Improve Your Voice – Darren McStay (Vocabilities)
“Improve Your Voice is a great introduction for anyone to learn how to communicate better. Singers, actors, and public speakers will benefit from this course, as well as anyone who simply wants to boost their confidence and the effect they have on people in every day conversations.†Alan S. Weber – Professor of English
This eight week course is designed to equip you with the tools necessary to achieve great results with every aspect of your voice – enabling clear, resonant and confident vocality.
Through simple daily exercises you will unlock ways in which to:
– Become a more effective speaker or singer
– Gain confidence in yourself
– Develop a more authoritative, engaging and resonant speaking and/or singing voice
– Learn physical and practical training techniques for daily practice
– See an immediate positive change
– Improve your pitch, tone, projection, articulation, resonance and overall presence
– Overcome nerves and engage any audience
– Relax and find comfort in your physicality, body language and self awareness
– Feel more comfortable in yourself and relieve stress
Your Instructor
Founder of Vocabilities, Darren McStay originally trained as an actor and musician. With over twenty years of experience recording in studios and performing on stage, he has amassed a wealth of expertise in his field.
He began voice coaching in 2008 and has since helped hundreds of people find their confidence and realise their potential as voice-over artists and speakers alike.
Darren originally gained a certificate of distinction in Speech and Articulation from LAMDA before studying for an MA in Acting at East 15 Acting School. He also has the equivalent MA in Radio from the same school and is currently studying to complete his Grade 6 TEFL course through the London Teachers Training College.
As a musician, Darren has played for crowds of up to three thousand and appeared on the same billing as Scissor Sisters, The Cuban Brothers and The Blockheads. He has also performed at some of the UK’s most exciting festivals like Glastonbury, Bestival, and Boomtown – to name only a few.
As a stage actor, Darren has worked at The National Theatre, The Royal Opera House, ENO (English National Opera), and has also performed in Warhorse in London’s West End. As a film actor, he has appeared in over twenty-five films and he continues to work in both fields.
All of this experience gives Darren a diverse and unique set of tools to draw upon when working with his clients.
