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Governance
The Roy Hart Voice Centre is a non-profit “Association” (as defined by the French law of 1901). It is run on a voluntary basis by a Board of Directors, which is elected at the General Meeting by the Active and Associate Members of the Association. Its members are elected for a two-year term, which is renewable. For further information, please read the association’s statutes.
In addition to the Board of Directors, the management of the association relies on the voluntary work of committees which, in collaboration with the paid staff, are responsible for programming courses and performances, public relations, maintaining the Association’s archives, etc.
Board of directors
Committees
The Artistic Committee is responsible for promoting the development of artistic activity in Malérargues.
Each year Artcom organises a summer programme of performances. These may be directly related to the voice – but other artistic disciplines are also represented – and are selected to represent the range of the Centre’s artistic community.
Other formats may also be included: residency outcomes, new works in progress, conferences, sharing of group work projects, etc.
Artists and companies wishing to present an artistic project at the Roy Hart Voice Centre are invited to contact: artcom@centreroyhart.org
Created in 2021, the ArcheCOM volunteer committee’s mission is to protect, organise and promote the archives preserved in Malérargues, with a goal to gradually making them accessible to a wider audience. It contributes to the preservation of an artistic and vocal heritage that is unique in the world, covering nearly a century of research, creation and transmission.
As part of this mission, ArcheCOM has obtained support from the Occitanie Direction Régionale des Affaires Culturelles (Ministry of Culture) through the Programme for the Digitisation and Promotion of Cultural Content (PNV).
The Roy Hart Voice Centre is thus carrying out in-depth work on scanning, digitising and indexing printed, audio and visual documents with the aim of creating a coherent, structured and secure archiving system that complies with international standards.
In the course of this work, it became apparent that the exceptional richness and heterogeneity of the collections required a broader approach, something between an archive service, a specialised library and a consultation centre. This methodological evolution includes the physical processing of documents, the stabilisation of fragile media and the reorganisation of old collections, notably the Alfred Wolfsohn collection and the archives from the 1970s.
The project also benefits from strong artistic and scientific momentum: researchers, artists and students are now actively involved in its development. Among them are a postdoctoral resident, students from the VALARI Master’s programme (University of Toulouse II), and an ERASMUS+ intern from the University of Bologna specialising in sound and audiovisual archives.
A dedicated website is currently being finalised and will gradually make this heritage accessible to the public. The complete online publication depends on the resolution of certain copyright issues that are still pending.
ArcheCOM is part of a long-term approach, with a 2025–2027 continuity plan that includes the preparation of new requests for support from the DRAC (Regional Directorate for Cultural Affairs) in order to ensure the continuation and sustainability of this essential work. To contact the committee: archecom@centreroyhart.org
The preservation of the Roy Hart Voice Centre archives is made possible in part thanks to the generous support of the Direction régionale des affaires culturelles, Occitanie, France and the Universidade Federal do Maranhão, Brazil.
The Stagecom committee – (“stage” = workshop) – made up of teachers from the association and administrative manager Béatrice David, is responsible for the programme of workshops offered by the Roy Hart Voice Centre in Malérargues. Each September, Roy Hart Voice Centre teachers submit their proposals for workshops, and the Stagecom committee draws up the teaching programme for the coming year.
This programme is aimed at various types of audiences with different levels: the ‘Human Voice’ workshops are for all levels of experience and can serve as an introduction to the Wolfsohn-Hart tradition. Other courses known as « deepening studies », are aimed at people who already have substantial experience in the Centre’s practice.
The Centre occasionally rents out its premises for teaching by people from outside the Association, when they are not being used for the Centre’s own workshops. See our ‘Rentals’ section.
The Webcom committee is responsible for the association’s communications, whether via its website, newsletter or social media channels:
If you have any questions or comments about the website, please contact the webmaster.
Association & Membership
The Association
The Roy Hart Voice Centre is an association dedicated to the transmission, dissemination and development of work on the human voice, initiated by Alfred Wolfsohn, Roy Hart and the Roy Hart Theatre. The activities of the Centre stem from a history of more than 100 years of research, study and practice. The association organizes professional training courses and performance presentations. It ensures the preservation and dissemination of its archives to the attention of the general public.
Led by a volunteer Board of Directors, the association has its headquarters at the Château de Malérargues (30140, Thoiras) in the Cévennes, imposing farmhouse with multiple outbuildings and large silkworm. Since 1974, this place has been invested and rebuilt by the members of the Roy Hart Theatre to welcome artists, students, pedagogues and curious people from around the world, to deepen and develop a unique work on the human voice without borders.
The approach of the human voice is a profoundly humanist project, which allows and invites each person to sing the multiplicity of voices that he carries within him, and to listen to them as so many aspects of his personality. It has applications in the field of art and theater, but also in daily life.
Membership
The association is made up of three groups of members:
1. Active Members
2. Associate Members
3. Ordinary Members
Active Members
The group of Active Members comprises:
- Individuals who taught at Malérargues, now known as the Centre Artistique International Roy Hart, before 1989 and who paid their contributions for the two years prior to the Annual General Meeting (AGM).
- Individuals who have contributed significantly to the activities of the association, who are sponsored by two Active Members and then approved by a vote of the Active Members with an absolute majority of those present and represented.
Active Members have the right to vote at the AGM. They can vote or give their proxy, a maximum of 2 per person, to a voting member (Active Member or Associate Member) present, according to the procedures outlined in the Internal Regulations.
Active Members pay an annual membership fee.
Active Members can appoint Honorary Members (active or associated). Honorary Members are those who have rendered exemplary services to the association. They should be sponsored by two Active Members and approved by an absolute majority vote of those present and represented. Honorary Members are exempt from contributions.
Associate Members
Associate Members are individuals who have made a significant contribution to the activities of the association and have been approved by the Board of Directors.
Associate Members have the right to vote at the AGM. They can vote or give their proxy, a maximum of 2 per person, to a voting member (Active Member or Associate Member) present, according to the procedures outlined in the Internal Regulations.
Associate Members pay an annual membership fee.
Procedure for becoming an Associate Member (MAS)
The candidacy of a prospective Associate Member must be proposed by two active members and then approved by the Board of Directors.
The two active members send an email to the Board of Directors with the following two documents:
- A letter written by the prospective Associate Member, explaining his/her/their interest in the Roy Hart Voice Centre and motivation for becoming an Associate Member;
- A letter of support written by the two Active Members, introducing the prospective member and outlining his/her/their relationship with Roy Hart Voice Centre.
In the event of a refusal by the Board of Directors, an appeal may be made to the college of Active Members, which shall render its decision by an absolute majority vote.
Ordinary Members
Ordinary Members are individuals with an interest in the Association who have paid an annual membership fee. They are informed of and have the right to attend the AGM without the right to vote.
The amounts and terms of contributions and memberships are set by the Board of Directors and ratified by the General Assembly.
Revocation of membership:
Membership is revoked upon:
- Resignation sent to the Board of Directors;
- Non-payment of membership fees as declared by the Board of Directors;
- Request for revocation presented to the Board of Directors by three Active Members for serious reasons involving moral or material damage to the Association, the party involved having been previously invited to present his/her/their defense to the Board of Directors which votes to revoke membership.
Should you have any questions or concerns or if you are interested in becoming a member of the Roy Hart Voice Centre, please contact the Board of Directors at conseil.administration@centreroyhart.org