Vocal Technique: A Guide of Conductors Teachers and Singers

About this book

Vocal Technique: A Guide for Conductors Teachers and Singers is the first book to connect the disciplines of vocal pedagogy vocal science and choral technique. It fills a need for accurate well-researched and easy-to-read information on how to teach and learn singing in both solo and choral contexts. This concise yet comprehensive guidebook offers numerous practical voice-building and problem-solving suggestions and exercises as well as clear photographs and elegant illustrations. The authors thoroughly address important topics such as breathing onset resonance vowel modification vibrato register transitions range extension intonation changing voices (both adolescent and aging) and vocal health. They integrate the perspectives of renowned artists choral professionals vocal pedagogues and the latest in vocal science. This is a must-have for conductors voice teachers and music educators and will benefit solo and choral singers of all ages and abilities. Titles of related interest from Waveland Press: Emmons-Sonntag The Art of the Song Recital (ISBN 9781577662204); McClosky (with members of the McClosky Institute of Voice) Your Voice at Its Best: Enhancement of the Healthy Voice Help for the Troubled Voice Fifth Edition (ISBN 9781577667056); McKinney The Diagnosis and Correction of Vocal Faults: A Manual for Teachers of Singing and for Choir Directors (ISBN 9781577664031); Melton-Tom One Voice: Integrating Singing and Theatre Voice Techniques Second Edition (ISBN 9781577667711); and Stanton Steps to Singing for Voice Classes Third Edition (ISBN 9781577661351).