Description
From Bird Brains to Applied Neuroscience and Voice
Why should a singer and well seasoned teacher feel the need for change?
Sunday 16 March
7pm–8pm
Online
How cross-species wiring for musical aptitude revealed some interesting evolutionary and cultural facts. Weird? Yes it is – at first!
What defines a ‘Vocal Learner’ and what is the ‘adult cultured song’? How might this impact our perception of learning songs.
A top down approach to singing v a bottom up approach and how it can impact on vocal pedagogy
The power and importance of listening and a brief outline on ‘AUDIATION’
Some key points on where in the brain music inhabits and how it is applied to the
voice … Take a ride on a hippocampus like a puppet on a string!
Some interesting rethinking about BREATH?
Homeostasis and the Brain Body Continuum. Is the brain just a data collector or is there more to it ?
Tips on how to improve learning and the importance of FUN!
Isolated vocal exercises or contextual work outs?
What have Neurotransmitters got to do with it?
Some tips and ideas.
Q&A
About Lorraine Worley
Trained as a chorister in Leicester, Lorraine won a City of Leicester Scholarship to study with Stanley Asher. She later studied with Norma Burrows in Birmingham and also in teacher training at St. Peter’s Teacher Training college with Harry Jones and Barrie Grayson.
Her operatic roles include Amneris in Aida, Magenta in The Bartered Bride, Lady Billows in Albert Herring and leading roles in all of Monteverdi’s operas including Penelope in The Return odyssey Ulysses and Ottavia in The Coronation of Poppea.
Lorraine sang regularly as a recitalist adjudicating songwriting competitions for the English Poetry and Song Society and was a founder member of the Spanish Renaissance Band, Tamburrini, performing at the London Early music festival, Brighton and Bath Festivals.
One of Lorraine’s passions is conducting award winning Youth Choirs and is currently employed at The Bristol Cathedral Choir School and Backwell Academy as a long-standing singing teacher. Lorraine also has a private practice in Weston Super Mare.
Lorraine has an LRSM in performance. More recently as a founding student of the now Voice Study Centre, Lorraine gained a distinction PgCert. In Applied Professional Practice, an MA in vocal Pedagogy and more recently an ITOL Certificate in Applied Neuroscience and Voice which she claimed was the ‘icing on the cake’ of her studies to date.
Please do register for this event even if you can’t make it live. You will have up to 30 days to watch the recording, but it will not be available in our permanent library.
