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Luzita Fereday serves as a Lecturer in Voice at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA), Edith Cowan University, teaching core voice courses for Acting and Music Theatre students while providing corporate voice training to professionals including Crown Prosecutors and Chartered Accountants.
Education:
- Master of Arts Performing Arts, Edith Cowan University, 2015
Research Focus: Her scholarship bridges vocal physiology and performance practice, emphasizing Accents and Dialects acquisition, Vocal Presence development, and Phonetics applications. She explores how vocal anatomy knowledge enhances performer expression through interdisciplinary collaboration with speech pathology.
Publication Trends: Recent works demonstrate an evolving trajectory from dialect coaching case studies (2018) toward interprofessional education models (2023), with growing emphasis on Indigenous language preservation in theatre and vocal physiology pedagogy.
Awards:
- VASTA Global Communications Group Travel award (2019)
- Vice Chancellor’s Staff Excellence Award (2019)
- Australian Award for University Teaching (2019)
Professional Engagement: Active in Voice and Speech Trainers Association (VASTA) and Australian Voice Association (AVA), she has coached over 20 major productions since 2011 for Black Swan State Theatre Company and national touring shows, while maintaining corporate training partnerships.
