Freedom & Focus Conference 2025:  ‘Voice Is Action’

What does “Voice Is Action” mean to you? This July, join us for a transformative gathering where voice meets action, creativity, and connection.

Venue: Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School, Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand

Date: 31 July - 3 August 2025 

Student One Day Attendance Only: $30USD/$50NZD
One Day Attendance Only: $70USD/$115NZD
Student Price: $150 USD/$NZD240
Full Price: $350USD/$560NZD

REGISTER HERE

Travel and accommodation are each participant's responsibility. Download our VISTOR GUIDE pdf here.

Are you a Fitzmaurice teacher? Trem only dates are 30 July & 4 August - register here

MORE INFORMATION:

• THE SCHEDULE

• THE VISITOR GUIDE pdf with travel suggestions.

• THE CONFERENCE PRESENTERS

• The CONFERENCE ORGANZING TEAM!

• TREM DAYS PAGE - Certified Fitzmaurice Voicework® Teachers.

Highlights of the event:

• Dive into workshops and performances led by certified Fitzmaurice Voicework® teachers and local artists.

• Explore how voice can inspire creativity, foster personal growth, and drive social change.

• Experience the seamless integration of breath, body, and voice, central to Fitzmaurice Voicework®.

• Set in the vibrant city of Wellington, “the world’s coolest capital,” this conference is a celebration of diverse voices and the transformative potential of vocal expression.

What is Freedom & Focus? 

Freedom & Focus is the international conference dedicated to Fitzmaurice Voicework®. It is a dynamic gathering where voice practitioners, performers, teachers, and artists come together to explore the relationship between breath, body, voice, and presence. The conference fosters a space for embodied practice, creative exchange, and deep listening—supporting personal Freedom & Focused, authentic expression.

Freedom & Focus takes place every two years to connect, celebrate, and strengthen our thriving global communities. It is a time to grow together, build new relationships, and nourish the ever-expanding branches of our shared practice.

We are excited to share that Freedom & Focus 2027 will be held in Cape Town, South Africa.

Day 1 Collaboration in Action On our first day together we ground ourselves and arrive fully at Toi Whakaari through the process of a pōwhiri (Māori welcoming ceremony). Drawing inspiration from this ceremony, we will be guided by Mana Whenua (the People of the Land) renew our relationships,as we forge new connections to arrive fully at Freedom and Focus in body, mind and spirit. Later in the day we will be guided by a kaumātua to a deeper understanding of what underpins this process.

Day 2 The Teacher and Coach in Action On the second day we embrace our roles as teachers and coaches: what is required of us in this relationship? What inspires or confines us?  How do we map progress in our students and ourselves, and what can that mean for us? 

Day 3 The Performer in Action On the third day we examine how Fitzmaurice Voicework inspires the performer and connects us inwardly to our creativity, and also how it connects us outwardly to other methodologies and sources of learning. To make our practice and that of our students sustainable, we explore holistic approaches to nourish our creative action.

Day 4 The Changemaker in Action During the final day, we turn towards how we can use our voices in this world - right now. What is the role of advocacy and how can we support positive, creative, conscious change? At the end of the day, we will gather to say farewell, breathing out together.

We can’t wait to welcome you to Aotearoa and the Conference.