COURSES AND WORKSHOPS
Essential Workshops for Singing Teachers, Singers and Speakers.
Discover VocaLab's Courses & Workshops
Explore our range of courses and workshops designed for singers and speakers of all levels. Since 2020, VocaLab has been offering both online and in-person training, providing flexible learning opportunities tailored to your needs. Join us to enhance your vocal skills, performance confidence, and overall vocal health.
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Our Signature Courses
Vocal Educator Toolkit (VET)
CPD Accredited Course - 17 points
Advanced Vocal Technique (AVT)
CPD Accredited Workshop - 8 points
Singing Teacher Support Sessions
The Singing Teacher Support Session (STSS) webinars, hosted monthly by Elle Holiday, a voice-specialising Speech-Language Pathologist and Singing Technique Teacher, provide a unique platform for singing teachers to tackle challenging student cases. During these live support sessions, participants can present their tricky cases and explore problem-solving strategies within a global community of vocal educators. The STSS offers an opportunity to seek alternative recommendations, engage in mutual support, and share insights, reinforcing the idea that it’s acceptable not to have all the answers.
$30 AUD
2026 dates coming soon
The Musical Theatre Toolkit
This masterclass is designed for aspiring and current musical theatre performers looking to elevate their skills and gain valuable industry insights. Gain practical, real-world insights from an active performer who has successfully navigated the Australian Musical Theatre industry, secured a lead role in a major musical production and has been on tour performing 6-8 shows a week for over a year!
Join Annelise Hall – ‘Sandy’ in the 24’/25′ Australian National Tour of Grease and VocaLab Vocal Coach for the exclusive 3-week, online Musical Theatre Toolkit.
Email: admin@vocalab.com.au to register your interest
January 2026 Musical Theatre Toolkit
WORKSHOP CONTENT:
Session 1 (January 21st: 6.30pm – 9pm AEDT)
- How to get an agent & auditions
- Developing your brand, repertoire, and cutting your music
- Places to train & what to wear
- Building a balanced life outside of theatre
Session 2 (January 28th: 6.30pm – 9pm AEDT)
- Real work expectations & maintaining stamina
- Building a supportive health team
- Creativity, play, & somatic therapy
- Navigating the union
Session 3 (February 4th: 6.30pm – 9pm AEDT)
- What to bring to the theatre
- Vocal health, mental health & performance anxiety
- Practical advice from Annelise & other industry pros
- Song Workshopping
INCLUDED:
- 3 Live Classrooms (Via Zoom) over 3 weeks
- Recorded for Playback
- Limited to 12 Participants Only
Regular Pricing: $700 AUD - Payment plan available on checkout
TIMES/DATES:
All sessions: 6:30pm – 9pm (AEDT)
- Session 1: January 21st
- Session 2: January 28th
- Session 3: February 4th
Vocal Health Workshops & Vocal Health for School Teachers
Vocal Health workshops offered by VocaLab are tailored specifically to meet the needs of your school, group, or business, ensuring that each session is relevant and directly applicable to your environment. These workshops can be conducted in-person or via Zoom, providing flexibility and accessibility regardless of your location. The sessions cover essential topics such as the anatomy and function of the larynx, recognition of vocal strain and fatigue, understanding vocal injuries and how to prevent them, strategies for creating a sustainable voice, general voice care, and guidance on when to seek professional help for voice issues. These workshops are ideal for any organisation looking to enhance vocal wellness among its members, promoting long-term vocal health and efficiency.
MASTERCLASSES
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Twang Masterclass
Master the skill of twang in VocaLab’s Twang Masterclass, a comprehensive workshop designed for both beginners and seasoned singers and singing teachers. By delving into the anatomy and physiology of twang and learing practical exercises to strengthen and develop this vocal technique, participants will learn how to effectively incorporate twang into their songs, regulate the intensity of ‘twanginess’, and understand what twang should and shouldn’t feel and sound like. This masterclass boosts your confidence in how to use twang and equips you with strategies to problem-solve common twang issues, ensuring you can enhance your vocal performances with this dynamic technique.
2.5 hours of streamable content
Master the Art of Twang with VocaLab’s Twang Masterclass REPLAY
with Elle Holiday – International Vocal Technique Coach, Voice-Specialising SLP.
Whether you are a beginner or a seasoned singing teacher or singer, our evidence-based approach will help you take your voice to the next level. In this workshop, we explore:
– Anatomy and physiology of twang
– Exercises to strengthen and develop twang
– Practical strategies for incorporating twang into songs
After purchase, you will receive the link to the replay, which will be available to watch for 6 months.
