Heather Keens – Complete CV

Heather Grace Keens. ARCM, PG Dip Op RCM, PGCE 1, MAVS

Curriculum Vitae

Current Australia	Trainee examiner for the AMEB (Australian Music Examinations Board) in singing and musical theatre singing. Director, Art of Voice
Recent Australia (2014 – 2017)	Associate lecturer in Singing Performance, Newcastle University Conservatoire, Australia
Recent UK position/s (until 18/10/13)	Associate lecturer in Singing Performance & Voice, PATS / Guildford School of ActingUniversity of SurreyVoice trainer –Presentation & Voice, Resonance Voice Training, London PhD p/t student, PATS, University of Surrey, UK Singing tutor –National Youth Choirs of GB
Qualifications	MAVS (Central School of Speech and Drama) Voice & SingingPGCE 7307, Teaching Certificate, Stage 1, Fareham College, HampshirePG Dip Opera – Royal College of MusicARCM performance Diploma – Singing RCM undergraduate music performance certificate
Contact details	Brooklyn, NSW 2083, Australia Click here to contact Heather via email Mobile: 0497 770 231
Performance Experience	International Singer / actor / recording artist with various Companies / Concerts / Festivals / Radio and Television in the UK / Europe and Australia, to include; Artichoke Productions http://diningwithalice.co.uk/the-show/, Sky Arts, Salisbury Festival, Lumiere & Son Theatre Company, Kingston Festival of the Voice, Henley Festival, New English Opera, Spaghetti Opera Fleet Street, Pavilion Opera, Opera South, Surrey Opera Group, Three Choirs Festival, Royal Albert Hall, Martina Franca Opera Festival, Channel 4 TV, BBC TV, ICA London, Australian Opera, Queensland Theatre Company, Opera Queensland, La Boite Theatre, Meryl Tankard Dance Company ABC, Brisbane Festival, Sydney Festival, ABC TV, SBS TV, Australia.
Teaching Experience	Singing tutor PT (1994-97) Queensland Conservatorium of Music, Australia Singing, Voice & Performance tutor PT (1998-2000) Fareham College, UK Singing Performance Associate, MA performance supervision PT (2002-07) Kingston Upon Thames University Singing Performance and music tutor PT (2003-05) ACM Guildford Singing/voice tutor Guildford School of Acting (2003-13) teaching undergraduate & masters music theatre Phonetics tutor (2005-08) Vocal Process Voice trainer (2008- current) Resonance Voice Training LTD www.resonancevoice.com Singing Performance Associate (2005- 2013) University of Surrey Voice & Accent Associate (2011-13) GSA University of Surrey
Teaching areas	Classical / music theatre / contemporary popular singing tuition Postgraduate research supervision MAVoice teaching Accent training and phonetics Performance theory and practice Practice-based research (performance) Singing performance master classes
Skills	Singing Teaching – Classical/Opera/Rock & pop/Theatre/Jazz MA Supervision – Singing Performance Voice Teaching Accent / dialect Coach Phonetics teaching External Examining Performer acting/singing Session Singer Choir leader/ensemble conductor Keyboards (basic) Theory and sight singing training Music Course writing Funding Application skills Computer Skills, MAC/PC
Membership of Professional Bodies	British Voice Association (full) British Actors EquityAustralian Actors Equity ANATS & AVA (full)
Research interests	Vocal performance & teaching Vocal pedagogy Voice physiology Voice and accent coaching Interactive multimedia performance Voice computer analysis Voice studies focusing on affect utterance
Current / Recent Projects	Conversations with my Voice- a one-woman performance, collaboration with Professor Roderick Millward (composer / technical) Kingston Upon Thames University, using digital media analysis of the vocal folds as a part of my current PhD research. (Performances at the Brisbane Festival and Northern New South Wales –October 2012) The Visual Voice – a collaborative project with ENT consultant Mr John Rubin and Professor Roderick Millward- investigates the working possibilities of the MAX/MSP Jitter interface applications for presenting works that explore ideas about affect utterance, the voice and live interactive abstract audio-visual representation in performance. Works produced include – From Anger To Sadness #1, #2, #3, #4. See – www.thevisualvoice.co.uk Hendon School London, June 2012, collaborative vocal coach on community site specific performance
Publications articles reviews	BVA review article ‘I see a voice; practical acoustics for singing’ membership magazine (2012)ISM concert reviews, ISM members magazine, Yehudi Menuhin Platform Concerts (2009-10) ACM Guildford in-house published courses in music aural, theory and music listening (2004-06) Book review – Kayes ‘Singing and the Actor’ ANATS Australia magazine (2003)

