Educator
Danielle is a voice, text, accent and singing coach now based in Victoria, BC, CANADA. After 19 years in the UK, Danielle moved back to Canada in 2021 to take up the position of Director of Education at the Canadian College of Performing Arts. From 2013-2021 Danielle was Head of Theatre & Dance Dept and Senior Lecturer in Voice at Falmouth University (UK) where she led, developed and taught on BA Acting; BA Musical Theatre; BA Theatre & Performance; and BA Dance & Choreography. From 2005-2012 Danielle led the Performing Arts team as Programme Director at Swansea Metropolitan University (Wales, UK), and established their voice curriculums. In 2019 Danielle was a guest lecturer at the Escola Superior de Música e Artes do Espetáculo in Porto, Portugal and voice coach for the Petroven Shakespeare Festival in Patalenitsa, Bulgaria.
Danielle’s vocal and physical work is informed by additional studies with: Barbara Houseman, Cicely Berry, Roy Hart practitioners, Anne-Marie Speed (Estill Method), Miranda Tufnell, and Feldenkrais and Alexander Technique approaches. Her research interests lie in the intersections between speech and song, extended vocal practices, textual expression, and vocal improvisation.
Qualifications:
- MA in Voice & Speech Studies (distinction), The Royal Central School of Speech & Drama (UK)
- Certified Designated Linklater Teacher with Kristin Linklater
- Certified Core Singing™ teacher with Dr Meribeth Bunch Dayme
- Certified Natural Voice Practitioner with Frankie Armstrong
- The Accent Method with Sarah Harris
- Levels 1-3 of the Estill Method with Anne-Marie Speed
- BMus in Voice, Vancouver Academy of Music
- Diploma in Singing Pedagogy, Victoria Conservatory of Music
Testimonials
I have worked with Danielle at Falmouth University where she was our Head of Subject for Theatre Arts and voice specialist across the suite of Theatre Arts Courses. She always engaged the students with her accessible but thorough voicework. She has an ability to be able to challenge those with experience and high level of skill and also encourage those who are less confident or coming from a different discipline. Danielle is an inspiring educator. – Kuldip Singh-Barmi (Senior Lecturer in Dance & Choreography at Falmouth University, UK)
I had the great pleasure of working alongside Danielle who excelled in her role as Head of the Department of Theatre & Dance, and who was an invaluable support and dear colleague to me in my own roles as Senior Lecturer in Acting and programme leader on the BA (Hons) Acting Programme at Falmouth. Over almost three years we developed a very collegiate relationship and together we collaborated daily, sharing our mutual passions for performing arts training and our desire to make the course the very best that it could be. We learned a lot from each other and I hold her in very high regard. Not only is Danielle a consummate professional to the core, her deep and wide knowledge and passion for her subject area, her diverse skill set and her unique grace and composure in working with others make her singular in her field. I have seen first-hand her deft ability to use her extensive training and experience to forge her own unique approach, always responding with agility and sensitivity to guide, inspire and transform her students. Anybody who can, would be most fortunate indeed to avail of the opportunity to work with her. – Aiden Condron (Lecturer in Acting & Performance at London South Bank University, UK)