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Level Up! Fest 2025: Vocal Expression for the Performing Artist

When
24 Nov 2025
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Location
Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts
Spaces left
12

Registration

NAFA/LASALLE/ITI Student & Alumni Discount - $20
All NAFA, LASALLE and ITI students and alumni enjoy an exclusive rate of $20 (O.P. $25).
SDEA Member - $20
All SDEA Members enjoy an exclusive rate of $20 (O.P. $25).
Standard - $25

For an actor the voice is one of the key tools of expression. Students need to become aware of how they use their voice to learn how to make full use of it to communicate a range of different characters, ideas, and emotions. This workshop will investigate how the voice works and provide a range of practical tools to help develop and enhance quality and range and build the skills required to apply the voice effectively in performance.

About the Facilitator

Gavin Leahy comes from Australia, where he trained as an actor and as a voice teacher/coach. Since graduating with an MFA from the National Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA), Gavin has been working at NIDA as a lecturer in the Voice department on both BFA and MFA programs. He was seconded to work in the theatre departments of the University of Pretoria and the Tswane Institute of Technology in South Africa. Gavin is a certified Lessac Kinesensic trainer.

As an actor in Australia, Gavin has performed in shows including Every Brilliant Thing, The 39 Steps, I Am My Own Wife, God of Carnage, Other Desert Cities, William Finn’s Elegies, Evita, Rabbit Hole, Doubt, Assassins, A New Brain, and The Boy from Oz. He has toured both nationally and internationally in Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, The music of the Night, and Encore Mr. Producer.

Gavin’s directing credits include productions of Proof and The Rise and Fall of Little Voice. As a dialect, voice and text coach, Gavin has worked throughout Australia on Metamorphosis, Master and Margareta, Carking It, Ironbound, Women Of Manhattan, The Lieutenant Of Inishmore, Brigadoon, The Changeling, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Salem, The Yellow Wallpaper, Another Country and Scorched.

Discounts

SDEA Member's Discount

SDEA Members can register for individual workshops at an exclusive rate of $20 (O.P. $25).

NAFA/LASALLE/ITI Student & Alumni Discount

All NAFA, LASALLE and ITI students and alumni can register for individual workshops at an exclusive rate of $20 (O.P. $25).

Festival Pass

Festival Pass holders enjoy access to all 4 workshops at a package rate of $80 (O.P. $100) — or $70 if you’re an SDEA Member or a NAFA, LASALLE or ITI student/alumni.

Buy a Festival Pass here.

Level Up! Fest 2025

Level Up! Fest 2025 is a learning festival specially curated for the Drama CCA Instructors and Teachers-in-charge. It will address some of the sector’s competency gaps, advance capabilities of educators and encourage the development of holistic Drama CCA experiences for students in today's world.

This year, Level Up! Fest is presented in partnership with Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA), LASALLE College of the Arts (LASALLE) and Intercultural Theatre Institute (ITI).

Gain fresh knowledge and strategies from 4 dynamic workshops, each led by seasoned freelance drama educators or experienced lecturers from NAFA, LASALLE, and ITI. Learn directly from practitioners who bring both academic expertise and professional industry experience to the room.

SDEA is a Registered Charity from 20 February 2020 and is a recipient of the National Arts Council’s Major Company Scheme
for the period from 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2025.

Singapore Drama Educators Association is a registered charity (UEN: T02SS0123G)
90 Goodman Road, Blk B #04-02 Goodman Arts Centre, Singapore 439053
Phone: +65 6345 6997