Curious about voice training but not sure where to start? Tried on your own and found it tricky, tiring, or just a bit lonely? Just looking for an extra practise opportunity? Come along to this introductory class where we'll learn a handful of different techniques, how to practise, what to listen out for when setting your own goals, and meet some lovely folks in the same boat as you. If there's interest, this may become a regular course in the autumn! Taught by two trans voice teachers to a trans only crowd, so you're safe to give things a go.
About your teachers:
Stephen founded London Trans Choir in 2017 and has been working with trans voices of all kinds ever since. As a trained actor and musician, he brings a dynamic and flexible approach to voice work for all voice types. Through his work with The Tavistock and Portman Gender Clinic, Trans Choir, Love Tank, and with actor/singers from beginner to West End levels, he has worked with every voice type under the sun. A leading authority on transmasculine voice, he released his third book, “The Transmasculine Voice: A Guide To Vocal Euphoria” in 2024
Stephen trained initially as a musician in Canada (BMus UBC, MMus McGill), before moving to the UK in 2010. He is also a trained actor, and has been teaching and directing improvised theatre since 2014 (more about theatre here). His own vocal journey as a trans man who acts and sings was long and tumultuous, and he loves having the opportunity to help others ease the way.
Zosia:
My name is Zosia Zabron (she/they), and I come to trans voice coaching with a longstanding love of one-to-one teaching, and a commitment to clear, well grounded technique.
In the past, I studied and taught about language and communication at a university level, and worked closely with people with communication disabilities following a stroke, helping them explore new modes of communication, discover what is possible within their new limitations and find confidence in the unfamiliar. That work has given me an attentive, flexible and empathic style that I think lends itself well to voice work.
Finding the way to my own voice, as a trans woman, and continuing to develop it in singing and acting, has given me a familiarity with how voice-change can tangle together the physical, emotional and social. It’s also brought me an unexpected fascination with voice science – a fascination you absolutely do not have to share.
Last year I set up a Trans Voice Practice Group in London, because, at the time, I needed it – it’s still going, still free, you should come! Finding ways, together, of holding space for everyone who comes through the door, with different needs, different voice aims, sometimes different neurotypes, has shown me how varied the challenges of voice work can be. What is consistent though is the value of clarity, direction, kindness and support. That is what I aim to offer as a coach.