Review
Elle is such a lovely person and a great educator. I recently attended her Twang Masterclass and it was PACKED with valuable information and presented in a way that was very clear and easy to understand. I can't wait to start applying the concepts I learned in my voice studio and my own singing!
-Monica Sowinski
Build Your Belt
2 hours 50 minutes of streamable content
Understand, Strengthen, Extend & Sustain Your Belt with Voice SLP/VocaLab Founder, Elle Holiday.
Reaching your belting goals can sometimes feel overwhelming, especially with all the information and advice that is out there. This masterclass breaks through the ‘tips and tricks’ and dives deeply into the ‘how’ of belting, whilst also providing you with evidence-based and clinically implemented cues and exercises to reach your best belt-sound.
Whether you are new to singing, a seasoned singing teacher or singer, the VocaLab Belt Building Masterclass will help you take your belt to the next level. In this masterclass we explore:
– Anatomy, physiology and classification of belt
– Exercises to strengthen your belt
– Exercises to extend your belt range
– How to problem-solve your belt
– Practical strategies for incorporating belt into songs
– Creating your very own ‘Belt Training Program’
Review
Vocalab's online courses are truly a gift to all teachers and singers. I have done everything from the Vocal Educator Toolkit to the Build You Belt workshop, and always learn so much! I have not only become a more knowledgable & efficient vocal coach, but have seen the difference in my own voice/vocal health as a recording artist & performer. Elle is truly an inspiration and so talented at what she does. She teaches the material in a way that is simple and assessable to all, yet FULL of valuable information. I leave each course feeling empowered and excited. Do yourself a favour and register for some of the Vocalab courses, you won't regret it!
- Renée Landry
The Sick Singer’s Toolkit
1.5 hours of streamable content
Let’s face it.
Us singers KNOW we shouldn’t be singing when we get sick and that “Vocal Rest Is Best” and we do our absolute best to accommodate for this, but sometimes we have no choice BUT to sing. It might be a situation where:
– you can’t find another vocalist to cover for you
– you have contractual obligations
– you need the money to live
All of these are valid reasons.
Being given the advice (or instruction) to ‘never sing when you’re sick’ creates feelings of shame and guilt, which makes us more likely to HIDE the fact that we are sick when we need to do a gig, rather than seeking out help and recommendations for what to do to help limit vocal fatigue and create the most functional voice possible during the gig/show that you cannot miss.
In the Sick Singer’s Toolkit Recorded Webinar we cover:
– Signs of vocal fold swelling
– How to monitor your vocal progress/regression
– Warm-up and cool-down options for maintaining and preserving vocal range and voice quality
– Strategies for reducing your daily vocal load
– Voice preparation steps leading up to the performance
– Alterations you can apply in your gig/performance to lessen vocal fatigue
– When to book in to see a Laryngologist/Voice-specialising SLP
– How to approach telling your team that your voice is not 100%
The Sick Singer’s Toolkit is run by voice-specialising Speech Pathologist and Singing Teacher, Elle Nichelle who runs VocaLab Voice Clinic in Adelaide, Australia and online.
Review
I highly HIGHLY recommend this The Sick Singer's Toolkit to all performers out there. So many useful tips, tricks and methods to use going forward. I am so grateful for VocaLab for making this information so accessible, if you don’t know, get to know! Elle also touches on the feeling of guilt for performers who aren’t able to do their jobs when they’re sick, it’s so nice to know I’m not the only one and feel so validated. It’s so normal to get sick, we are only human. Worth every single penny! Thank you
- Katie Wilson
education collaborations
VocaLab & Partners Workshop Series
Essential Strategies For Overcoming Performance Anxiety
This 3 week online course is for singers, actors and performers who are looking to learn practical skills to help themselves solve their performance anxiety.
This course is presented by Andrea Fleming, VocaLab’s resident Performance Anxiety Coach, who will pull apart the 3 main contributors to performance anxiety and help you to create a roadmap to enjoying performing again.
Interested in an workshop with Andrea in 2025? Email us! admin@vocalab.com.au
the Reflux Informed Practitioner Course
This 6 module, self-paced course is for singers suffering with LPR, and practitioners, singing teachers & clinicians working with those suffering from LPR where you will learn:
- A deep dive into acid reflux: its causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment
- How to use and integrate Manual Therapy into your routine or work with singers
- How to use and integrate Speech Therapy exercises to reduce symptoms
- An overview of the current literature, theories and thinking in regards to LPR
- What singers can do to help reduce symptoms of LPR whilst performing