I want to help you stop feeling awkward about your voice.
Hi, I'm Annabelle. I teach clown and physical comedy in Portland, and I'm starting to do trans voice coaching too. The pedagogy translates pretty cleanly: clown class is about helping people do hard things in front of others without their defense mechanisms taking over. Voice work is the same skill, just in a different domain.
Where I'm at right now
I'm just starting this practice. I'm not a speech language pathologist. What I am is a trans woman with a years of personal voice work, a longtime clown teacher whose original curriculum has resonated with queer and neurodivergent students, and someone who built a voice coaching approach she's really excited to share with folks.
So right now I'm taking on a small number of free test students. The work needs to be tested before I start charging anyone for it.
Here's the dealYou get free 45 to 60 minute sessions, online or in-person in Portland. Voice coaching that mixes technical voice work with exercises adapted from my clown teaching. The clown-adapted exercises you won't find anywhere else, because I'm making them up.
What I'm asking from youShow up, try the exercises, and tell me honestly what worked and what didn't. I'd rather you be honest with me than be nice. Honest feedback is what makes this useful.
You're probably a good fit if…
- You have trans feminine, trans masculine, or nonbinary voice goals
- You want an approach that's neurodivergent-friendly and flexible about how you learn
- You've tried voice work before and stalled out
- You didn't click with clinical or imitation-based approaches
- You're a performer (clown, singer, voice-over) and want voice work that holds up on stage
What we'd actually do
Most sessions are a mix of technical voice work and exercises adapted from my clown teaching. On the technical side, we use my Somatic Soundboard framework to shape the voice across four physical dials: Chamber (vocal tract size/resonance), Buzz (vocal weight), Melody (inflection), and Sculpt (articulation). On the clown side: structured play, noticing the defense mechanisms your voice uses to protect you, and character voice work. Yes, including SpongeBob voices.
What I'm most excited to do with you is help you find the part of voice work that comes before the technical content. The part where you learn to play with your voice without feeling stupid. The technical stuff is freely available everywhere. The permission to play with your voice isn't.
Get in touch
Want to be a test student? Email me at [email protected]. A brief intro is enough: what you'd want from voice work, anything I should know going in. We'll set up a free intro session and go from there.
Not sure yet? Totally fine. Ask me anything. I'm happy to chat about whether this makes sense for you before you commit to anything.
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