Summer 2024 Conference: Timetable
Saturday 20–Sunday 21 July 2024
Conference overview
This fully residential conference will take place over two full days at Yarnfield Park in Staffordshire.
The early bird ticket includes two days of conference programme, all refreshments and lunches, dinner on Saturday night and breakfast on Sunday morning, plus one night's accommodation (an en-suite room with a double bed), free Wi-Fi and parking. Day tickets are also available.
Saturday 20 July: 10am-5.30pm (first keynote starts at 11.15am)
Sunday 21 July: 9am-5pm (first keynote starts at 9.30am)
Full details and timings can be found below.
Please note that the timetable is accurate to the best of our knowledge, but may be subject to change. Online options may be added at a later date, but this is not guaranteed.
Saturday 20 July
10.00am: Arrival – registration and refreshments
11.00am: Welcome from Edwin Pitt Mansfield, AOTOS Chair
11.15am–12.00pm: Keynote: Teaching in the second decade of the 21st century – what has changed?
Dr Gillyanne Kayes
12.20-1.00pm: Abstract presentations x2
Details tbc
1.00-2.00pm: Lunch
2.00-2.45pm: Keynote: Demystifying Vocal Massage
Kate Valentine
2.45–4.15pm: Masterclass with Lynne Dawson
Lynne Dawson
4.15–4.45pm Afternoon break
4.45–5.30pm: Choice of sessions
Kate Valentine – Vocal Massage demonstration
Gillyanne Kayes and Jeremy Fisher – Working in Groups
5.30–7.00pm: Check into rooms
7.00–9.00pm: Drinks reception and dinner
Bar open afterwards
Sunday 21 July
7.30–9.00am: Breakfast
9.00–9.30am: Registration (day delegates) and coffee
10.15-11.00am: AGM
11.00-11.30am: Break
11.30-12.10pm: Abstract presentations x2
Details tbc
12.15-1.00pm: How to work with singers in a choral context
Practitioners from NYC
1.00–2.00pm Lunch
2.00–2.40pm: Practical workshop: Teaching rock and pop for the first time
Jo Sear
2.40–3.20pm: Keynote: Introducing Embodima
Nicola Harrison
3.30–3.45pm Afternoon break
3.45–4.30pm: Choice of sessions
Nicola Harrison – Embodima workshop
NYC – practical workshop
4.30–5.00pm: Final panel discussion
5.00pm Conference ends