2008 Woodie Awards
Learning your voice
New Voice and Diction Class
by Daniela Guevara
Issue date: 1/28/08 Section: A&E
Class begins. We lie on the floor, close our eyes, and relax. This is just the beginning of a relaxing journey we go through during Voice and Diction class. It's a new course the theater department is offering and is a helpful tool for anyone, not just theater majors.
William Gabelhausen, theatre professor, takes students through a relaxing process, almost like yoga, to become more aware of every muscle and bone in their bodies. Surprisingly, this is the way voice and diction improves.
The course allows students to analyze how much their posture, movements, and even mood affects voice projection and the way others perceive it.
The students currently taking the Voice and Diction course each have different goals for the class.
"My mom is deaf on one ear, so I have always been told to raise my voice. This course is helping me project better and know what my natural voice is," says Sarah Greene, a sophomore student in the class.
Others want to control their accents, improve voice projection, get rid of a nasal voice, learn breathing techniques for speaking, and get out of a comfort zone. Gabelhausen teaches methods to control each of these. Another interesting part of the class is when Gabelhausen introduces students to different cultures by studying dialects, accents and regionalisms.
This is a great opportunity for all students who may have different goals to build and learn vocal tools. The best part about the class is that students don't have to be involved in theater. A student in any major could be interested on the Voice and Diction course in order to make their communication more effective.
William Gabelhausen, theatre professor, takes students through a relaxing process, almost like yoga, to become more aware of every muscle and bone in their bodies. Surprisingly, this is the way voice and diction improves.
The course allows students to analyze how much their posture, movements, and even mood affects voice projection and the way others perceive it.
The students currently taking the Voice and Diction course each have different goals for the class.
"My mom is deaf on one ear, so I have always been told to raise my voice. This course is helping me project better and know what my natural voice is," says Sarah Greene, a sophomore student in the class.
Others want to control their accents, improve voice projection, get rid of a nasal voice, learn breathing techniques for speaking, and get out of a comfort zone. Gabelhausen teaches methods to control each of these. Another interesting part of the class is when Gabelhausen introduces students to different cultures by studying dialects, accents and regionalisms.
This is a great opportunity for all students who may have different goals to build and learn vocal tools. The best part about the class is that students don't have to be involved in theater. A student in any major could be interested on the Voice and Diction course in order to make their communication more effective.
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catherine Lemon
posted 4/10/08 @ 6:26 AM EST
Anything that new
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