Cornell Voice champions the human voice
Cornell Voice champions the human voice
The voice communicates our stories, ideas, memories, insights and experiences to shape our future. Nothing can replace its nuance to communicate who we are.
Because of this, as we move into an AI era, the human voice will be a discerning factor of trust and connection in spoken communications.
This is why we work with prominent business leaders, advocates and law makers. Their voices impact our world and will affect what voice we have in the future.
Because of this, as we move into an AI era, the human voice will be a discerning factor of trust and connection in spoken communications.
This is why we work with prominent business leaders, advocates and law makers. Their voices impact our world and will affect what voice we have in the future.
Cornell Voice champions the human voice
Cornell Voice champions the human voice
The voice communicates our stories, ideas, memories, insights and experiences to shape our future. Nothing can replace its nuance to communicate who we are.
Because of this, as we move into an AI era, the human voice will be a discerning factor of trust and connection in spoken communications.
This is why we work with prominent business leaders, advocates and law makers. Their voices impact our world and will affect what voice we have in the future.
Because of this, as we move into an AI era, the human voice will be a discerning factor of trust and connection in spoken communications.
This is why we work with prominent business leaders, advocates and law makers. Their voices impact our world and will affect what voice we have in the future.
We empower
distinctiveness
We empower
distinctiveness
Cultivated with an entrepreneurial spirit, Cornell Voice straddles two disparate worlds; theatre and business. In a rare blend, our work derives from a deep understanding of the world's most reputable speaking voice techniques and translates them to a business context with relevance, integrity and specificity.
This is our distinction.
Cornell Voice equips business leaders worldwide with the technical and philosophical rigour of the world’s most advanced voice methodologies, combined with an understanding of the demands, risks and rewards of speaking up in business—delivered by an unparalleled team of master voice teachers.
We help leaders find their voice and tell their story with distinctiveness, courage and energy.
This is our distinction.
Cornell Voice equips business leaders worldwide with the technical and philosophical rigour of the world’s most advanced voice methodologies, combined with an understanding of the demands, risks and rewards of speaking up in business—delivered by an unparalleled team of master voice teachers.
We help leaders find their voice and tell their story with distinctiveness, courage and energy.
1990 - 2003
1990 - 2003
Lucy Cornell Accreditation
Lucy Cornell Accreditation
Completes 3 University Degrees in Australia
- Combined Arts and Education Degree in Theatre, English, Linguistics and Teaching at University of NSW
- Masters of Science in Voice Research at University of Sydney
Practical Experience in London
- Short courses at Central School of Speech and Drama
- Observing master voice teachers in rehearsals at the National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, Actor’s Studio
Linklater Voice Accreditation
- A 5 year apprenticeship akin to a practical doctorate; one year working on your own voice in the Linklater method, 2 - 3 years learning to teach the Linklater method to actors, attendance at Shakespeare and Company Acting Intensive in Massachusetts twice; as an actor and then as a teacher trainee teaching the Linklater work, culminating in an invitation-only certification with Master Voice Teacher Kristin Linklater in New York.
- There are only 400 people in the world who have achieved this level of accreditation.
2003
2003
Founded Voice Coach Consulting
Founded Voice Coach Consulting
- Starting out teaching business professionals in her hayloft office in Sydney’s Paddington, Lucy quickly engaged her first global client; Young President’s Organization. This relationship took her overseas to keynote speak and teach global YPO CEOs over 15 years traveling to 15 countries.
- Voice Coach established strong business relationships with recognised Australian businesses lasting for 20 + years.
2007
2007
Legal Advocacy Coaching
Legal Advocacy Coaching
- Lucy was invited by the Australian Bar Association’s Advanced Advocacy Trial Program to introduce voice and performance skills to court advocates.
- Lucy innovated a methodology for teaching performance skills to court advocates, which she has now delivered across 7 international jurisdictions since 2007.
2012
2012
Connect & Inspire
Connect & Inspire
- Lucy wrote and published ‘Connect and Inspire’, a handbook of voice work for business leaders.
