Voice and Speech with Ryan O'Shea, Los Angeles, CA (2026)

10/28/2024

The Integrated Voice Practice is a holistic voice program for actors that includes a six-step system for integrated voice technique. Step one is SELF-AWARENESS.

A few months ago, I did a consultation with a potential client. They were telling me about the challenges they were having with their voice, and they mentioned doing some exercises from other coaches they'd worked with, exercises from YouTube, and even following various bits of advice from friends.

I told them that the individual exercises they described sounded great, but I suspected that the reason they weren't feeling any shifts in their voice goals were because they were trying to put together disparate pieces of voice technique without understanding how those individual pieces would be relevant for THEIR particular goals.

I think this is an issue for a lot of people who are piecing together their voicework—they're getting bits and pieces of voice training out of context…without understanding what the exercises are meant to do, let alone how those pieces should fit together as a whole to benefit THEIR voice and speaking.

One of my priorities when I'm coaching is to first help people become aware of their personal patterns of breathing and voicing, their patterns of attention and ability to focus, and even their patterns of practicing. That’s what we cover in the SELF-AWARENESS step. Some concepts and skills gained are:

✅The three pieces of your vocal instrument.
✅Autonomic Nervous System vs. Central Nervous System breathing.
✅Doing your breathing vs. letting go of your breathing.
✅How to breathe when practicing voicework.
✅What healthy voicing feels like.
✅What it means to be present (and how to begin to cultivate an easy presence).

Not only does the Self-Awareness step help clients develop the basic foundations of voicework in general, it also helps them develop a sense of their personal habits: where they may be doing too much and where they could begin cultivating some new habits.�

If you're looking for a holistic voice practice where your particular voice and nervous system are taken into account—then consider joining The Integrated Voice Practice.

Follow the link in bio to apply!

10/22/2024

Actors, your voice is affected by your body and breath, your psyche, your imagination, your nervous system, your environment and more. So if your voice is affected by so many variables — shouldn’t your voice technique consider these variables, too?⁠
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THE INTEGRATED VOICE PRACTICE is a practical, experiential and science-based voice program I created to help actors at all phases of their career in their development of integrated, embodied, and spontaneous voice technique. As a certified coach of Fitzmaurice Voicework®, Knight-Thompson Speechwork®, and Organic Intelligence®, I've combined tools, techniques, and concepts from each of these modalities to build an integrated voice curriculum for actors.⁠
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Each month will focus on a particular step of The Integrated Voice Practice; we'll meet for weekly 75-minute voice practices, plus one monthly Q&A session, and one Masterclass.⁠
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✅The 75-minute voice practice will include exercises on the themes and techniques of that month's focus.⁠
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✅The Q&A is a seminar-like structure where I'll do some brief lectures on any of the concepts/principles we're covering that month. This is also the time for you to ask any questions that are coming up for you in your practice.⁠
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✅The Masterclass is an opportunity for you to get coaching in a monologue, song, or other text of your choosing.⁠
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🔗Learn more and apply to join by following the link in bio!

10/18/2024

🗣Introducing THE INTEGRATED VOICE PRACTICE [formerly my Ongoing Voice Class]!⁠
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The Integrated Voice Practice is a practical, experiential, and science-based voice program I created to help actors at all phases of their career in their development of integrated, embodied, and spontaneous voice technique. As a certified coach of Fitzmaurice Voicework®, Knight-Thompson Speechwork®, and Organic Intelligence®, I've combined tools, techniques, and concepts from each of these modalities to build an integrated voice curriculum for actors. Through weekly guided voice classes, monthly Master Classes, and monthly Q&A sessions, the system unfolds in six steps:⁠
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1) Self-Awareness⁠
2) Stability⁠
3) Settle and Stretch⁠
4) Support⁠
5) Speech⁠
6) Surrender⁠
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❓What's included?⁠
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✅A weekly 75-minute guided voice practice with Ryan including exercises on themes and techniques of that month's focus.⁠
✅One monthly group Q&A session with Ryan to review concepts and principles covered that month. This will also be a time to ask any questions that are coming up for you in performing or your practice.⁠
✅One monthly Masterclass where you'll have the opportunity to get coaching in a monologue, song, or other text of your choosing.⁠
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❓When and where do we meet?⁠
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✅All sessions are held via Zoom and will be recorded and uploaded to a class portal so you can review any sessions you miss.⁠
✅The weekly practice classes will be held on Tuesdays from 10-11:15am PT. The Q&A and Masterclass are held biweekly on Fridays from 10-11am PT.⁠
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❓How much does it cost?⁠
$125/month. Those who register before 11/1/24 will be registered at the discounted rate of $100/month. ⁠
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Wanna join? Follow the link in bio to schedule your interview!

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Los Angeles, CA

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