Do you feel confident with your American accent?

Are you close to mastering it, but you’re still sometimes asked if you’re from somewhere else?

Do you miss out on American roles because there’s something “not quite right” about your accent?

Are you a non-native speaker who doesn’t even know where to begin?

In this webinar, you will learn specific tools for mastering some of the most essential sounds of "General" American accents, as well as clear and practical guidance for how to move forward and continue to practice on your own.

This webinar is a recording of a live streaming event that took place on April 15th, 2017. The webinar was specifically designed to as to be useful to non-live participants as it was to live ones. Purchases include the full set of supporting resources provided to live participants.

Do you feel confident with your American accent?
 
Are you close to mastering it, but you’re still sometimes asked if you’re from somewhere else?
 
Do you miss out on American roles because there’s something “not quite right” about your accent?
 
Are you a non-native speaker frustrated with your progress?

Did you take "General" American 101 and want to solidify and deepen the skills you learned then?
 
If any of this is you, I’ll be offering help, clarity, and specific tools for moving forward in this webinar.

Do you feel confident with your American accent?
 
Are you close to mastering it, but you’re still sometimes asked if you’re from somewhere else?
 
Do you miss out on American roles because there’s something “not quite right” about your accent?
 
Are you a non-native speaker frustrated with your progress?

Did you take "General" American 101 and or 102 and want to solidify and deepen the skills you learned then?

Have you had trouble finding practical resources on advanced topics like rhythm and inflection (pitch movement) in “General” American?
 
If any of this is you, I’ll be offering help, clarity, and specific tools for putting the pieces together and continuing to perfect your “General” American accent in this webinar.

Want to get better at doing accents?

Want to learn how to make new speech sounds?

Want to learn skills that will help you breathe life into text?

Speech is a series of physical actions. The sounds are byproducts of these actions.

Phonetics is a way of precisely describing these physical actions.

Should you learn how to do this?

Well, yeah!

This is the full recording of a live streaming webinar. The webinar is specifically designed to be as useful to non-live participants as it was for those attending live. Purchase includes the full set of resources provided to live participants.

How’s your Modern RP accent?

Modern RP is one of the most called for accents in film and probably the single most called for accent in theater.

What is it? The RP stands for Received Pronunciation. Traditional RP is the accent you hear from older classically trained English actors, like Ben Kingsley, Helen Mirren, or Jeremy Irons. Modern RP is what you’ll hear from many educated British English speakers today (especially those under the age of fifty or so).

Traditional RP is still a useful accent to be sure—often what’s called for in period films or plays by writers like Wilde, Shaw, and Stoppard. But if you're an actor under fifty and you’re playing an RP-speaking character in the 21st century, Modern RP is likely what you need.

The webinar is a recording of a live streaming event that took place in June 2017. In it, you will learn specific tools for mastering the basics of Modern RP accents, as well as clear and practical guidance for how to move forward and continue to practice on your own.

(The webinar was designed to be as to be as useful to non-live participants as it was to live ones. Purchases will include the full set of resources provided to live participants.)

N.B. The webinar recording is in two parts. Due to a technical issue the recording of the first half of the webinar cut off part of the screen, so that the instructor—normally visible in a small thumbnail while the main display is of the course material being taught—is often not visible. The problem was resolved for the second half of the recording.

Do you feel confident with your American accent?

Are you close to mastering it, but you’re still sometimes asked if you’re from somewhere else?

Do you miss out on American roles because there’s something “not quite right” about your accent?

Are you a non-native speaker who doesn’t even know where to begin?

In these webinars, you will learn specific tools for mastering the most essential sounds, rhythms, and melodies of "General" American accents, as well as clear and practical guidance for how to move forward and continue to practice on your own.

"General" American 103—Putting it All Together will take place March 1st, 2018. It will be recorded in full to allow viewing or reviewing after the fact. “General” American 101—The Essentials and "General" American 102—Building Skills are recordings of earlier live webinars. Both include a complete set of supporting resources.

• Learn how to find the perfect model for your 'General' American accent 
• Learn techniques for making accent adjustments organically and with ease
• Leave with a solid foundation in a 'General' American Accent
• Leave with a clear understanding of how to continue to work on the accent

This intensive one-day webinar recording, for actors, voice and speech teachers, dialect coaches, and other professional voice users, both native and non-native speakers alike, also includes the following additional resources:

• high quality audio files of native speakers
• an interactive breakdown, including embedded audio for all sounds
• extensive exercises for practicing all sounds

Arabic accents are increasingly called for in film, theatre, and television. Learning the accent right before the audition is not ideal (to say the least!) This workshop will give you everything you need to master this accent, and get a leg up on getting the part!

Arabic has a number of different dialects (really different languages!) This workshop will focus on Egyptian Arabic, the most widely spoken and understood variety, though material describing aspects of some other Arabic varieties will be included as well.

(The webinar is a recording of a live streaming event that took place in 2016. Purchase includes the full set of resources provided to live participants. For technical reasons, they will be sent manually within a day or so of purchase. Your patience is appreciated.)

This 10-page pdf document describes in detail what accent is—what are its constituent parts and how do you work on one. Includes information about sounds, prosody, oral posture, and the importance of engaging the imagination.