2017
2017
The Voice Advisory Group
The Voice Advisory Group
- Voice Coach incorporated and rebranded
- Established a global consulting team of 7 spanning Australia and the USA
- Developed our keystone Voices of Influence Program with one of our key US clients Chubb Insurance, beginning a longstanding business relationship with them across US, EMEA and APAC
- As part of our Voices of Influence program we designed our statistical Voices of Influence survey, which has now assessed over 800 participants
2018
2018
Cornell Voice Online Masterclass
Cornell Voice Online Masterclass
- 1.5 years in the making, we wrote, produced and filmed our Cornell Voice Online Masterclass - our 6 hour online training program
- Our Voices of Influence program is delivered annually to key clients
2021
2021
Rebrand
Rebrand
- We rebranded to Cornell Voice Pty Ltd
- To extend our Voices of Influence Program, we designed a purpose built automation portal to give clients better visibility of their participants’ experience and the impact of the program
2023
2023
The Amplify Alliance
The Amplify Alliance
- Established The Amplify Alliance to help raise the voice of social impact advocates
2025
2025
Legal Advocacy Training expands
Legal Advocacy Training expands
- Expanding our legal advocacy methodology to train US attorneys
1990 - 2003
1990 - 2003
Lucy Cornell Accreditation
Lucy Cornell Accreditation
Completes 3 University Degrees in Australia
- Combined Arts and Education Degree in Theatre, English, Linguistics and Teaching at University of NSW
- Masters of Science in Voice Research at University of Sydney
Practical Experience in London
- Short courses at Central School of Speech and Drama
- Observing master voice teachers in rehearsals at the National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, Actor’s Studio
Linklater Voice Accreditation
- A 5 year apprenticeship akin to a practical doctorate; one year working on your own voice in the Linklater method, 2 - 3 years learning to teach the Linklater method to actors, attendance at Shakespeare and Company Acting Intensive in Massachusetts twice; as an actor and then as a teacher trainee teaching the Linklater work, culminating in an invitation-only certification with Master Voice Teacher Kristin Linklater in New York.
- There are only 400 people in the world who have achieved this level of accreditation.
2003
2003
Founded Voice Coach Consulting
Founded Voice Coach Consulting
- Starting out teaching business professionals in her hayloft office in Sydney’s Paddington, Lucy quickly engaged her first global client; Young President’s Organization. This relationship took her overseas to keynote speak and teach global YPO CEOs over 15 years traveling to 15 countries.
- Voice Coach established strong business relationships with recognised Australian businesses lasting for 20 + years.
2007
2007
Legal Advocacy Coaching
Legal Advocacy Coaching
- Lucy was invited by the Australian Bar Association’s Advanced Advocacy Trial Program to introduce voice and performance skills to court advocates.
- Lucy innovated a methodology for teaching performance skills to court advocates, which she has now delivered across 7 international jurisdictions since 2007.
2012
2012
Connect & Inspire
Connect & Inspire
- Lucy wrote and published ‘Connect and Inspire’, a handbook of voice work for business leaders.
2017
2017
The Voice Advisory Group
The Voice Advisory Group
- Voice Coach incorporated and rebranded
- Established a global consulting team of 7 spanning Australia and the USA
- Developed our keystone Voices of Influence Program with one of our key US clients Chubb Insurance, beginning a longstanding business relationship with them across US, EMEA and APAC
- As part of our Voices of Influence program we designed our statistical Voices of Influence survey, which has now assessed over 800 participants
2018
2018
Cornell Voice Online Masterclass
Cornell Voice Online Masterclass
- 1.5 years in the making, we wrote, produced and filmed our Cornell Voice Online Masterclass - our 6 hour online training program
- Our Voices of Influence program is delivered annually to key clients
2021
2021
Rebrand
Rebrand
- We rebranded to Cornell Voice Pty Ltd
- To extend our Voices of Influence Program, we designed a purpose built automation portal to give clients better visibility of their participants’ experience and the impact of the program
2023
2023
The Amplify Alliance
The Amplify Alliance
- Established The Amplify Alliance to help raise the voice of social impact advocates
2025
2025
Legal Advocacy Training expands
Legal Advocacy Training expands
- Expanding our legal advocacy methodology to train US attorneys
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The Linklater Voice Methodology
The Linklater Voice Methodology
Cornell Voice attributes its core language and philosophy to the work of Kristin Linklater by whom most of the Cornell Voice team have been certified.
Kristin Linklater was a world-renowned teacher of voice production for actors (passing in 2020). She was a formidable force in theatre, changing the landscape of actor training globally with her approach to voice.
Kristin trained as an actor at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) where the legendary Iris Warren was her voice teacher. Warren had developed her own unique approach to training actors’ voices acknowledging the psycho-emotional influences on the voice.
