Associate Teacher (2014)
FVI Associate Director of Learning Programs and Creative Research
Artistic Director, SoMo Theatre, Montréal, Canada
Associate Professor and Head of Theatre
University of Regina
RC 271
Riddell Centre
Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 0A2
306-337-2400
info@shannonholmes.ca
Dr. Shannon Holmes is an actor, singer, vocal coach, theatre-maker, educator and scholar. Currently an Associate Professor and Head of the Theatre Department at the University of Regina, her scholarly and artistic practice spans the disciplines of music and theatre, with voice as the primary medium.
Trained in a wide range of voice, acting, and dance methods, she has appeared in Opera, Musical Theatre, Shakespeare, Contemporary Theatre, and Devised projects. She has performed, presented her research, and taught across Canada, the US, the UK, New Zealand and Europe. She has published articles in the Voice and Speech Review, Critical Stages, co-authored a book chapter in Applied Theatre: Voice Performance and Social Justice (Bloomsbury) and co-edited special issue No. 196 of Canadian Theatre Review “Voice Work in Canada”.
Dr. Holmes is Co-Lead Researcher of the Voice Mapping Lab at the University of Regina where, along with Dr. Melissa Morgan (Music), she is writing an Open Educational Resource pressbook which offers interdisciplinary approaches to voice training for acting and singing students with a particular focus on providing access to training for all regardless of geographical, financial or other barriers.
She holds a BFA in Theatre and Music from Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, an MFA in Interdisciplinary Art from Goddard College USA, and a PhD in Drama and Theatre Arts from the University of Birmingham, UK.
Degrees & Institutions: PhD, University of Birmingham, UK. MFA, Goddard College, USA. BFA, Concordia University, Canada.
Languages: English
Specializations: Acting, Audition, Corporate Training, Presence, Private Coaching, Public Speaking, Singing/Songwriting