COACHING & TEACHING
Voice &
Speech Coaching
Voice & Speech Coaching
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Robert is a Toronto based Voice & Speech Coach. He has taught Voice and Performance in the United Kingdom, Mexico, United States and across Canada. He specializes in working with theatre companies, private clients and groups on a variety of vocal needs.
These include:
Voice, Text & Dialect Coaching
Confidence, Clarity & Articulation
Posture & Alignment
Public Speaking
Breath Support & Performance Anxiety
Presentation Skills
Audition Preparation
He coaches clients in-person and and virtually around the world.
Accent & Dialect Coaching
Accent & Dialect Coaching
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Accent/Dialect Coaching: The Container (Voice Coach - Theatre Fix); Scarberia (YPT), Salt-Water Moon, Age of Arousal (Factory Theatre), Driving Miss Daisy, Therefore Choose Life (Harold Green); To Kill A Mockingbird (YPT); Mary’s Wedding (Stephenville Theatre); In The Heights, Chess, A Man Of No Importance, Parade, A Doll’s House, Oklahoma!, Blood Brothers (Theatre Sheridan). Robert also works with private clients to ready their accents & dialects for stage & screen.
Teaching & Speaking
Teaching & Speaking
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He’s currently a Professor of Voice and Text at Sheridan College. He has also taught for the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (RCSSD), London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), Ryerson University, Royal Conservatory of Music (LTTA), Canadian Opera Company (COC), Acting Up Stage (OSG), and Young People’s Theatre (YPT). Robert has also presented nationally & internationally at the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE), Voice and Speech Trainers Association (VASTA), and the Song, Stage & Screen conferences. He is a proud member of VASTA, International Centre for Voice (ICV), and Canadian Voice Care Foundation (CVCF).
Robert has spoken on the topics of speaking anxiety, presence, diversity, personal worth, & identity.
Education
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Master of Arts - Voice Studies (Distinction)
Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London
Bachelor of Fine Arts - Performance Acting Ryerson University
Commercial Dance Studies Program
George Brown College
Professional Musical Theatre Summer Training Program
New York University, Tisch School of the Arts (CAP21)