16 Aug 2026 l NSW l "Lighten the Load" with Jennifer Turnbull
- ANATS NSW Chapter
- Jul 16
- 2 min read
ANATS NSW is excited to bring to you another Early Career Teaching Workshop Lighten the Load - Practical strategies to manage Vocal Load and Build Stamina for Voice Teachers and Choir Directors.
Date: Sunday 16th August
Time: 11am - 1pm
Venue: Green Square Library - Music Room
Free for ANATS Members, $20 if you have attended previously.
Does your voice start to let you down at the end of a long day of teaching?
Do you find it hard to get going vocally when you have early morning rehearsal or teaching?
Do you have students who experience or show signs of vocal fatigue?
When your voice is an integral part of your job, it’s important to ensure its health and longevity. Vocal coaches, singing teachers, and choir directors have a high ‘vocal load’ compared to most other professions. This can lead to increased risk of vocal fatigue and injury. Not only do they need vocal stamina, they also need their voices to be of a consistently high quality over long days of singing.
This practical workshop for early career singing teachers, vocal coaches and choir directors will give you tools to:
• Increase your vocal efficiency and reduce vocal fatigue so you can teach better for longer
• Know the warning signs of vocal fatigue and when to seek professional vocal healthcare
• Recover from vocal fatigue more quickly
• Help singers you work with achieve increased vocal efficiency and stamina
This workshop is designed specifically for singing teachers in the first five (5) years of their teaching careers. Content will focus on foundational teaching skills, practical strategies and topics relevant to those who are beginning to establish their teaching practice. Please note that Early Career Teacher workshops are introductory in nature and are not intended as professional development for experienced singing teachers. We encourage experienced teachers to explore other workshop sessions that offer content more suited to their level of teaching experience.
The event will be facilitated by Jennifer Turnbull who has a wealth of experience teaching and working in Vocal Health. Jennifer has performed with Opera Queensland and Opera Australia, and holds postgraduate diplomas in Vocal and Opera Performance (Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University) plus a Masters in Teaching. She is the Vocal Coach to Schools Spectacular, preparing young singers of high ability to appear as featured artists in a live stadium production broadcast on national television. Her holistic and informed approach helps singers across contemporary, music theatre, and classical genres. Her clients work in professional music theatre productions, record and release their own music, and gig professionally.
We look forward to seeing you there!
