Instructional materials for Opera and Classical singers


Instructional materials for Opera and Classical singers

Opera is part of the Western classical music tradition and to sing opera is one of the most challenging yet rewarding styles of singing one can perform. To be a true professional takes years of training and professional coaching however the amateur or aspiring singer who enjoys belting out an aria can learn a lot and have fun without dedicating one’s whole life. We offer here some books of advise from some of the most famous classical singers along with time-proved methods and exercises that have been helping to train classical voice for many years.

Jennifer Hamady: The Art Of Singing

Finding the Voice That Was Never Lost
Language
Learning
The Brain in Singing
Fear and the Psychology of Singing
Putting Theory into Practice
Strengthening the Diaphram
Voiced Consonants
Voiced Lip Trills
Engaging the Singing Voice
Vocal Integration
Vibrato
Hearing versus Feeling
Strengthening the Voice
Register Shifts
Interpretation as a Vocal Tool
Melodic Context
Fine Tuning / Trouble Spots

Jennifer Hamady has performed the world over with many of the top names in the music business. Also a voice coach to television actors, Broadway performers, and award-winning vocalists, she has written a ground-breaking book on singing and the psychology of performing that is a must-read for every artist working today. Using the medium of the voice, Jennifer shares her insights and experiences as a coach and a singers that will opern your eyes to how we all - musicians and non musicians alike - allow fear, doubt, preconceived notions, and overthinking to get in the way of clear, healthy, optimal singing - and living. The accompanying CD - in Jennifer's own voice - captures a conversation about her ideas and journey, as well as excercises that will help you discover and release your true and best instrument. Performers of all ages and abilities will gain valuable insight into the mechanics, psychology and physiology of singing.

5077 Book 19.95

Lois Alba: Vocal Rescue - Rediscover the Beauty, Power & Freedom in Your Singing

The Secrets to Beautiful Singing Breathing
Resonance
Registers
Vowels and Timbre
Legato
Agility
Recitatives and Cadenzas
Voice Freedom
Discovering Your Voice
Releasing Your Creativity
A Collection of Rare and Original Vocalises
Introduction to the Vocalises
Voice Types, Singing Roles, and Learning from the Best
Introduction to the Voice Types
The Professional Singer
Preparing for a Role
Voice Rescue
A Career in Singing

Achieving a successful singing career, especially in opera, can seem almost impossible to many singers because of fear of high notes, lack of projection, and confusion on how to express the music unhampered by technical preoccupation. Master Teacher and accomplished opera singer Lois Alba is aware of these pitfalls. She knows the best teaching involves an acute sense of the art form based on sound, intuition and imagery. The focus comes from the mind. It is interpreted through the ear and the body. When the body and mind come together harmoniously the result is beautiful sound.

In this clear and legible guide, Lois Alba shares her formidable experience, voice training insight, and philosophical wisdom about the creative nature of singing. She works to de-program the singer as to the many myths about singing û recurring themes that flood vocal studios and ultimately damage voices. Vocal Rescue is an amalgamation of many precepts from a large library of rare treatises and the concepts outlined come from the fine art of vocal mastery known as bel canto. The text provides a seven step system that demystifies the secrets to beautiful singing, and promises to take all singers to a new level of technical proficiency and expression. Recorded illustrations on CD/DVD demonstrate the vocal principles with lessons and vocalises for singers in all voice ranges to follow.

5290 Book 62.95

Carol Kimball: Song - A Guide to Art Song Style and Literature

Acknowledgements
Preface
What is Style?
Components of Style
Melody
Harmony
Rhythm
Accompaniment
Poets - Texts
Secondary Factors of Style
Components of Style Overlap
Developing Style Sheets
Creating Style Sheets for Single Songs
Creating Style Sheets for Individual Composers
Style Sheet Examples for Selected Composers
Literature

Carol Kimball's comprehensive survey of art song literature has been the principal one-volume American source on the topic. Now back in print after an absence of several years, this newly revised edition includes biographies and discussions of the work of 150 composers of various nationalities, as well as articles on styles of various schools of composition.

