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Dr. Shannon Holmes serves as Associate Professor and Department Head of Theatre within the Faculty of Media, Art, and Performance at the University of Regina, while also directing SoMo Theatre. With over twenty years of experience, she has trained performers for Broadway, London's West End, and major North American venues through both university teaching and private studio instruction.
Her educational background includes:
- BFA in Theatre with Music Minor from Concordia University
- MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts from Goddard College (US)
- PhD in Drama and Theatre Studies from University of Birmingham (UK)
Dr. Holmes' research disrupts conventional boundaries between speech and singing through somatic and autoethnographic practices. She develops embodied performer training methods that center lived bodily experience, creating interdisciplinary tools for vocal expression that integrate extended techniques with theatrical devising. Her work prioritizes accessibility and democratization of voice training resources.
Her scholarly contributions include the award-winning 2016 article 'Autoethnography and Voicework' and co-editing the upcoming Canadian Theatre Review special issue 'Voicework in Canada'. Current projects focus on interdisciplinary voice pedagogy and autoethnographic performance creation.
Scientific recognition includes:
- 2016 Forum Article of the Year for 'Autoethnography and Voicework'
As an educator, she teaches voice, movement, and devised theatre while leading the Voice Mapping Lab's Open Educational Resource initiative. Her international collaborations—like the 'Temporal Duets' project with Bath Spa University—demonstrate her commitment to cross-institutional research. She maintains active artistic practice through SoMo Theatre, developing new performance works that embody her research.
The Voice Mapping Lab, co-directed with Dr. Melissa Morgan, pioneers accessible voice training methodologies through its pressbook project, aiming to remove barriers to high-quality vocal pedagogy while advancing interdisciplinary approaches to performer training.
