Teacher Training Programme

• The central work of the course centres on each morning when the student teaches guest pupils in private, supervised by their Master Teacher.
• Guest Pupils are provided from local sources.
• The rest of the day offers the opportunity to watch Master Teachers and guests teach, partaking in these sessions as singers or observers.
• Guest lecturers, movement, and some opportunities for private singing lessons are available.

Master teachers for 2008:

• Margaret Aronson: professor, Royal Scottish Academy of Music, CTABRSM mentor
• Margaret Cable: retired Head of Singing, Royal College of Music
• Paul Deegan: Chairman, AOTOS, retired Head of Voice, Royal Irish Academy of Music
• Heidi Pegler: Head of singing, St Paul’s Girls school, editor The Language of Song series.

International Visitor: Elisabeth Bengtson-Opitz, Professor of singing, Hochschule fur Musik und Theater in Hamburg, specialist in the ageing voice.

• Guest Lecturers:
• Karenna Caun: Singer and Doctor
• Lynn Boreham: Alexander Technique
• Susan Yarnall and Janice Thompson: boys changing voices
• Hazel Wood: Trinity College and Birkbeck College
• Mary Hammond: popular styles and music theatre

Eileen Price (Director of the AOTOS TT Course 1992-2004) writes…
The subjective nature of the art of singing and the teaching of singing historically, can create a mystic behind which teachers hide their technique/methods. I saw how the intimacy of the NATS system encourages greater confidence and understanding in a supportive and sharing atmosphere to teachers of all levels. From small beginnings, the AOTOS TT Course has grown into what it is today. The student teacher learns in a safe and secure environment and much assurance is gained in what can sometimes be a solitary and isolated profession.

All enquiries and application forms from the Teacher Training Director:

• Penelope Price Jones
• 71, Avon Rd.,
• Devizes,
• Wilts.
• SN10 1PS
• 01380 739185
• 07766 553 344
• pennypricejones@btinternet.com

Download an application form by clicking here.

Please make cheques payable to A.O.T.O.S.