5110 Book 29.95

Davies D. Garfield: Care of the Professional Voice - A Guide to Voice Management for Singers, Actors and Professional Voice Users

List Of Illustrations
Forewords by Bryn Terfel, James Morris & Sir Anthony Hopkins
Acknowledgements
Preface
Anatomy and Physiology of the Vocal Mechanism
Development of the Larynx and the Voice
Age and Voice
Attributes of a Good Vocal Performer
General Considerations Before Performance
Laryngeal Disorders: Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention
Anxiety, Artistic Temperament and the Voice
Popular Music and the Musical Theatre
Travel and the Vocal Performer
Medications and the Professional Voice
General Medical Considerations in the Vocal Performer
A Visit to the Laryngologist
Surgery and the Vocal Artist
A Singer's Guide to Self-Diagnosis
Suggested Reading
Glossary
Index

Singer and actors are a unique group of performers, relying almost entirely on their voice for the professional livelihood. Jet lag, amplification, allergens, stress, pollution, and vocal strain all affect vocal performance. Written for the performer, the teacher, and the vocal coach, Care of the Professional Voice offers clear explanations and medical advice on vocal problems and vocal health. Care of the Professional Voice is written by experts in laryngology in the United States and Great Britain. This new edition includes a singer's guide to self-diagnosis. This volume should become a staple of every singer/actor's library."
- James Morris, Metropolitan Opera. "Anyone whose voice is their livelihood will welcome this succinct and user-friendly book." - Sir Anthony Hopkins

5282 Book 24.95

John Ardoin: Callas at Juilliard - The Master Classes

Foreword by Nicola Rescigno
Introduction
Prologue
The Classes
Mozart: Don Giovanni
Mozart: Cosi fan tutte
Mozart: Die Zauerflote
Beethoven: "Ah! Perfido"
Beethoven: Fidelio
Cherubini: Medea
Spontini: La Vestale
Rossini: Il Barbiere Di Siviglia
Rossini: La Cenerentola
Rossini: Gugielmo Tell
Bellini: Il Pirata
Bellini: La sonnambula
Bellini: Norma
Bellini: I puritani
Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Donizetti: Anna Bolena
Donizetti: Don Pasquale
Verdi: Nabucco
Verdi: Ernani
Verdi: La battaglia di Legnano
Verdi: Rigoletto
Verdi: Il Trovatore
Verdi: La Traviata
Verdi: I Vespri Sciliani
Verdi: Simin Voccanegra
Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera
Verdi: La Forza del Destino
Verdi: Don Carlo
Verdi: Aida
Verdi: Otello
Berlioz: La damnation de Faust
Gounod: Faust
Gounod: Romeo et Juliette
Bizet: Carmen
Massenet: Werther
Ponchielli: La gioconda
Boito: Mefisofele
Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci
Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana
Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Puccini: La boheme
Puccini: Tosca
Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Giordano: Andrea Chenier
Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur

Maria Callas returned to the stage in 1971 to teach master classes at Juilliard. This intriguing forum later inspired Terrence McNally's acclaimed play Master Class. Outspoken and uncompromising in her artistic beliefs, Callas worked through her legendary arias from Mozart, Verdi, Rossini, Puccini, and others. John Ardoin brilliantly captures the insights of a thoughtful singer who reveals herself to be not the imperious diva of her reputation, but a supremely self-aware artist concerned with passing along a great musical tradition.

5535 Book 19.95

Enrico Caruso and Luisa Tetrazzini: The Art of Singing

Luisa Tetrazzini
Breath Control The Foundation of Singing
The Mastery of the Tongue
Tone Emission and Attack
Facial Expression and Mirror Practice
Appreciative Attitude and Critical Attitude
Career of Enrico Caruso
From a Personal Viewpoint
The Voice and Tone Production
Faults to be Corrected
Good Diction a Requisite
Pet Superstitions of Great Singers

Non-technical advice to aspiring singers from two of the greatest singers: care and training of the voice, tone emission and attack, voice faults and more.

