Public Speaking with Debbie Devine, Award-winning Theatre Director

Few of us associate positive emotions with the idea of setting our music aside and connecting with our audience using just our words. What do we say? How should we say it?

In this episode, we get advice from the incredible Debbie Devine, an award-winning theatre director and teacher who’s served as Director of the Drama Department at the Colburn School’s Community School of Performing Arts for over 30 years.

She shares actionable advice we can try for ourselves like:

• Thinking of language as a partner to engage our listeners even more
• Making one change in our mindset to put ourselves (and our audience) more at ease
• Ways to persevere through the learning process – especially when just starting out

Don’t make the mistake of thinking your music, your services, or your art form can speak for themselves! As we learn from Debbie, we each have so much to offer our audience and our field in addition to our music. Don’t miss this one!

Learn more at https://icadenza.com

Debbie Devine has been an award-winning theatre director, teacher, and a respected leader in the field of Arts Education for over three decades. She has also been the Director of the Drama Department at the Colburn School’s Community School of Performing Arts for over 30 years. She is a theatrical director with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, where she is honored to have directed shows in beautiful Walt Disney Concert Hall and the historic Hollywood Bowl. Debbie is co-founder and Artistic Director of LA’s 24th STreet Theatre, which has created award-winning professional theatre and model Arts Education programs for thousands of students and teachers since 1997.

Debbie also coaches musicians and conductors. Her Presentational Speaking Skills class has been utilized by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Seattle Symphony, Pacific Symphony, Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, and numerous individual artists. Her emphasis is on personal connection to the audience and the power of the voice as an instrument of communication.

More about Debbie at: https://www.colburnschool.edu/faculty-listing/deborah-devine/