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Singing in Musical Theatre The Training of Singers and Actors

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ISBN-10: 1581154828

ISBN-13: 9781581154825

Edition: 2007

Authors: Joan Melton, Angela Punch Mcgregor

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The vocal demands of current musical theatre performance are such that a new kind of training has had to develop for singers in that arena—training that often parallels the voice training of actors, thus bringing into sync two historically conflicting vocal perspectives! Singing in Musical Theatretakes the reader into the studios of sixteen major teachers of singing in Great Britain, Australia and the United States, through a series of personal interviews. Three concluding chapters then synthesize the material and relate it directly to theatre voice. Voice practitioners will find the book invaluable for sorting through the confusing array of pedagogical perspectives regularly bandied…    
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Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/7/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 6.10" tall
Weight: 0.836

Joan Melton, Ph.D., heads the Voice/Movement program at California State University, Fullerton. She trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama, London, and has taught at leading drama and music centers in the United States, Britain, Ireland, and Australia. She is a published author and composer, a specialist in twentieth century vocal music, and a Master Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework. Visit her website at onevoicebook.com.

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Interviews, United States
Elisabeth Howard
Wendy LeBorgne
Joan Lader
Jeannette LoVetri
Mary Saunders-Barton
Neil Semer
Interviews, United Kingdom
Mary Hammond
Penni Harvey-Piper
Gillyanne Kayes
Interviews, Australia
Lisa Ryan-McLaughlin
Jason Barry-Smith
Debbie Phyland
Jean Callaghan
Pat Wilson
Amanda Colliver
Liz Pascoe
Observations and Conclusions
Cultural Perspectives
Comparative Approaches to Training
Practical Applications
Appendix
About the Author
Index