6536 Book 7.95

P. Mario Marafioti: Caruso's Method of Voice Production

nrico Caruso, the Master of Natural Singing
The Aim of This Book
Who Will Read This Book?
The Decadence of the Art of Singing and Its Causes; Its Restoration
The Voice in Its Natural Production: New Principles on the Mechanism of Voice Production
Some Suggestions for a Radical Reform in Voice Culture
The Human Voice in Its Relationship to Science
Brief Outline of the Anatomy of the Vocal Organs
Seven Principles of Singing
Caruso's Method of Singing as Explained by Himself
The Radical Reform of Voice Culture Through the Speaking Voice
The Voice in its Relationship to Music; the Importance of the Speaking Voice in Voice Culture
Who Should Teach Voice Culture and How
The Italian Vowls and Consonants as Fundamental Phonetic Elements for Voice Culture
The Articulation of the Italian Consonants; Speaking Exercises for a Correct Voice Production
Vocal Exercises of the Scientific Culture
A Word from a Laryngologist to Singers

This historic volume, dedicated to the great tenor and published shortly after his death, explains clearly and scientifically how Caruso achieved his phenomenal voice production. Written by a noted laryngologist and student of voice who devoted much of his career to working with Caruso and other singers, the book proposes a method of voice culture based on well-defined physiological laws. According to Dr. Marafioti, there is only one right way to sing - a method based on the scientific principles of voice culture. Although Caruso instinctively sang that way, the methods can be learned by any singer.

6584 Book 11.95

Lillian Nordica: Hints to Singers

Choice of Singing as a Profession
Choice of a Teacher and Where to Study
How to Study
Obstacles to Be Met With and How to Overcome Them
Stage Deportment: Either Concert or Opera
Concert
Opera and Its Apprenticeship
Wagner
Singer and Audience
The Making of a Career

Rather than a technical book on singing techniques, this volume contains many priceless pointers that Lillian Nordica acquired through experience. She discusses early training and the choice of a teacher; the cultivation of calmness, self-control, and confidence; overcoming obstacles such as self-consciousness and stage fright; and stage fright; and numerous other important skills that lead a singer toward success. Her practical counsel ranges from the advantages of wearing comfortable attire to the caution required when signing contracts.

6530 Book 5.95

Lilli Lehmann: How to Sing

Preliminary Practice
Of the Breath
Of the Breath and Whirling Currents (Singing Forward)
The Singer's Physiological Studies
Equalizing the Voice - Form
The Attack and the Vowels
Nasal-Nasal Singing-Singing Toward the Nose-Covering the Tone-Chanter Dans Le Masque-Nasal Twang
The Head Voice
The Sensation and Position of the Nose-the Nose Form
The Sensations of the Palate
The Sensation of the Resonance of the Head Cavities
On Vocal Position-Three Are No Vocal Registers-Propaation-Form
White Voices
Theodor Wachtel and the Vocal Technique of Tenors
The Highest Head Tones-Staccato
The Tremolo
The Cure
The Tongue
The Position of the Mouth (Contraction of the Muscles of Speech)
Connection of Vowels
The Lips as a Means of Expression
The Vowel-Sound AH of Former Days
Auxiliary Vowels
Resonant and Disconnected Consonants
Practical Exercises
The Great Scale
Velocity
Trill
How to Hold One's Self When Practising
Pronunciation-Consonants
Concerning Expression
Before the Public
Interpretation
Indispositions
Note: A Good Remedy for Catarrh and Hoarseness

This remarkable book is one of the most influential works on the art of singing ever written. Its author was one of the first great international superstars of opera. German soprano Lilli Lehmann enjoyed a long and brilliant career that began in Prague and Danzig and soared to the heights of operatic renown in Berlin, Vienna, London and New York. Coached by Wagner himself, she took part in the first complete Ring cycle at Bayreuth in 1876, and sang in the first performances of Tristan and Isolde and the complete Ring cycle in America.

