Ep.109 Mastering ‘Acting Through Song’ Techniques to Elevate Musical Theatre Performance with Louisa Morgan

Alexa is joined by guest Louisa Morgan who teaches singing, spoken voice, and audition prep with a specialism in acting through song. She is the main voice teacher for the full-time acting students at the Cygnet Theatre in Exeter and teaches musical theatre students at Italia Conti. Louisa is a Vocal Process accredited teacher and is currently studying part-time for her master’s degree in Vocal Pedagogy with the Voice Study Centre. Louisa is here to talk about her specialist subject of acting through song and that of her master’s research project, which aims to challenge current acting through song techniques for the musical performer.

KEY MOMENTS

 ‘You shouldn’t be approaching a song if you don’t know the context’ 

‘Pulling out those verbs doesn’t mean just making them louder’ 

‘If we could collaborate more in training institutes, everyone would benefit’ 

‘The job is not that we feel the emotion, it’s that the audience feels the emotion’

RELEVANT LINKS & MENTIONS

• Voice Study Centre: voicestudycentre.com
• Singing Teachers Talk Podcast: Ep. 40 Integrated Skills: Teaching Singing to Dancers with Jennie Morton
• Practitioners Mentioned: Stanislavski; Meisner 
• David Sabella: https://www.davidsabella.com/
• Singing Teachers Talk Podcast: Ep. 34 The Most Neglected Skill in Vocal Training with Phillippe Hall
• Acting Through Song by Paul Harvard
• Acting in Musical Theatre: A Comprehensive Course by Joe Deer and Rocco Dal Vera 
• Actions: The Actor’s Thesaurus by Marina Caladrone & Maggie Lloyd-Williams 

ABOUT THE GUEST 

Louisa teaches singing, spoken voice, and audition prep, with a specialism in acting through song. She is the main voice teacher for the full-time acting students at the Cygnet Theatre in Exeter, which has been training actors for 40 years. Louisa also teaches musical theatre students at Italia Conti on the Diploma, BA and CertHe courses. Many of Louisa's students are either working towards a career in the performing arts or are already working in the performance industry. Louisa is currently working part-time towards an MA in Vocal Pedagogy with Voice Study Centre (due to complete in October 2023). She is now one of only 19 Vocal Process accredited teachers, a course headed by Dr Gillyanne Kayes and Jeremy Fisher. Louisa takes vocal health very seriously and is a qualified Vocal Health First Aider and member of Vocal Health Education. Because of Louisa's training and experience as an actor and director, she is able to offer text-based coaching and voice work for speech in addition to singing. 

EPISODE RESOURCES 

Guest Website:

• louisajmorgan.co.uk

Social Media: 

• Instagram: @louisamorganvoicecoach 

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