Transgender Voice and Speech
Training for Teachers
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You already know that voice training is a deeply personal and healing process.
For transgender and nonbinary people, discovering confidence and authenticity through voice is empowering and life-changing. |
One Weird Trick: A User's Guide to Transgender Voice is your unique training guide for gender perception in voice and speech.
Utilize your knowledge of singing to help trans and nonbinary students find their authentic speaking voice through interactive webinars and one-on-one sessions with the author. |
You will get the most from this course if:
- You have transgender or nonbinary students in your studio who are interested in speech
- You know someone who could benefit from trans speech services but you're not sure how to help
- You have some background in vocal pedagogy and anatomy/physiology
- You are committed to engaging in group discussions and interactive webinars (even if you watch them after they've "aired")
- You are excited about advertising and offering services to a group of people that needs your expertise and care
Course description
Transgender Voice and Speech: Training for Teachers combines interactive webinars with one-on-one instruction. This course equips voice teachers with the necessary skills to guide transgender individuals toward healthy and affirming voice and speech styles, building on the strengths that voice teachers already possess as expert listeners and compassionate educators. After completion of online classes, which you can attend live or consume at your convenience for a limited time, author Liz Jackson Hearns and Voice Lab co-founder Alexandra Plattos Sulack provide one-on-one follow up sessions to ensure comprehension and practical applicability of the concepts laid out in One Weird Trick.
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The course and fee include:
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Online class schedule:
Week 1, Part 1: (90 min) Cultural competency Week 1, Part 2: (90 min) How to use OWT, basics of voice anatomy and function for transgender students Week 2: (2 hrs) Pitch Week 3: (2 hrs) Inflection, prosody, and resonance Week 4: (2 hrs) Articulation, non-verbal communication Week 5: (2 hrs) Practice, implementation, guiding trans students Week 6-7: (2 hrs) One-on-one follow up sessions |
About the author, Liz Jackson Hearns
Liz (she/her) is the owner of The Voice Lab; co-author of The Singing Teacher's Guide to Transgender Voices and One Weird Trick: A User's Guide to Transgender Voice; Co-founder of Resonate, Chicago's all-trans chorus; Co-founder of Trans Turning Point, a wellness fair for trans/nonbinary folks and trans-owned businesses; and a voice instructor specializing in transgender/nonbinary voice.
Voice users and fellow voice teachers seek out Liz's teaching for their ability to combine traditional pedagogy with advanced knowledge of vocology and the science of the voice, in a light-hearted and fun environment. Liz has been working with trans and nonbinary students since 2014 through private lessons, workshops, outreach, group sessions, and choirs. Liz also works with voice teachers and educational institutions to train instructors and staff to support trans students in the lesson room, classroom, and beyond.
Voice users and fellow voice teachers seek out Liz's teaching for their ability to combine traditional pedagogy with advanced knowledge of vocology and the science of the voice, in a light-hearted and fun environment. Liz has been working with trans and nonbinary students since 2014 through private lessons, workshops, outreach, group sessions, and choirs. Liz also works with voice teachers and educational institutions to train instructors and staff to support trans students in the lesson room, classroom, and beyond.
