Introduction to Audio Performance
Introduction to Audio Performance
This course is an opportunity to discover how to bring text to life through your voice. Through practical exercises, you’ll learn how to prepare yourself, technically and creatively to deliver confident and engaging audio performances.
This focused course runs for four days at LAMDA’s London campus in April 2025.
Highlights
Get to grips with the technical aspects of audio recording and feel at ease in front of a microphone.
Work with an audio industry professional and receive bespoke feedback and advice.
Learn alongside like-minded peers in a warm and encouraging environment.
Gain confidence in your own unique voice and how to utilise it to great effect.
Is this course for me?
Age requirement: 18+
This course is ideal for anyone wanting to explore audio performance, and is particularly suited to actors looking to upskill, prospective drama school applicants interested in learning about our audio training, and anyone new to audio performance.
Location
In-person at LAMDA
Course Fee
£475
Application Fee
None
Course Dates
Tuesday 22 - Friday 25 April 2025
From 10:00am - 5:30pm each day (BST)
Application Deadline
Friday 11 April 2025 at 3pm (BST)
About the course
"I would recommend this to people who are serious about levelling up their audio performance and who want to benefit from the vast wealth of knowledge of industry professionals."
– Introduction to Audio Performance Participant
This course is designed to give you an introduction to the craft of audio performance, and will be led by an audio industry professional.
Each day you will partake in various skills classes, which may include:
- Mic Technique
- Character Voices
- Audiobook Preparation
- Audio Drama Preparation
The work covered in these skills classes will feed into multiple opportunities to record using LAMDA's industry standard recording equipment, allowing you to hone your craft by doing. As well as this, you will have the chance to review and reflect on your work.
What will I learn?
- How to work ‘on mic’, including microphone technique and etiquette.
- How to utilise character voice in the recording of audiobooks.
- How to connect with audio drama texts.
- How to use and take care of your voice for audio work.
- Get involved in a Q+A session with the industry professional leading the course, with the opportunity to ask any questions about audio work, such as voice reels.
Is this course for me?
This course is ideal for:
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Anyone who is new to audio performance and interested in developing their skillset for fun or professional purposes.
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Anyone who is considering training to be an actor, who would like to know more about audio performance training at drama school.
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Professional actors, who did not receive Audio Performance training in previous places of study, or who would like to recap this area of their practice.
There are many routes into the industry, and many actor training courses out there. Participating in this course is a way of finding out more about yourself and what your next steps are.
We encourage applications from prospective students of all ages to this course, and we will endeavour to place students in pairs and groups where they're working with others of a similar age.
No previous acting experience is required to partake in this course.
Key Information
This course is for those aged 18 and above.
Specific acting experience is not required for the application.
In order to train on this course, you should have a level of English that is approximately IELTS 6.0 or equivalent English Language experience.
You can apply for this course through LAMDA directly.
Course Fee: £475
Application Fee: None
If you are offered a place on this course you will need to pay a deposit of 10% within five days of the date of your offer email to secure your place.
You will then need to pay the remainder of the course fee within 21 days at the latest.
Please see below for information about our cancellation / refund policy.
