Faculty

Anne Burk is a professional voice and speech coach, specializing in dialect, accent acquisition and modification. She is also a Credentialed Fitzmaurice Voicework Practitioner. Some of her awards include: the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Awards for Acting and Directing, London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art Gold Medal Certification in Acting and the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music - Royal Academy of Music, Royal College of Music, Royal Northern College of Music, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland - Singing Certification. She completed additional professional training at East 15 Acting School (London), British American Drama Academy (Balliol College, Oxford), Royal National Program (London), Gaiety School of Acting, Trinity College Dublin and received a BTEC in Performing Arts at Oldham College and Polytechnic (United Kingdom). Anne teaches at various prestigious higher education institutions in Southern California.

Anne teaches Voice Production and Speech Foundations, Techniques, IPA/Introduction to Dialects, Directed Studies Russian/Italian, French/Irish and German/South African.

Degrees

M.F.A., Theatre, University of California, Los Angeles
B.A., Theatre Arts, San Jose State University