Commissioned works – collaboration

• Brisbane Festival of the Arts, Australia (2012)Conversations with my Voice – Multimedia performance (one woman show)
• Arts Council Kingston – (2009) ‘The Visual Voice’ Interactive Multimedia voice activated installation Picker Gallery – performer.
• Link: http://www.kac.org.uk/html/fov_listing.html
• National Review of Live Art Glasgow – (2009) ‘From Anger To Sadness #3’ Interactive multimedia performance work for solo soprano and projections -performer.
• Link: http://www.newmoves.co.uk/nrla-2009/57-archive-2009-nrla/496-frank-millward
• Net Vo Tech – (2007)‘From Anger To Sadness #1’ for Chamber Choir and Solo Soprano and Multimedia Projections York University -performer.
• Arts Council Kingston – (2007) ‘The Lament of Lucy Vaughn-Harding’ a Song cycle for Soprano and Piano – Festival Of The Voice – performer, co-writer text.

Awards / funding / competitions

• ABC – PhD funding assistance – UNIS (2012)
• Arts Council Kingston – (2007) ‘The Lament of Lucy Vaughn-Harding’ a Song cycle for Soprano and Piano – Festival Of The Voice – Heather Keens text / performer. Co-funding with composer Professor Roderick Millward
• Sempre Award – York Pas 3-(2006)
• Finalist Van Lawrence Award – British Voice Association (2002)
• Australia Council Grant-European Concert Tour of songs by Australian composers (1993)
• Finalist Metropolitan Opera Award, Sydney Australia (1988)
• Arts Council of Great Britain ‘Henry and Lily Davis’ Funding – Norina / Don Pasquale (1984)
• H.C.C. scholarship for post-graduate Opera studies (1980 – 82)
• Austrian Government Scholarship to study Lieder at the Saltzburg Mozarteum (1981)
• Clytie Mundy Song Prize RCM
• Major Van Someren Godfrey Memorial prize RCM (1980)
• Dorothy Silk Singing Prize RCM (1979)
• Gilbenkian”Junior Exhibition ” Scholarship Hampshire County Council (1968)

Conference Papers and Conference Performance and Interviews

• Interview with a Diva ANATS Conference Australia (2011) Lisa Gasteen OA
• From Anger To Sadness #4 – (2011) Multimedia work for solo soprano & projections 2011 – presented as a performance at TaPRA (Theatre and Performance Research Association) conference Kingston University
• From Anger To Sadness #2 – (2007) Goldsmiths University Intimacy Conference – Multimedia work for solo soprano and double screen projections
• Singing in accent– PAS3-06 voice conference paper, York
• From Anger To Sadness #2 – (2007) Goldsmiths University Intimacy Conference – Multimedia work for solo soprano and double screen projections
• Vocal Folds In Motion – (2007) ‘Nasendoscopy’ video images and sounds of the vocal folds engaged in emotive utterances – images and sounds used to make interactive audio-visual art works. The project is on going, a collaboration with ENT specialist Mr John Rubin. First presented as a commission by Professor David Howard – NetVoTech – York University, PAS3 conference, York.

Soundtracks, CDs and DVDs

• Max Q – (1989) Audio CD a solo album by Michael Hutchence, INXS – soprano backing voice. Link: http://www.michaelhutchenceinfo.com/maxq.htm
• Australian Opera – (1988) DVD. Die Meistersingers Von Nürenburg, conductor Sir Charles Mackerras
• Various CD & DVD personal archival performances, also ‘Lumiere & Son’ shows archival at the Victoria and Albert Museum
• Television –various including singing soundtrack artist on Michael Wood documentaries, written by composer Howard Davidson

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