The Singer's Companion

1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-0-415-97697-8
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 134 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 410 g

"The Singer’s Companion" provides both beginning and advanced students of singing with a basic, reliable, and readable introduction to the many issues focusing on training and maintaining a healthy voice. It covers all the fundamental issues faced by vocalists in all styles of music, including how to find a good teacher, work with a score, audition, and perform. Stohrer has written an essential text for students of singing, offering up-to-date, accurate, and accessible information that will be invaluable to singers and their teachers.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stohrer, Sharon L.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikgattungen Vokalmusik, Chormusik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface Acknowledgements Chapter 1: Getting Started Chapter 2: Practicing Chapter 3: Working with the Score Chapter 4: Health and Body Awareness Chapter 5: The Complete Singer/Musician Chapter 6: A Few Words about Technique Chapter 7: Performing Chapter 8: A Brief Look at Performance Anxiety Chapter 9: Auditioning Chapter 10: Singing as a Career or Avocation Chapter 11: Philosophy of Singing Resources for More Information Performance Anxiety: An Annotated Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

Sharon L. Stohrer has taught voice and the related areas of stagecraft, lyric diction and vocal pedagogy for New York University; the College of Saint Rose in Albany, New York; Newberry College and Anderson University in South Carolina; and Keene State College in New Hampshire. She is active as workshop facilitator, helping musicians overcome performance anxiety.