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Launch of the BVA Research Group
With the launch of the newly formed BVA Research Group, the BVA is creating three exciting opportunities for member researchers from any field of voice to showcase their work and profile. We especially welcome new graduates and early-career researchers. The opportunities on offer: (1) a profile in the magazine section of the BVA website on…
Read MoreWorld Voice Day 2025 – Empower Your Voice!
April 16th is World Voice Day. One day to celebrate the voice, and to raise public awareness of how it is central human communication, identity, and culture. Taking the theme for 2025: ‘Empower Your Voice’, the BVA has produced a leaflet on finding your voice communities – how to use your voice in new and…
Read MoreVoice in the News: Vocal coaches and the tricks they teach politicians
“What makes a politician an effective public speaker?” Not only did Keir Starmer, the prime minister, face a tough week on mid-Atlantic relations and the economy, he was also (in some quarters) taken to task for working with a voice coach. We link to an article in The Guardian (8 February) written by Esther Addley…
Read MoreExpert Vocal Mimicry: How Wallace got a new voice
If you sat down to view the latest Wallace & Gromit offering this Xmas, you would have heard the debut of voice artist, Ben Whitehead, as Wallace. A role established previously and most distinctively by Peter Sallis. In her article for The Conversation BVA member, Jenny Chantelle Tullett gives the background to this feat of…
Read MoreVoice in the News: Life Changing (BBC: Sian Edwards)
In her series Life Changing (BBC r4) Sian Edwards speaks with Tania Bage, post laryngectomy, about the permanent loss of her voice and how she is learning to communicate all over again. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0025c09
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