6531 Book $8.95

Reynaldo Hahn: On Singers and Singing



Why Do We Sing?
How Do We Sing?
How To Enunciate in Singing
What Do We Mean By Having Style?
How To Move an Audience
Expressive Singing in Early Music
Evocative Singing
About Taste
Further Thoughts on Singing

This remarkable book is one of the most influential works on the art of singing ever written. Its author was one of the first great international superstars of opera. German soprano Lilli Lehmann enjoyed a long and brilliant career that began in Prague and Danzig and soared to the heights of operatic renown in Berlin, Vienna, London and New York. Coached by Wagner himself, she took part in the first complete Ring cycle at Bayreuth in 1876, and sang in the first performances of Tristan and Isolde and the complete Ring cycle in America.

5189 Book $8.95

Shirlee Emmons / Stanley Sonntag: The Art of the Song Recital

The Song Recital
Program Building
Constructing Sample Programs
More Sample Programs
The Unique Needs of the Young Artist
The Singing Actor
The Accompanist
Recital Tactics and Strategies
Musical and Literary Research
Methods of Study and Memorization
New Music
Vocal Ensemble Music
The Song Cycle
Folk Music and Popular Music
The Need for Change & Innovations
Appendix
Bibliography

To perform well in today's highly competitive world where technical skills have been advanced to an unprecedented degree, a singer must be able to handle incredible pressure within the performing arena; his or her ability to deal with this stress will often determine whether he or she will succeed. Why, then, do singers with less technical skill sometimes out-perform stars? Why do some stars suddenly stop performing? What is that mysterious factor that makes an electric performance? Consistent, competent performances do not depend solely upon superior vocal skills, nor are they a matter of luck. On the contrary, the best performances result from a combination of mental attitude, concrete performing skills, and excellent technical skills in that order. Yet most singers have never had the opportunity to acquire the essential skills that make for a successful career.Written as a self-help manual for singers at all levels of expertise, Transcending the Performance Barriers is designed to teach performing artists, and especially singers, how to experience elite performance at their level. The skills outlined in this book will help singers use what they have, to enjoy their voices during performance, and to perform consistently to the best of their present ability.

6514 Book $34.95

Laurie-Cinthie Damoreau: Classic Bel Canto Technique

General observations and preliminary excercises
Rossini's exercises to develop the voice
Arpeggio exercises
Scale exercises
Chromatic exercises
Exercises on the turn and trill
Various ways of connecting notes
To place the voice and connect two notes
On the turn
On scale passages
On arpeggios
On agility
On chromatic passages
Six vocalises on style
Virtuoso passages, candenzas and reprises

An indispensable guide for modern singers, this rare resource offers exercises and instructions for attaining the absolute breath control, vocal sheen, evenness of tone, agility, and elegance of the 18th-century Italian vocal technique. Includes studies for scales, turns and trills, vocalises, solfeggio studies, more. Damorea was the famous French soprano who created at the Paris Opéra (1825-35) the principal roles in Rossini's "Le siège de Corinthe", "Moïse, Le Comte Ory" and Guillaume Tell and in Auber's "La muette de Portici", being known for her pure tone and stylish ornamentation.

6481 Book $9.95

Kendrick Jacocks: Bel Canto - A Professional Manual

Foundation of Bel Canto the Development of Bel Canto
The Magic Word "HUNG"
Tone of Bel Canto
Legato of Bel Canto
Attack of Bel Canto
Consonants
Agility
Pianissimo
Messa di Voce
Mezza Voce
Vocal Registers
Breathing
Breath Support for Bel Canto
Bel Canto Resonance
Timbres of Bel Canto
French The Language of Bel Canto
Beauty of Tone
Increasing the Higher Range
Summary

This guide somatically explains how to sing using fundamental 'bel canto' technique. It is unique because it explains the physical technique of 'bel canto' in plain words, rather than discussing opinions and observations, style, vocalises, history and theory. The author, Kendrick Jacocks, has used the method, which was identified as 'bel canto' by professionals in the field as he prepared for his debut performances of Verdi's "Otello' with the Donetsk State Opera in The Ukraine and on tour in Spain. His performances held interest for his unique ability to transmit real emotion through the use of timbre, intensity, and dynamics, which was enabled by three essential physical movements. The 'bel canto position' was taught to him by the successful 'bel canto' teacher and soprano Virginia Zeani. The technique was then applied by the actions he sets forth in this book, and aided by his own studies and practice. The second half of the book provides helpful remedies, suggested listening, a short explanation of the teachings of Manuel Garcia II, Enrico delle Sedie, Mathilde Marchesi, and Giovanni Sbriglia, "Constantin Stanislavsky on Singing in the Mask", quotations on the value of humming and suggestions from Zinka Milanov, Virginia Zeani, Marian Anderson, G. B. Lamperti, Jean de Reszke, and Rosa Ponselle, and a short gallery.

