Voice

The Hub Studio is very pleased to welcome Donald Woodburn. Donald runs Woodburn Voice and is a company director at BrandU Media. He is a former head of voice at both the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) and the South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance (AFDA). He has also worked extensively in broadcasting with international clients such as MTV, AlJazeera English and the SABC, and locally with Fox Sports, Fox Sports News, the ABC and channels 7 and 9.

This six-week series will delve into the minutiae of the so-called General American accent. As US castings begin to pick up again, now is the perfect to time to learn how to fully embody this go-to accent for the majority of American projects. As actors we need to engage viscerally with our character’s accent rather than simply relying on prescriptive sound shifts and mimicry. In this series we will learn how to do this. We’ll look at resonance, oral posture and lexical sets, and we’ll discover how melody, rhythm and an engagement with different energetic sources in the body can mine and shape point of view. It is this visceralised point of view that will allow the actor to transform into character rather than merely putting the accent on.

Linda is one of the countries best dialect coaches and also currently teaches at NIDA. She will be holding a special two day American Accent Master Class Weekend Intensive. This practical voice series will help you master a General American accent for the stage and film, directly up skilling you for your next audition or role. This series is for those professionals who recognise that having an impeccable US accent is an absolute must.

The HubStudio is very proud to offer a six week master class with exceptional Voice coach and Kristin Linklater alumni Amy Hume. Amy has twice been named one of the Top 5 Teachers of Speech by the AMEB (NSW) and is the youngest teacher ever to be Designated by Kristin Linklater.