Classes & Workshops
ALL CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS ARE NOW OFFERED ONLINE!
Due to the current international situation with CoVid-19, we want to make sure that all clients are kept safe and healthy by offering ALL classes and workshops ONLINE via Zoom. A link will be given with class registration. And Online Courses are available for those wanting to deepen the learning.
Treat yourself to some wonderful self care, professional, and personal development.
Come work on your Vocal Technique, Vocal Embodiment, and Vocal Power in weekly classes.
- Sharpen your vocal skills and improve multiple areas of your life.
- Reap the benefits in business and personal relations, vocal and movement artistry, and develop a stronger connection to yourself and your voice.
- Classes delve into solid techniques to open and connect you to your instrument.
- You’ll enjoy a greater sense of presence and feel more connected to your body, mind, and spirit!
Drop In Classes
$20 – drop-in (pay at door)
$15 – per class (pay in advance)
$60 – 4 class pass (pay in advance)
$20 per one hour group class
Friday Morning: Somatic Sound Vocal Training
Each class you work on vocal techniques designed to help you master your vocal instrument in any environment. Whether it be for business meetings, interviews, live performances, interpersonal communication, or you are seeking this therapeutic work as a complement to your personal self development journey, these weekly lessons will give you solid tools to put into immediate practice! Classes cover resonance, vocal support, vocal anatomy, being connected to your body while speaking, grounding, presence, and breath. Find the power in your voice!
Appropriate for beginners and people wanting to deepen/refresh their skills.
**We meet every Friday from 11:00 am – noon CDT
Location – Online Class via Zoom! (Link sent with Registration)
Online Teaching: Gaining Confidence and Poise
Feeling a bit overwhelmed, and intimidated, at the idea of online meetings and classrooms? You aren’t alone. Many have suddenly found themselves working on online platforms and it isn’t always an easy transition! There are specific, and unique, challenges presented with online meetings. These challenges can be easily met with some simple guidance. This class will help you: genuinely connect to your audience, get basic techniques for success in leading a meeting or class, create an experience that is productive for you and the listener, feel more at ease talking to people on screen, keep your voice active, clear, and commanding attention.
We meet Wednesday evenings from 6pm – 7pm – April 15th, 22nd, 29th, and May 6th, 2020
Link to register below. Zoom link given at time of registration.
**This is a Group Class. Looking for private coaching for a specific project? Sign up for a private session here.
Online Courses
Online Courses!
A deeper journey into Vocal Embodiment or Accent Acquisition. For four months you will be guided through in the understanding and application of voice and/or speech to enrich your professional and/or personal goals.
Each course includes pre-recorded video lessons, bi-weekly online classes via Zoom, handouts, homework, access to a private page to share resources, and more!
Receive personalized instruction and guidance in the bi-weekly Zoom classes. Enjoy prompts in every lesson to deepen your learning through journaling, “homework” assignments aimed to help you bring the work into your dialy life, and questions that will lead you to an increasing awareness of how there are opportunities for greater success through these simple exercises in Voice and Speech.
The approaches are esoteric in nature, meaning; they explain WHY certain exercises work from a physiological point of view. They take the mystery out of the work so that you can begin to truly master your own transformative journey. Then we apply the esoteric understanding to real life activity. The result? Your skill increases dramatically, and in a relatively short period of time.
The steps are small but the progress is large! You will have me, a Voice and Speech expert, with you every step of the way.
Register now and start learning today.
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No Refunds, All Sales Final
Book Austin Vocal Empowerment for a workshop or class
Wanting a workshop or class in your area but don’t see one listed? E-mail me at melissagrogan1@hotmail.com and let’s discuss! I’m available to travel and happy to fine tune a workshop or class to meet the populations needs. Let me know what your ideas are and let’s make it happen!
Previously Offered Workshops, Events and Classes
Resonant Vocal Power Weekends
May 25th – June 22nd 2019
Three Saturdays (5/25, 6/8, 6/22)
from 10 am – 1:00 pm
Classes held in Austin, Tx. 78704
Investment –
Early Bird Rate – $180 (3 classes – $60/class) By May 18th
Regular Rate – $210 (3 classes – $70/class) After May 18th
Student/Low Income Rate – 20% off
Grounded Vocal Presence Weekends
May 4th – June 29th
Four Saturdays (5/4, 5/18, 6/15, 6/29)
from 10am – 1:00pm
Investment –
Early Bird Rate – $210 (4 classes – $52.50/class) By April 27th
Regular Rate – $245 (4 classes – $61.25/class) After April 27th
Student/Low Income 20% off
Mastering Accents: Part One
May 13th – June 24th
Mondays, 2:30 – 4pm
Held in Austin, 78704
Investment –
Early Bird Rate – $210 (7 classes – $30/class) By May 6th
Regular Rate – $245 (7 classes – $35/class) After May 6th
Student/Low Income 20% off
Soulful Speech – Omnish Part I
May 13 – June 24th, 2019
Mondays – 4:30 – 6pm
Held in Austin, 78704
Investment –
Early Bird Rate – $210 (7 classes – $30/class) By May 6th
Regular Rate – $245 (7 classes – $35/class) After May 6th
Student/Low Income 20% off
Mastering Accents Part Two
May 13th – June 24th, 2019
Mondays from 6:30 – 8pm
Classes held in Austin, Tx. 78704
Investment –
Early Bird Price – $210 (7 classes – $30/class) By May 6th
Regular Price – $245 (7 classes – $35/class) After May 6th
Student/Low Income Rate – 20% off
Resonant Vocal Power
Using two techniques of Fitzmaurice Voicework, Destructuring and Restructuring, we will go into an in-depth study of technique for healthy vocal support and exercises to open your body and release unnecessary tension. Classes offer physical awareness, how to balance vocal effort & ease, and release muscles that inhibit vocal power and breath. The result: freedom and power in your voice and a new way to live in your body.
Mastering Accents – Part One
Having difficulty being understood? Want to learn how to teach yourself accents?
Detailed introduction to sharpen skills in articulation and gain necessary tools for accent study. Based firmly in Knight-Thompson speech work, the course trains your ear, deepen your awareness, and gain a working knowledge of your articulators. That last part is the most essential to have for ability to master accent work – a working knowledge of your articulators and how to use them.
Vocal Power, Freedom, and Ease: Support and the Core Muscles
Do you lose your voice? Get vocally tired? Desire more vocal power? Want to reach your audience better?
This workshop is an in-depth study of the technique for healthy vocal support. We’ll also use somatics to connect to intrinsic core muscles that give the body the support it needs for freedom and ease in movement. This allows the voice to be resonant, full, effortless, and efficient regardless of the physical activity.
The course offers deep physical awareness, how to balance effort & ease, build muscles for alignment, release external muscles that inhibit vocal power and breath, and more! The result: freedom and power in your voice and a new way to live in your body.
Cellular Listening – Bringing Communication Alive with Presence
Do you feel like communication is stilted?
Have an intuition that part of the problem is that you don’t fully listen?
Or maybe you get overwhelmed in conversation – taking too much in?
We’ll dive into the wisdom of the cells and the auditory system to find answers of how to enhance communication. Let the cells guide you as you choose what information to take in and what to say no to. Listen with the whole body. Create clear boundaries. This workshop is a somatic offering that brings connection to self, the world around you, and your community.