5292 BOOK $13.95

Kendrick Jacocks: Anatomy of Bel Canto

Bel Canto Technique
Anatomy of the Nose
Soft Palate
Tongue and Jaw
Breathing and Support
Discussing the Ancient Manner
The Cavities of the Head
Head Resonance
Buccel Resonance
Chest Vibrations
Open and Closed Tones
Pelvic Support
Chest Voice
Chest Tone, Stage, Consonants
Technique of Chest Resonance
Sbriglia
Closing

This book of the 'bel canto' series by author Kendrick Jacocks takes the anatomical and physiological route to explaining why the 'bel canto' position achieves the timbres, calibration, and control native to it. The book proves the functional aspects of the nasalis (nose muscle system), and provides detailed descriptions of the paranasal sinuses: ethmoid, sphenoid, maxillary, and frontal, and their effect on tone quality. It explains chest tensions; the connection between the pelvic floor and mask in supporting the breath, and the chest position. The books explains how to use the muscles that open and close the tone, the importance of the relaxation of the spine, and explains resonance. The book provides anecdotes from such writers, artists and teachers as Giovanni Sbriglia, Joan Sutherland, G.B. Lamperti, Regine Crespin, and Manuel Garcia. Kendrick Jacocks is a professionally active dramatic tenor, pedagogue, and critic whose life is dedicated to the practice of opera as a means of transmitting human emotion. He has performed with symphony orchestras and opera companies in the United States, Europe, Eurasia, Canada, and Central America. He received a BM in voice and literature from University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, and his MA in voice pedagogy and performance from the University of ND at Grand Forks. He plans to complete a DMA at Rutgers University.

5291 BOOK $19.95

Lucie Manen: Bel Canto - The Teaching of the Classical Italian Song-Schools



Preamble
Introduction
Investigation of Bel Canto Voice-Production and Breath-Control
Characteristics of Bel Canto
Building the Bel Canto Instrument
Bel Canto Breath-Control and Voice Production
Fundamental Principles of Bel Canto
Mastery Of Bel Canto Technique
Coloratura
Articulation
Voice Types and Vocal Timbres
Appendix: Summary of Research
Bibliography

Lucie Manen's career - as lieder and opera singer and physiotherapist - uniquely qualified her to write this manual. Here are the findings of her extensive investigations into the "lost" art of Bel Canto, its history, and its techniques.

7076 BOOK $28.95

Mathilde Marchesi: Bel Canto: A Theoretical & Practical Vocal Method

Part One: Elementary and Progressive Exercixes for the Development of the Voice
Chromatic Slur
Diatonic Slur
Portamento
Scales
Exercises for blending the Registers
Exercises on two notes
Exercises on three notes
Exercises on four notes
Exercises on six notes
Exercises on eight notes
Chromatic Scale
Minor Scales
Exercises for Flexibility
Varied Scales
Repeated Notes
Triplets
Arpeggi
Messa di Voce (Swelled Sounds)
Apoggiatura - Acciaccatura (Crushed Note) - Mordente
The Turn
The Shake (Trill)
Shakes by Thirds
Part Two: Development of the Exercises in the Form of Vocalises
Attack
Portamento
Sostenuto
Diatonic Scale
Dotted Diatonic Scale
Minor Scale
Major and MInor Scales alternating
Chromatic Scale
Repeated Notes
Triplets
Areggi
Appoggiatura and Acciaccatura (Grace Notes)
Mordente and Turns
Syncopation
Long Intervals
Staccato, Mezzo Staccato, and Accented Notes
Shakes

