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EduCore is looking for VASTA members who are interested in being representatives at the Annual Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival regional festivals as well as the national festival. This is an excellent opportunity to bring further awareness to VASTA and the work of Voice and Speech Trainers, which is core to VASTA’s mission.
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Mentorship

Join the Mentorship Initiative for the December Speed Dating event!
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VASTA at ATHE

The Voice and Speech Trainers Association (VASTA) Focus Group of the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) announces its call for the VASTA at ATHE Debut Panel for the 2024 ATHE conference in Atlanta, Georgia, August 1-4.
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Voice and Speech Review

VASTA and Routledge Press are excited to announce the release of The History of Voice Pedagogy.
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Member Submitted Events

Applications are now OPEN for the 2025 USA Lessac Intensive Workshops Your voice, your breath, your body, your behavior - will all be explored and elevated through your Intensive workshop experience. Start your application process today and get ready for a life changing experience. Join us for 1, 2 or the full 4 weeks 1 WEEK: Discover June 22-June 27 2 WEEKS: Deep Dive June 22-July 5 4 WEEKS: Advanced Application June 22-July 18 Early Bird discounts until December 15th 2024 Tuition Assistance available for early applicants
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Experiencing Speech is a six-day online Knight-Thompson Speechwork workshop covering vocal tract anatomy, the physical actions of all speech sounds, introductory descriptive phonetics, and the skills of linguistic detail and fluency in speech.
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The Phonetics Intensive is a Knight-Thompson Speechwork workshop. This three-day online workshop offers a deep dive into the skills of narrow phonetic transcription and explores transcription as a community event.
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Experiencing Accents is a six-day online Knight-Thompson Speechwork workshop. It covers the skills of accent research, acquisition, and performance, including the 4Ps of people, posture, prosody, and pronunciation.
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Whether working in a university theater program or coaching on set in English, as teachers and coaches, we’re always looking for ways to effectively support students and clients for whom English is a second (or third, fourth, etc.) language: to help them embody the role, book the job, or give them the tools and confidence to serve them in their creative careers long-term. Join us on Zoom for a conversation with KTS Certified Teachers and Hollywood accent coaches, Ron Carlos and Eliza Simpson, where we’ll explore accent work for actors who are L2 English speakers. On Sunday, May 19th at 11am PST/2pm EST/7pm GMT To convert this meeting to your time zone, click here. Registration will close 12 hours prior to the event and participants will then receive Zoom link information. All registrants will also receive the recording and post-webinar survey after the meeting has ended and been processed. May 19 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm $10.00
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