
janine pearson
voice coach
credits
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32 seasons as a voice and text coach for the Stratford Festival.
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10 years as Head of Voice and Associate Artistic Director of the English acting and playwrighting programme at the National Theatre School of Canada.
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Taught as a guest artist for the University of Regina, the University of Windsor, Ryerson University and the University of Waterloo.
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Adjudicated for the Kiwanis Music Festival (Toronto) and the Saskatchewan Music Festival Association.
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Served on the Advisory Councils for the acting programs of Humber College and Ryerson University (Toronto).
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Founded the program Voice Care and Development for Educators© at the Stratford Festival. Went on to present this work at the University of Calgary, Wilfrid Laurier University, and Brock University.
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Voice and text coaching for Canstage, Modern Times, The Montreal Young Company (dir. Bill Glassco), Globe Theatre, the Grand Theatre, Raoul Bhanjea’s Hamlet (solo); MOonhORsE Dance Theatre (Claudia Moore); Shakespeare by the Sea (Newfoundland).
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Dialect Coaching for film and television: Million Dollar Babies (CBC/CBS); Voices from a Locked Room (Locked Room Productions); Screamers (Allegro Films); Liles (dir. John Greyson); Grey Owl (dir. Sir Richard Attenborough); Children of My Heart (Mederic Productions); and Canada: A People’s History (CBC/Radio Canada); and for Allan Hawco's hit-series, The Republic of Doyle (CBC). In addition, she taught master classes for both seasons of Triple Sensation (CBC).
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Presented workshops for Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan); Quebec Drama Association, McGill University, CEGEP John Abbott and Vanier College (Montreal); Bishop’s University (Lennoxville, P.Q.); University of Toronto’s Teaching Assistant Program; Centre for the Arts (Toronto).