Bel canto (Belcanto, bel canto) (Italian, beautiful singing), an Italian musical term, refers to the art and science of vocal technique which originated in Italy during the late sixteenth century and reached its pinnacle in the early part of the nineteenth century during the Bel Canto opera era. Bel canto singing characteristically focuses on perfect evenness throughout the voice, skillful legato, a light upper register, tremendous agility and flexibility, and a certain lyric, "sweet" timbre. This volume embodies Madame Marchesi's "vocal alphabet," or basic instructions and exercises that formed the voices of her great pupils. An introductory text discusses breathing, attack, registers and similar matters, while the remainder of the book contains many exercises and vocalises that teach voice management and projection. Marchesi's book is today even more important than when it first appeared, for it offers the basis for a construction of the bel canto training system. At the time the book appeared, the bel canto system had gone out of fashion in favor of more modern schools that seemed to offer more rapid maturation, voice volume, and dramatics. Today, a more realistic reevaluation has revealed that the bel canto system gave the singer much longer performing life, a more pleasing voice, and far greater musical ability. As Phillip Miller states in his introduction, "a solidity, a sure technical mastery, an even scale with no register break... strong, even and secure trills, their coloratura masterly." In addition, the resurgence of interest in early 19th century opera renders a work like Marchesi's indispensable to the modern singer.

6480 Book $12.95

Mathilde Marchesi: The Marchesi Vocal Method

Practical Guide for Students
Exercises for Blending the Registers
Chromatic Scale
Minor Scales
Exercises for Flexibility
Varied Scales
Repeated Notes
Triplets
Arpeggi
Messa de Voce (Swelled Tones)
The Appoggiature
The Turn
The Trill
Trills Separated by a Third
Development of the Exercises in the Form of Vocalises

This very complete guide to Marchesi's style of vocal training has everything from a written guide for students, to a wealth of different exercises, each with instructions on vowel use and mouth placement. This method has been in use now for almost 100 years and has been of great use to singers of all styles. A tried a true means to get the most out of your voice.

6478 Book $15.95

Estelle Liebling: Vocal Course

The Breath System
The Phonating System
The Resonating System
The Articulating System
General Remarks
Fundamental Exercises
The Covered Tone
Agility Studies
Sustained Tone Studies
Chromatic Studies
Messa Di Voce
The Head Voice
Style
Special Problems
English Diction
Foreign Language Diction
Glossary of Musical Terms
Songs for Baritone and Bass
Recordings of Great Singers

A method that has long been highly regarded among teachers and students alike. Each of these books consists of 3 parts: Part I describes the vocal mechanism and its function briefly and in simple, non-technical language. Part II consists of basic, fundamental vocalises carefully selected to develop the specific voices for which the book is written. Part III presents the important elements of diction in the 5 languages most commonly used in singing: English, Italian, French, German and Spanish.

6221 BOOK $9.95
Mezzo Sopranos
6208 BOOK $9.95
Bass / Baritone

Nicola Vaccai: Practical Method of Italian Singing

The Scale
Intervals of Thirds
Intervals of Fourths
Intervals of Fifth
Intervals of Sixths
Intervals of Sevenths
Intervals of Octaves
The Semitones
Syncopation
Preparatory Example for the Roulade
Appoggiaturas above and below
The Acciaccatura
Preparatory Example for the Mordent
The same exemplified in various ways
Preparatory Example for the Turn
The Turn
Preparatory Example for the Shake
On Roulades
On the Glide or manner of carrying the Voice
On Recitative
Recapitulation

Learning to sing means beginning an artistic journey full of rich and unexpected experiences. human voices touch hearts in every nation and yet the best singing has qualities that Italy originated and taught the world to admire. Singing can approach a quality of timeless beauty, yet songs preserve for us the feelings of particular times, whether recent or long ago. Singing gives both the singer and the listener a sensation of freedom and heartfelt expression. Vaccai's masterly Method won increasing popularity with time, and was eventually used in conservatories all over the world. Even today it is often used by singing teachers, who consider it a collection of attractive Ariettas, each serving a particular funtion. And it is quite easy material, perfect for the beginning student. This method book is tailored towards High Soprano voices.

