Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisites:

Provides student actors with tools for increasing vocal ease and expressivity, with an emphasis on cultivating free and spontaneous breath impulse. Introduces the range of human speech sounds experientially, as a prelude to detailed phonetics and accent work. Provides a framework for developing a personal practice of voice and speech outside the classroom and applying learning through in-class performance. Please note, this is a course in acting, not public speaking.