The Linklater/Warren work can be indirectly traced back to Lionel Logue - the Australian voice coach who trained King George VI as seen in the movie The King’s Speech. Kristin then trained as a voice coach with Iris Warren and subsequently taught at LAMDA for six years.
In 1963 she moved to the United States and was a Master Teacher of Voice in the now Tisch School of the Arts and worked all across Broadway.
In 1978 she was a co-founder with Tina Packer of Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, Massachusetts where she lived, teaching and acting with Shakespeare & Company for the next twelve years. In 1997 she moved back to New York City as Professor of Theatre Arts at Columbia University.
In 2013 Kristin retired from Columbia University as Professor Emerita and returned to her native Orkney where in 2017 she was proud to be made an Honorary Fellow of the University of the Highlands and Islands.
She has published two leading textbooks: Freeing the Natural Voice: Imagery and Art in the Practice of Voice and Language and Freeing Shakespeare’s Voice: The Actor’s Guide to Talking the Text translated into 9 languages.
The Linklater/Warren work can be indirectly traced back to Lionel Logue - the Australian voice coach who trained King George VI as seen in the movie The King’s Speech. Kristin then trained as a voice coach with Iris Warren and subsequently taught at LAMDA for six years.
In 1963 she moved to the United States and was a Master Teacher of Voice in the now Tisch School of the Arts and worked all across Broadway.
In 1978 she was a co-founder with Tina Packer of Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, Massachusetts where she lived, teaching and acting with Shakespeare & Company for the next twelve years. In 1997 she moved back to New York City as Professor of Theatre Arts at Columbia University.
In 2013 Kristin retired from Columbia University as Professor Emerita and returned to her native Orkney where in 2017 she was proud to be made an Honorary Fellow of the University of the Highlands and Islands.
She has published two leading textbooks: Freeing the Natural Voice: Imagery and Art in the Practice of Voice and Language and Freeing Shakespeare’s Voice: The Actor’s Guide to Talking the Text translated into 9 languages.
The Linklater Voice Methodology
The Linklater Voice Methodology
Cornell Voice attributes its core language and philosophy to the work of Kristin Linklater by whom most of the Cornell Voice team have been certified.
Kristin Linklater was a world-renowned teacher of voice production for actors (passing in 2020). She was a formidable force in theatre, changing the landscape of actor training globally with her approach to voice.
Kristin trained as an actor at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) where the legendary Iris Warren was her voice teacher. Warren had developed her own unique approach to training actors’ voices acknowledging the psycho-emotional influences on the voice.
The Linklater/Warren work can be indirectly traced back to Lionel Logue - the Australian voice coach who trained King George VI as seen in the movie The King’s Speech. Kristin then trained as a voice coach with Iris Warren and subsequently taught at LAMDA for six years.
In 1963 she moved to the United States and was a Master Teacher of Voice in the now Tisch School of the Arts and worked all across Broadway.
In 1978 she was a co-founder with Tina Packer of Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, Massachusetts where she lived, teaching and acting with Shakespeare & Company for the next twelve years. In 1997 she moved back to New York City as Professor of Theatre Arts at Columbia University.
In 2013 Kristin retired from Columbia University as Professor Emerita and returned to her native Orkney where in 2017 she was proud to be made an Honorary Fellow of the University of the Highlands and Islands.
She has published two leading textbooks: Freeing the Natural Voice: Imagery and Art in the Practice of Voice and Language and Freeing Shakespeare’s Voice: The Actor’s Guide to Talking the Text translated into 9 languages.
The Linklater/Warren work can be indirectly traced back to Lionel Logue - the Australian voice coach who trained King George VI as seen in the movie The King’s Speech. Kristin then trained as a voice coach with Iris Warren and subsequently taught at LAMDA for six years.
In 1963 she moved to the United States and was a Master Teacher of Voice in the now Tisch School of the Arts and worked all across Broadway.
In 1978 she was a co-founder with Tina Packer of Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, Massachusetts where she lived, teaching and acting with Shakespeare & Company for the next twelve years. In 1997 she moved back to New York City as Professor of Theatre Arts at Columbia University.
In 2013 Kristin retired from Columbia University as Professor Emerita and returned to her native Orkney where in 2017 she was proud to be made an Honorary Fellow of the University of the Highlands and Islands.
She has published two leading textbooks: Freeing the Natural Voice: Imagery and Art in the Practice of Voice and Language and Freeing Shakespeare’s Voice: The Actor’s Guide to Talking the Text translated into 9 languages.
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