6499 BOOK $4.95
High Soprano
6496 BOOK $4.95
Soprano

Brent Monahan: The Singer's Companion

Stance
Breathing / The Torso
Phonation / The Throat
Resonance / The Head
Range And Timbre
Singing And Health
The Teacher / The Lesson
Practice / Vocal Exercises
Musicianship
Pronunciatiation And Diction
Interpretation
Performance

The Singer's Companion combines the author's extensive research on hundreds of professional singers' and singing teachers' books with 30 years of personal teaching experience. The book concentrates on traditional vocal and artistic development, as employed at the most renowned universities and conservatories. At the same time, the presentation is extremely practical and accessible. The language is simple, and minimal space is given to theory. As each aspect of good singing and artistry is explained, enlightening quotations from dozens of the best singers and teachers, such as Enrico Caruso, Luciano Pavarotti, Eileen Farrell, Manuel Garcia, and Emma Seiler, help the singer to grasp the concept. The building of the vocal instrument and the artist is the focus. Topics include stance, breathing, phonation, resonance, range, health, choosing a teacher, vocal exercises, musicianship, pronunciation and diction, interpretation, performance, and selecting material. Many illustrative diagrams appear in the text. The book includes exercise sheets, sample songs, and an illustrative CD. Any singer, from the would-be professional to the diligent choir member, can benefit from this easy-to-use, thorough companion.

6513 BOOK & CD $14.95

David F. Ostwald : Acting for Singers

ntroduction
Believability: The Territory and Tools
The Divine Marriage
To Become or not to Become
Playing in the Moment
Judgments and Trust
Creating Your Character
Neither "Right" nor "Wrong"
Your Character's Universe
Your Character's World
Your Character's Heart's Desire
Motivating Your Character's Actions
Your Character's Inner Voice
Preparing for Performances
Being Believavle in Any Role
Getting The Part
Getting Good
Delivering a Believable Character
Appendices

Written to meet the needs of thousands of students and pre-professional singers participating in production workshops and classes in opera and musical theater, Acting for Singers leads singing performers step by step from the studio or classroom through audition and rehearsals to a successful performance. Using a clear, systematic, positive approach, this practical guide explains how to analyze a script or libretto, shows how to develop a character building on material in the score, and gives the singing performer the tools to act believably. More than just a "how-to" acting book, however, Acting for Singers also addresses the problems of concentration, trust, projection, communication, and the self-doubt that often afflicts performers pursuing the goal of believable performance. Part I establishes the basic principles of acting and singing together, and teaches the reader how to improvise as a key tool to explore and develop characters. Part II teaches the singer how to analyze theatrical work for rehearsing, and performing. Using concrete examples from Carmen and West Side Story, and imaginative exercises following each chapter, this text teaches all singers how to be effective singing actors.

7075 BOOK $29.95

Jerome Hines: Great Singers on Great Singing

Jerome Hines has interviewed 40 singers, a speech therapist, and a throat specialist to provide this invaluable collection of advice for all singers. This collection includes the commentary of Licia Albanese, Franco Corelli, Placido Domingo, Nicolai Gedda, Marilyn Horne, Sherrill Milnes, Birgit Nilsson, Luciano Pavarotti, Rose Ponselle, Beverly Sills, Joan Sutherland and many others.

6512 BOOK $16.95

Nicola Vaccai: Practical Vocal Method

Vaccaj's masterly Method won increasing popularity with time, and was eventually used in conservatories all over the world. Even today it is often used by singing teachers, who consider it a collection of attractive Ariettas, each serving a particular funtion. And it is quite easy material, perfect for the beginning student.

6490 BOOK $19.95
Mezzo Soprano


To find a specific song on any recording (or to find recordings by group name or CD title),
pick the search method and type the item you are searching for here:

By Song Title
By Artist Name
By Title
By Music Category


    or use our Power Search for more search options





All Rights Reserved   All Content, page design, CGI Copyright © United Singers International