The Complete Voice & Speech Workout: 75 Exercises for Classroom and Studio Use

Rodgers, Janet

ISBN 10: 1557834989 / ISBN 13: 9781557834980

Verlag: Applause, 2002

Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 00096532843

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Potent and empowering voice exercises by the master teachers who devised them! One of the constants that any actor, director or theatre teacher needs is a strong vocal warmup. This valuable, first-of-its-kind resource contains 75 exercises for both solo and group work, contributed by some of the best professionals in the world. There is a brief description of the history and purpose of each exercise followed by the exercise itself. The Voice & Speech Workout comes with a training audio tracks that will be especially helpful to the student or theatre professional working alone. Here master teachers run through each exercise in real time (leaving enough time for response). Among the contributors are such important voice teachers as: Frankie Armstrong, Mary Corrigan, Marian Hampton and Dorothy Runk Mennen. The exercises are divided into nine different areas: Getting to Know Your Voice; Stretching, Centering, Releasing, Aligning; Breathing and Supporting; Making Sound (Resonance and Articulation); Exploring Pitch; Projecting and Calling; Integrating Voice, Breath and Text; Integrating Voice and Movement; Exploring Character Voices and Dialects. Editor Janet Rodgers is past president of the Voice and Speech Trainers Association and an associate professor of theatre at Virginia Commonwealth University. The audio is accessed online using the unique code inside each book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Janet Rodgers is past president of the Voice and Speech Trainers Association and is head of Voice and Speech Training at Virginia Commonwealth University, where she is an Associate Professor of Theatre.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Complete Voice & Speech Workout: 75 ...
Verlag: Applause
Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: Good