Professional Development
Ross Campbell’s reputation and passion for sharing his own experience and research in professionally developing singing teachers in all musical styles has already taken him to Beijing, Hong Kong, Macau, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Borneo, Malta, Oslo, Dublin, Cork, Belfast and numerous cities throughout the UK.
His singing teacher and vocal coach professional development programmes cover all aspects of training the singing voice from the anatomy of the voice through to performance. Ross presents 1, 2, 3 & 4 day programmes which can be adapted for small groups of 3 or 4 teachers or for larger groups.
All programmes contain an equal amount of technical information and practical work, and always include a whole host of song repertoire examples from the classical, musical theatre, pop and rock styles and genres.
Programmes include:
- The Core Principles of Breathing, Making Sound & Modifying Sound
- The Essential Anatomy to include the Breath Support System, and covering the Lungs, the Diaphragm, the Abdominal Muscles, and other Related Muscle Groups
- The process of Making Sound to include the component parts of The Larynx and how we use it
- The process of Modifying Sound to include The Resonators
- The different Voice Qualities available to us, to include how we change the posture of The Larynx to produce different qualities appropriate to different styles of repertoire from classical to pop
- The basics of teaching singing and training the voice, to include effective warm-ups
- Understanding singing exercises and what each one achieves
- Music examples in classical, legit musical theatre, modern musical theatre, commercial musical theatre, pop and rock styles, using the appropriate voice qualities to achieve credibility in each style
- Discussion forums on Practitioners and Methods
- Developing a good diagnostic ear as teachers
- Troubleshooting the common technical problems we meet when teaching
- Teaching each other with feedback and discussion
- Teaching students with private feedback and discussion
You can view some testimonials below. Please contact Ross by email or phone from the contacts page of this website for more information.