This is an in-person event for UofG Staff and Students Only.  A valid UofG Staff, Research, Student or SRC email address is required to book your ticket. 

Our voices are affected by hormones throughout our lives, and particularly during menopause. As a huge community of public speakers who use their voice at work, vocal change can be career altering. Come along to find out more about what to expect during (peri)menopausal voice change, learn vocal techniques and strategies to help preserve your voice, and explore what can be done in the workplace to help support you and your voice as it changes. Everyone is welcome, whether you are (peri)menopausal, interested in learning more, or perhaps a line manager looking to better support a colleague.

The event will be introduced by Equality and Diversity Unit but we are delighted to welcome Dr Kathleen Cronie who will lead the session. Alongside the events taking place around International Women's Day, Dr Cronie has written a dedicated resource for University of Glasgow colleagues on what to expect and how to navigate change as a professional voice user. This will be published ahead of the event within the resources on Menopause and Hormonal Change.

The event will run from 14:30 to 15:30. Doors will open at 14:15.

About Dr Kathleen Cronie

Dr Kathleen Cronie is a conductor, singing teacher and choral researcher. Her PhD research explored what singers need from their conductors to fully participate in choral singing. She now offers support and coaching to choirs and MDs to run rehearsals and performances that are designed to look after singers’ needs as a priority. She is currently the conductor of Loud & Proud, Scotland’s First LGBTQ+ Choir, has undertaken training in working with trans voices, and is the author of Making Music’s LGBTQ+-inclusion toolkit. Over the last 2 years she has been interviewing and working with menopausal singers, and based on this work has designed and led workshops and groups to support menopausal voices. She has been shortlisted in the Arts Champion of the Year category in the Glasgow Community Champion Awards for this work, and has written resources for Making Music and for Menopause Matters, the UK’s menopause magazine.