World Voice Day

On 15th April 2011 – World Voice Day 2011 – an enthusiastic and appreciative audience again welcomed and heartily applauded the outstanding performance of singing students from the Queensland Conservatorium of Music, Griffith University and students from Queensland University of Technology Acting in celebrating World Voice Day on stage in the Queen Street Mall, Brisbane.

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As last year, a large crowd was held spellbound in the public space of the main stage, Queen Street Mall, Brisbane, as singers and actors performed classical, jazz and pop repertoire with a professionalism usually seen only in professionals.

Students ran through three half hour sessions at 11am, 12 noon and 1pm while the audience enjoyed the outstanding performance of the students, very capably prepared by Dianne Eden and Donald Hall (QUT), and Irene Barlett, Margaret Schindler and Adele Nisbet (Qld Con).

Students also paid tribute to the excellence of their accompanists.

In addition to handing out Ten Top Tips to a Healthy Voice flyers, the audience was treated to the presentation of awards to Deborah Rogers (WA) and Theresa Adermann (LD) - recipients of the Inaugural AVA Student Encouragement Awards.

Deborah, a graduate of WAAPA and currently a young artist with Opera Queensland, also sang an aria and held the audience spellbound.

And five copies of the book, The King's Speech, were given away, kindly donated by Mark Logue, grandson of Lionel Logue.

In the true spirit of the Australian Voice Association the collaboration between singing teachers, voice teachers, speech pathologists, singing students, acting students and musicians highlighted and celebrated the very special qualities of the human voice and many elements of good vocal health necessary to establish and maintain these wonderful instruments.

These very public performances over the lunch time period in this bustling environment raised awareness of the amazing attributes of the human voice and those aspects necessary to look after it.

A poster board highlighting aspects of voice production, care, structure and function was also displayed.

AVA Queensland was delighted with the exposure we received and the remarkable efforts of all concerned.

WOW!! It was indeed again a wonderful World Voice Day!

Jane Mott April 2011

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What is World Voice Day?

World Voice Day is an initiative to increase public awareness of the value and importance of human voice and alert individuals as to how to look after this extremely valuable commodity and prevent injury and damage.

Why a World Voice Day?

Voice is a primary tool for human communication.

As well as ordinary individuals, occupations of millions of people depend on the use of voice.  Some of these include professional voice users such as Teachers, Singers, Actors, Ministers of Religion and Salespeople: others are those who talk on the phone or need their voice to communicate in their job.

When is World Voice Day?

Every year, on April 16.

How did World Voice Day evolve?

World Voice Day started in 1999 as a National Voice Day in Brazil.  This National Voice Day was a reaction to a disturbingly large occurrence of laryngeal cancer in Brazil. The initiative quickly spread internationally.

 

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