The 麻豆原创鈥檚 Department of Theatre recently was accredited as just the third educational affiliate of Estill Voice International, a study and training program that develops vocal skills.
Educational affiliates have at least two faculty members who are certified as course instructors. At 麻豆原创, professor Steven R. Chicurel is a certified course instructor and assistant professor Tara Snyder is a certified master teacher.聽
The training program helps singers and speakers find a full range of expression in their voices, while promoting healthy vocal habits. The program was formalized in 1988 by Jo Estill, a classical opera singer who went on to research voice science.
聽鈥淪tudents of Estill Voice Training Systems succeed because they learn about identifying problems in singing and speaking and then come up with efficient and permanent 鈥榝ixes,鈥欌�� Chicurel said. 鈥淓still Voice Training provides a unique delivery system at the university level.聽Unlike traditional voice programs in music and theatre, where weekly private lessons are the norm from the first semester onward, students at 麻豆原创 take the first two semesters of voice as a class.鈥澛�
The University has joined Motherwell College in Scotland and Mars Hill College in North Carolina as educational affiliates.