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Voice: Identity, Presence, Passion

Directed by Kevin Crawford, Susanne Weins, Caroline Boersma, Sašo Vollmaier

Organized by:

Kevin Crawford, Susanne Weins, Caroline Boersma, Sašo Vollmaier

Dates:

from 02/11/2026

to 10/11/2026

Place:

Arezzo, Italy

Price:

1000 € + accommodation

Participants:

Level:

Deepening

Please note all workshops outside of Malérargues are organized independently of the Roy Hart Voice Centre

Workshop description:

A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM OF EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE VOICE IN BOTH ITS ARTISTIC AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT DIMENSIONS.

We offer an in-depth immersion in vocal development rooted in the groundbreaking work of Alfred Wolfsohn and Roy Hart, and enriched by four practitioners: Kevin Crawford, Susanne Weins, Sašo Vollmaier (Teachers from the Roy Hart Voice Centre) and Caroline Boersma (musician). It is designed to help participants explore, develop, and express their vocal identity while cultivating a discerning, deep way of listening to others.

Our approach is interdisciplinary, anchoring expression in somatic sensibility and situating sound in its artistic, musical, physical, and human dimensions. Personal development and artistic curiosity proceed together; profound vocal discoveries can fuel transformation and creative synergy, opening the way to expression in performance.

The program comprises a series of six intensive sessions lasting 9 days each followed by two online seminars (depending on venue and content). A subsequent series of three sessions may be offered to participants who wish to integrate this work into their artistic or teaching practice. The venues for the sessions will rotate between Italy (Arezzo), France (Ardèche, Malérargues) and Germany (Düsseldorf), exposing us to diverse cultures and traditions.

We believe many individuals and groups from diverse backgrounds; artists, teachers, therapists, managers and health professionals as well as a wider public – have been inspired and influenced by the Wolfsohn/Hart philosophy and approach to voice. Some wish to strengthen and consolidate those experiences into something lasting. They seek to embody the work more fully so it informs their lives and creative practice: gradually making it their own. This program offers a pathway to fulfil that aspiration.

The program is open to anyone who has encountered voicework through the Roy Hart Voice Centre or a recognised teacher, and to interdisciplinary artists seeking to deepen their vocal expression. It also invites applicants who wish to explore their own voice within a supportive group setting-whether motivated professionally or personally.

Place: Accademia dell’Arte, Arezzo, Italy.

Teachers:

Caroline Boersma, Roy Hart voice teacher

SYMPATHY
RESONANCE
LISTENING
CONNECTING

Boersma Caroline

Cellist, Baroque and Classical, Workshop Facilitator

Lives in Capolona (Italy)

In my workshops ‘Your voice – My cello’, I help participants to discover their vocal potential through the vibrational power of the cello. Sympathetic resonance occurs between the instrument and the voice creating an atmosphere where the participants can find creative release through text and song.

PRESENCE
EXPRESSION
VOICE
MOVEMENT SKILLS
SPACE
MUSICALITY
MAKING SENSE OF NONSENSE

Weins Susanne

Performance Artist, Alexander Technique teacher

Lives in Düsseldorf, Germany

Roy Hart Voice Centre teacher since 2001

My philosophy is to allow the whole person’s potential to be expressed within a creative process and to transform this into a performance (‘per-formare’), touching both heights and depths. For me, it is about giving space for the unloved, unrecognized, unincluded aspects of the personality, and creating for them a place of joy and respectful acceptance. This work is for all humankind.

Sašo Vollmaier, Roy Hart Voice Centre teacher

LISTENING
PRESENCE-MOVEMENT
SOUND
IMAGINATION
INTERPRETATION
IMPROVISATION
RHYTHM

Vollmaier Sašo

Pianist, Composer, Performer, Voice teacher

Lives in Paris and Malérargues, France

Roy Hart Voice Centre teacher since 2022

Listening. This is where I feel at home and where my personal research and work starts from. How do I hear myself/the others? How do I listen to myself/the others? I include the piano in my work, understanding this instrument as a second voice.

BODY
BREATH
BONE
IMAGINATION
CONNECTIONS

Crawford Kevin

Program Director (MFA in Physical Theatre)

Lives in Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy

Roy Hart Voice Teacher since 1977

At this point in my teaching I do not espouse a single philosophy or approach, although my work is permeated with Roy Hart’s direct legacy. As the majority of my work is with young theatre professionals in training, my aim is to invite them to re-examine their assumptions about the voice, and to propose a coherent approach that they can refer to in their professional life. My place in this is as privileged observer, informed ‘provocateur’ and patient guide for reconstructing a wider vocal vision.