Friday 22–Sunday 24 July 2022
Conference overview
The conference will take place over two and a half days, with four sessions in the Riley Auditorium on Friday and up to 15 sessions in both the Riley Auditorium and Elton-Bowring Room across the Saturday and Sunday.
All sessions will be open to those attending in person.
The Riley Auditorium will be operating on a livestream throughout the Saturday with a selection of other sessions recorded for later viewing.
Friday 22 July
Riley Auditorium
1.30pm: Arrival – registration & refreshments
2.00pm: Welcome from Nicola-Jane Kemp, AOTOS Chair
4.00pm: Break
4.15pm: Planning, programming, performing: championing music familiar and unfamiliar
Graham Ross
Recording available
5.15pm: AGM
7.15pm College Supper in the Latimer Room
6.30-10.30pm: JCR Bar in Old Court open for delegates
Saturday 23 July
Riley Auditorium
9.00am: Things that go bump in the voice – the actors' cut
Melanie Mehta
Livestream/recording available
10.00am: Can you really make a pop star?
Jono McNeil
Livestream/recording available
11.15am: Break
11.45am: Help! They've asked for a pop song
Jono McNeil
Livestream/recording available
12.45pm: Lunch
3.30pm: Break and Area Meetings
4.00pm: Paul Deegan Memorial Lecture: The Complete Songs of Hugo Wolf: Life, Letters, Lieder
Richard Stokes
Livestream/recording available
7.30pm: Gala Dinner at Robinson College
Elton-Bowring Room
8.30am: Warm up 1: Finding the floor – feeling more grounded
Anita Morrison
Recording available
9.00am: What type of teacher are you?
Dr Jenevora Williams
In-person only
11.15am: Break
11.45am: Nutrition for singers: the missing link in vocal health and longevity
Duncan Rock
Recording available
12.45pm: Lunch
1.45pm: Mental Health / Trauma in Singers
Emily Foulkes
In-person only
2.45pm: Working with Trans and Non-Binary people in voice exploration and development
Matthew Mills
Recording available
3.45pm: Break
4.15pm: Q&A with Matthew Mills
Matthew Mills
Recording available
Sunday 24 July
Riley Auditorium
9.30am: What is the future role of the singing teacher in voice rehabilitation?
Dr Jenevora Williams
Recording available
10.30am: Break
11.00am: Dorothy Richardson Memorial Invitation masterclass
Roderick Williams OBE
Recording available
1.00pm: Lunch
2.00pm: Talking Trans – two trans women discuss their life and vocal journeys
Ian Massa-Harris with Sophie Thurston and Faye Wheeler
Recording available
4.00pm: Tea
Elton-Bowring Room
9.00am: Warm up 2: Exploring buoyancy in the ribs
Anita Morrison
In-person only
10.30am: Break
11.00am: Demystifying Mix and Belt
Leontine Hass
In-person only
1.00pm: Lunch
2.00pm: World Café - Connecting the many voices of Singing Teachers
Susan Yarnall Monks
In-person only
3.00pm: Plenary
4.00pm: Tea
Booking Timetable
Full details of the programme and all booking options are now available.
In-person booking options closes at 5pm on Monday 4 July.
Booking for the Gala Dinner on the Saturday evening close at midnight on Sunday 19 June.
Online booking remains open until Friday 22 July