speech, and use this knowledge and understanding with practical exercises to clarify and strengthen your vocal communication.Full fee: £119.00Senior fee: £119.00Concession: £73.00 -
Use your voice assertively
Course Date: Fri 18 Jan 2019 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetDo you want to sound more confident, grounded, self-assured and assertive? Improve your vocal skills through a series of exercises that will support you to become more vocally confident, expressive and dynamic without appearing arrogant.Full fee: £169.00Senior fee: £169.00Concession: £103.00 -
Storytelling for business and pleasure 2
Course Date: Sun 20 Jan 2019 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: KS - Keeley StreetDiscover the dynamics of telling stories to motivate, articulate and communicate in the workplace, allowing your imagination free range, connecting your voice to your body and using them to express yourself in an organic and interesting way. The ancient art of listening to, sharing and telling stories is as relevant to the business world as to social interaction.Full fee: £129.00Senior fee: £129.00Concession: £79.00