Julia Booth Voice Studio

13/05/2024

Post-course with and want to further refine your skills? Join me online in a new Practise Group starting in 2 weeks!

⏰ 10am-11:30am (in NZ - Tuesday mornings starting May 28th)
⏰ 6pm-7:30pm (in Toronto - Monday nights starting May 27th)
⏰ 3pm-4:30pm (in Vancouver - Monday afternoons starting May 27th)

💲250 (NZD)
🔗 Register Here: https://shorturl.at/ouyT8

Fun (join the community), informative (brief review), safe (lots of Q&A), practical (guided exercises and specific feedback) and cost effective (bonus!)

Term 1 Course Outline - Tuesday Mornings NZST
May 28: Effort and False Vocal Folds
Jun 11: Thyroid/Cricoid
Jul 2: TVF Onset/Offset
Jul 16: Body/Cover
Jul 30: Velum
Aug 13: Power (Breathing) and Anchoring - Head and Neck
Aug 27: Tongue
Sep 10: Larynx Height/Siren/Pitch
Sep 24: AES

16/04/2024

Wrapping up my time in Toronto after spending another 5 Days with Estill Voice Training thanks to The Voice Explained.

My never ending joy of working with this phenomenal model is the proximity to transformation. Thank you to everyone on the course who chose to spend their time diving into this work and for sharing your discoveries with such open heart and curiosity.

It is a privilege to connect with new people in new places thanks to Jo Estill and the incredible way Anne-Marie Speed shares the model. It marks the beginning of something new in each of us. Every. Time.

31/12/2023

2023 introduced me to a grief I had never before experienced. It has changed me. As it does everyone. It has shaped everything in unexpected ways and brought a theme of Carpe Diem for the year. Looking ahead to 2024 I am particularly grateful that, quite literally, I am alive. That I have love and family to fill my heart. But I do have a resolution. Since I am alive, and I have the luxury of time, I want to make the most of it and lean into a tendency I have to protect my heart, just a little, in a way Brené Brown might call armour. So I’m trying to trust a little more and let my (inner) voice be heard a little more loudly. Thanks to my dear friend and mentor Anne-Marie Speed, I have just finished the book “I May Be Wrong” in which former forest monk Björn Natthiko Lindeblad shares profound wisdom and distilled insight which, among many things, reflects spiritual truths that exists within us all. Rather serendipitously, one chapter is called “Closed Fist, Open Palm” in which he gently encourages the reader to let go of control and invite trust. He writes “It’s simple, but it’s a good illustration of how we can let go of things we cling too hard: things, feelings, convictions. Clench your first hard, then relax it to open.” He closes the chapter with “Life doesn’t have to be lived with constant anxiety about things not turning out the way we want. We don’t have to make ourselves smaller than we are. We have a choice. Do we want to grab life by the throat or do we want to embrace it? Relax that fist as often as you can.” So for me, 2024 will be about embracing life and unfurling a little more. Along with “fitfor40”, I think it’s going to be a good year. Happy New Year.

19/09/2023

Students keen to study musical theatre in the North Island?
📣 2nd ROUND OF AUDITIONS now available!
We were so impressed with the calibre in our first round of auditions but due to popular demand we've added another date. Study singing, acting, dancing through practical performance based study (musicals, plays, devised works, specialist workshops and more)
📆 Friday September 29th
⏰ 12:30pm
📍 Meteor Theatre (1 Victoria Street, Hamilton)
📧 [email protected]

25/07/2023

26/01/2023

It is a privilege to journey alongside this beautiful wahine ❤️

Tēnā koutou katoa, welcome to Waiata Mai Vocal Coaching! Ko wai au? Who am I?
Ko Hinekoia tōku ingoa, he uri aha o ngā iwi Ngāti awa, ko Ngāpuhi ko Whakatōhea anō hoki. My name is Hinekoia, and I am a descended of the afore mentioned iwi.
My specialty is voice training and enabling people to reach their vocal goals.
I also love helping people to connect to Te Reo Māori through waiata, haka and karanga.
Bookings are now open for one-on-one lessons, please message me for more information.

29/11/2022

Time to fly!!

Talented Wintec | Te Pukenga performing arts students Memphis Ward, Helen Drysdale-Dunn, and Iosia Tofilau land fairy tale roles in professional production of Shrek: The Musical, touring the Middle East next year.

11/11/2022

Do you break out in a cold sweat at the thought of having to sing Happy Birthday or the National Anthem in public? Singing for Non-Singers is a fun, friendly and judgement free workshop for people who have always wanted to sing, but feel too inhibited to try.

01/09/2022

Yes!!! Finally back 👏🙌

Levels 1&2 in Estill Voice Training presented by one of Estill Voice International’s most experienced and qualified experts. This five day course will comprise the essential Estill information, Level 1 (13 Figures) and Level 2 (6 Voice Qualities) and will also include a short introduction to Dicti...