Class Overview:

These drop-in classes are designed for anyone who is interested in developing their speaking voice and speech skills. Over a lifetime, habits can form that can impede our ability to tap into the full authenticity, power and unique beauty of our voice. Participants will be led through a voice warm-up and learn what it means to be fully present in their bodies, feel the support of the breath, and speak on the breath. Participants are encouraged to bring in text to work on or it can be provided. They will be led through various text exercises enabling them to speak with audibility, clarity, and authenticity whether it's for a meeting, presentation, audition or an important conversation.

Instructor:

Peter N. Bailey graduated from the Humber College Theatre Performance Program in 2003. Peter’s theatre credits include: A World Without Shadows, The Wilberforce Hotel, Jumbo, The Real McCoy (The Blyth Festival), Other Side of the Game (Cahoots Theatre Co. and Obsidian Theatre), To Kill a Mockingbird, An Ideal Husband, Richard III, All’s Well That Ends Well (Stratford Festival), Fences (Grand Theatre), Here Are the Fragments (The Theatre Centre), Romeo and Juliet, Sweat, Fairview (Canadian Stage Company), A Few Good Men (Drayton Entertainment). Peter’s voice and dialect coaching credits include: Serving Elizabeth, Much Ado About Nothing, Wedding Band, Get That Hope, (The Stratford Festival), Fat Ham (Canadian Stage Company), Shedding A Skin (Nightwood Theatre) Flex (Obsidian Theatre & Crows Theatre), The National Theatre School of Canada, Canadian Film Centre, and Sheridan College. Peter is a Pasty Rodenburg™ Associate (PRA).