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ONLINE VOICE & TEXT 
with Designated Linklater Voice Teacher
Sarah Weatherwax
12 weeks
Thursdays, March 13 to June 5, 1 to 4PM ET  
(no class April 10)
Free your voice & your talent 
with guidance from an experienced teacher and 
support from a wonderful group of like-minded creatives. 
Learn a very complete Voice & Body warm-up. 
Apply your freer voice to text.

Open to all levels of experience. Non-performers are welcome! Relaxed, professional environment 🙂

12 weeks

Thursdays,  1 to 4PM ET

March 13 to June 5, 2025. (No class April 10.)

*Accommodations can be made for those with one or two conflicts.*

Our first focus will be learning ‘the actors’ warm-up’: from spine & breath exercises to jaw, tongue, soft palate work, all the way through to resonators, range and articulation. Learn the exercises that most effectively release your particular vocal blocks. Learn what to do before auditions, rehearsals & work. Every week participants will ‘check in’ with text and, at the end of class, take a few notes and receive a clear outline of what to practise.
 
The last couple weeks will focus on applying your freer voice directly to acting/speaking by way of group exercises and individual text coaching. Let your voice go where the text and your instinct takes it!  There will be time for addressing specific vocal concerns, reviewing challenging exercises, or for ‘shaping’ an audition piece. Non-actors can develop public speaking skills.

This work encourages inner relaxation and outer activation of the body’s musculature at the same time. This state of readiness makes real listening and emotional accessibility easier, instinctive responses quicker, physical and vocal transformation more believable. Nervousness is eased. Clarity of thought & intention improves.

Vocal habits keep us linked to the past.

A free voice grounds us in the present. 

Actors & VOs become more direct-able, spontaneous and flexible. Accent work & vocal character work improves.

Composers, writers and other creatives find their work flows with ease and efficiency after a voice warm-up. Freeing the speaking voice frees the creative voice.

Non-artists find improvements with meeting management, public speaking & interview skills. Confidence, ease and variety in the speaking voice are beneficial to anyone and everyone for reasons too numerous to list.

V&T has had a great impact on my voice. Sarah’s guidance through Zoom is amazing and although she is not in the same room with you, she sees and hears everything and her feedback is spot-on. The rich pallet of the exercises is built around a clear structure that Sarah encourages you to understand. So at the end of the course you have tools to work independently on your voice as an actor.” – Ksenia Marasanova, Actor & Singer

CLASS DETAILS

Thursdays from 1 to 4PM ET.  March 13, 20 & 27; April 3, 17 & 24; May 1, 8, 15, 22 & 29; June 5.

Online, live participation class by way of Zoom. *Arrangements can be made for those with one or two conflicts to keep up with class material by way of recordings.*

Clients pay in their home currency. Canadians, $675 CAD. US Clients, $675 USD; European Clients, €675. Payments accepted by E-transfer from Canadians and by PayPal/WISE from internationals. Repeat V & T students: Canadians, $625 CAD. US clients, $625 USD. Europeans, €625.

E-mail Sarah a brief note of interest. Actors, send resumes. Please pay after Sarah has responded to your email.

Register & pay by March 6. Enrolment is limited. **Inquiries are welcome until class start date, pending availability.**

Sarah’s Voice and Text class is transformational. Throughout the class, I was able to find a deep sense of connection to my body and voice working with the Linklater technique. From there, the exploration of text is exciting and new; I found interesting depth over and over again.” – Alexa Houle, Actor/Artist/Filmmaker

Experience the joy and the power of knowing you can express anything and everything through the vibrations of your voice.

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