Summer 2022 Conference: Timetable
Friday 22–Sunday 24 July 2022
Conference overview
The conference will take place over two and a half days, with three sessions in the Riley Auditorium on Friday and up to 18 sessions in both the Riley Auditorium and Elton-Bowring Room across the Saturday and Sunday.
The Riley Auditorium will be operating on a livestream throughout the Saturday with a selection of other sessions recorded for later viewing.
In-person booking has now closed but there are many online options available until the day of the event
Friday 22 July
Riley Auditorium
1.30pm: Arrival – registration & refreshments
2.00pm: Welcome from Nicola-Jane Kemp, AOTOS Chair
2.15-3.10pm: The National Plan for Music Education – where do I fit in?
Simon Toyne
Recording available
4.00-4.10pm: Break
4.15-5.10pm: Planning, programming, performing: championing music familiar and unfamiliar
Graham Ross
Recording available
5.15pm: AGM
7.15pm College Supper in the Latimer Room
6.30-10.30pm: JCR Bar in Old Court open for delegates
Saturday 23 July
Riley Auditorium
8.50am: Morning welcome
9.00-9.55am: Things that go bump in the voice – the actors' cut
Melanie Mehta
Livestream/recording available
10.00-11.10am: Can you really make a pop star?
Jono McNeil
Livestream/recording available
11.15-11.40am: Break
11.45am-12.40pm: Help! They've asked for a pop song
Jono McNeil
Livestream/recording available
12.45-1.40pm: Lunch
3.30-3.55pm: Break and Area Meetings
4.00-4.55pm: Paul Deegan Memorial Lecture: The Complete Songs of Hugo Wolf: Life, Letters, Lieder
Richard Stokes
Livestream/recording available
7.30pm: Gala Dinner at Robinson College
Elton Room
9.00-11.10am: What type of teacher are you?
Dr Jenevora Williams
In-person only
11.15-11.40am: Break
11.45am-12.40pm: Nutrition for singers: the missing link in vocal health and longevity
Duncan Rock
Recording available
12.45-1.40pm: Lunch
1.45-2.40pm: Mental Health / Trauma in Singers
Emily Foulkes
In-person only
2.45-3.40pm: Working with Trans and Non-Binary people in voice exploration and development
Matthew Mills
Recording available
3.45-4.10pm: Break
Sunday 24 July
Riley Auditorium
9.20am: Morning welcome
9.30-10.25am: What is the future role of the singing teacher in voice rehabilitation?
Dr Jenevora Williams
Recording available
10.30-10.55am: Break
11.00am-12.55pm: Dorothy Richardson Memorial Invitation masterclass
Roderick Williams OBE
Recording available
1.00-1.55pm: Lunch
2.00-2.55pm: Talking Trans – two trans women discuss their life and vocal journeys
Ian Massa-Harris with Sophie Thurston and Faye Wheeler
Recording available
3.00-3.55pm: "Moving On Together" – a 'brave space' discussion about equality, diversity and inclusion
Nicki Kennedy with Dr Jenevora Williams, Shivani Rattan, Ian Massa-Harris and Nick Duncombe
In-person only
4.00pm: Tea
Elton Room
9.00-9.25am: Warm up 2: Exploring buoyancy in the ribs
Anita Morrison
In-person only
9.30-10.25am: Jaw, tongue and neck – strategies from The Feldenkrais Method® to develop freedom and awareness
Anita Morrison
In-person only
10.30-10.55am: Break
11.00am-12.55pm: Demystifying Mix and Belt
Leontine Hass
In-person only
1.00-1.55pm: Lunch
2.00-2.55pm: World Café - Connecting the many voices of Singing Teachers
Susan Yarnall Monks
In-person only
3.00-3.55pm: Plenary
4.00pm: Tea
Booking Timetable
Full details of the programme are now available.
Booking for in-person options and Gala Dinner have now closed.
Online booking remains open until Friday 22 July