About The Fitzmaurice Voice Institute
The Mission of the Fitzmaurice Voice Institute
The Fitzmaurice Voice Institute, nonprofit organization, is dedicated to making the work accessible and available to the public. The Institute is supported by an all-volunteer advisory group of teachers and board members.
Fitzmaurice Voicework® is recognized as the global leader in voice training for performance because of its wide-ranging impact on physical and mental well-being, personal and community empowerment, and its commitment to diversity and inclusion.
The Institute's mission is to:
Expand Fitzmaurice Voicework's availablilty to the public, including under-served communities.
Certify Fitzmaurice Voicework teachers, support their continuing growth, and encourage their connection with each other.
Preserve the foundations of Fitzmaurice Voicework while supporting its evolution.
Develop mutually enriching collaborations throughout the world.
The Fitzmaurice Voice Institute is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. Our mailing address is 1637 W University Drive, Mesa AZ, USA, 85201. Find the volunteer Directors of the Fitzmaurice Voice Institute here.
Find information about all certified teachers here.
Key Benefits of Fitzmaurice Voicework:
Working with the voice for one’s livelihood can be stressful, deeply personal, often dealing with identity, and always concerning expression of one’s thoughts and feelings. Fitzmaurice Voicework® (FV) imparts self-regulation skills that are meant to encourage the nervous system to bravely and healthfully process highly-charged emotional and somatic experiences. Students gain increased awareness of emotional states and use sound to vocalize their emotions and needs. This makes FV a potent method for training performers that is centered in therapeutic intervention. Studies on FV have included anecdotal reporting that it is helpful in reducing anxiety and stress, and in increasing cognitive focus and control during performance.
FV nurtures the seed inside people who have something to say, and who want to take their message to the next level. FV gives people a grounding and enables them to have more Autonomy, Authenticity, and greater Agency.
Freedom & Focus 2023 at LATC Latino Theater Center
“An invaluable resource.”