Geordie MacMinn

Alexander Technique and Linklater Voice Work expert Geordie MacMinn empowers School of Drama students to find and express themselves with their own voice. In addition to his Alexander Technique certification, MacMinn earned two post-graduate teacher certifications from the American Center for the Alexander Technique, NYC: The Art of Breathing with Jessica Wolf in 2003 and The Carrington Way of Working with John Nicholls in 2004.

My philosophy of teaching is to work with the artist as a human being first, and as an actor second. The technique is to educate the connections: self to self, self to others, and self to audience.

Credentials

• Taught voice at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and The Stella Adler Academy of Acting, as well as originating classes in the Alexander Technique into both of the curriculums. He also taught Alexander to classical singers in the OperaWorks summer training program at Cal State Northridge.
• Serves on the Cal State Northridge faculty for the summer Opera Works program.
• MacMinn also attended the LA City College Theatre Academy

Career Highlights

• Trained and performed with Shakespeare & Company, and has acted in roles in theatre and television
• Earned his designation as a Linklater Voice Teacher in 2007, and traveled to Hamburg, Germany in the summer of 2008 to participate in an advanced teacher training program with Kristin Linklater in Sound & Movement

Awards, Recognitions & Honors

• UNC Board of Governors Teaching Excellence award recipient, 2013
• UNCSA Teaching Excellence award recipient, 2013

Organizations

• SAG-AFTRA
• VASTA
• AmSAT