Rosie Stancliffe Voice Coach

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[Rosie Stancliffe Voice Coach @StancliffeVoice]

As a Geordie voice teacher I pledge to bring the joy of a good long expressive ‘eeeeeeeeee’ to every student, client and actor 😊😂

[Liam 🌹 @LiamGaughan98]

Me, a Geordie, when I get some shocking news:

[VASTA @VASTAtweets]

We are excited to present Rosemary Berkon and Rosie Stancliffe as Presenters for the upcoming Leeds Symposium. Their session will focus on addressing challenges in teaching speech and accent in today's educational landscape.

[VASTA @VASTAtweets]

We are delighted to announce that Gurkiran Kuar, Ronja Hübscher, Rosie Stancliffe and Molly Parker will be joining us at the Leeds Symposium for their session ‘The Breasted Experience: Locating the breasted body in the body of the voice':

#voiceteacher #voicecoach

[Rosie Stancliffe Voice Coach @StancliffeVoice]

Extremely honoured to be presenting my research @VASTAtweets Leeds symposium. Sharing my work on authenticity, clarity & accent bias, & how I’ve applied that in the industry, alongside fellow northerner @RosemaryBerkon. And group research on the breasted body in voice work.

[Rosie Stancliffe Voice Coach @StancliffeVoice]

Geek alert🤓This is a great example of how phonetics work with accents. So quite rightly the pronunciation has been taken from her book, however in America the phonetic sound for the O in comma would be ‘ar’ rather than ‘o’, so phonetically it would sound like KARmala, not KOmala

[Tina Daheley @TinaDaheley]

The correct pronunciation of Kamala Harris

[Dan Wuori @DanWuori]

Do babies develop accents even before they can speak conventionally?

The short answer is yes… and these linguistic markers begin even sooner than you might think.

So many of you tagged me in this video yesterday featuring an infant that babbles with the same Scouse accent as his mother.

Other than “no” he doesn’t speak a single conventional word, but listen to how the rhythm and intonation of his vocalizations mirror those to which he is exposed daily.

As hearing becomes functional during the third trimester, infants are exposed to the distinct patterns of their mothers’ native language - with studies suggesting newborns can already distinguish (and prefer) what will become their native tongue only hours after birth.

Incredibly this learning doesn’t wait until the babbling stage to evidence itself.

Research suggests that even the cries of newborns reflect this preference.

That’s right: babies cry with an accent.

One major study on the topic showed that French babies cry with a rising intonation, while German infants favor a falling melody - both reflecting the patterns of their native languages.

We’re only just beginning to understand the deep learning that begins in utero. It’s just more evidence that the period from prenatal to three is the most critical window in all of human development.

This little Liverpudlian was shared to TT by iamcustardpot.

[Rosie Stancliffe Voice Coach @StancliffeVoice]

ACTORS TIP🚨Cheryl is not a good source for accent work. She’s got a really specific type of east end accent that’s been messed with from being in the public eye, especially on x-factor they made her tone it down. If you model your accent on Cheryl, you’ll just sound like Cheryl.

[Film Updates @FilmUpdates]

‘28 DAYS LATER’ sequel ‘28 YEARS LATER’ will be set in Newcastle.

Star Jodie Comer says she has been watching clips of Cheryl on ‘THE X-FACTOR’ with her dialect coach to prepare for the accent.

(https://t.co/2KXqnt0YRy)

[Rosie Stancliffe Voice Coach @StancliffeVoice]

The North East says hello 👋 I’ve heard shocking reports that we can indeed string more than two lines together and look convincing. If only London knew…

[Dr Helen Ingram @drhingram]

@LucyABeaumont Sourcing local actors makes a big difference to the authenticity of shows too. There’s been a few Midlands shows recently - Peaky Blinders, This Town - where the brummie accents sound like posh folk mimicking the accent. Comes across as taking the piss and alienates the audience.

[Rosie Stancliffe Voice Coach @StancliffeVoice]

@drama_lara Congrats Lara, what a journey! Time to spread your wings now - have a blast ☺️💫

[Rosie Stancliffe Voice Coach @StancliffeVoice]

@LeedsDrama Congratulations! Jump in with both feet and take the world by storm. You’re all wonderful 👏👏✨💥

[Rosie Stancliffe Voice Coach @StancliffeVoice]

Wowee! My very first voice class are now graduating 🥹 What a joy it was to learn and grow with these brilliant young actors. The world is yours, dive in and enjoy it 🌱🌿🪴💫

[Leeds Conservatoire School of Drama @LeedsDrama]

An emotional day @LeedsDrama as we say farewell to our BA Acting and BA Actor Musician Year 3 students. We can't wait to see what they do next! A photo of them reading their 'letters to self' from Year 1 😭

[Rosie Stancliffe Voice Coach @StancliffeVoice]

Having a great time teaching 1st yrs intro to Shakespeare verse & terminology. My main goal as a teacher is to try & make sure my students don’t feel stupid. Coz I’ve spent a lot of my life not knowing things & being laughed at when I asked ‘why’. The catharsis I feel now…🥹

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

Today is the birthday (and death day) of William Shakespeare. This short thread serves as a reflection on the passage of time, love, beauty, mortality and the meaning of life 🧵

1. Dame Judi Dench, Sonnet 29

[Jess Gillam @JessGillamSax]

I’m extremely proud of where I’m from and my accent isn’t a virus. I love Cumbria (I’m not from Lancashire) and although I work in London, I don’t plan on changing my accent. From a proud Northerner!

[Rob Drummond @RobDrummond]

The responses to this have everything you could want if you are an English Language A Level student interested in attitudes to accents and how those attitudes relate to other linguistic/social behaviour

[Rosie Stancliffe Voice Coach @StancliffeVoice]

👀 just in time for my first day back teaching tomorrow…tackling RP

[Rob Drummond @RobDrummond]

The implicit hierarchy of accents.
1. RP (preferred but not essential)
2. ‘Regional’ (acceptable)
3. Anything with a glottal stop (unacceptable)

[Rosie Stancliffe Voice Coach @StancliffeVoice]

@amelia_coburn Hilariously my mates and people at home think I sound posh, especially when I’m living away from the NE. Can’t win really 😅

[Rosie Stancliffe Voice Coach @StancliffeVoice]

@amelia_coburn Had the same in my acting career. Been told I’m working class many times, I have to correct people. I mention up front when speaking about accents & accent bias to students that I’m middle class AND Geordie. Perceptions of class seem to vary wildly & accent is intertwined in that

[Rosie Stancliffe Voice Coach @StancliffeVoice]

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