The Singer's Companion: A Guide to Improving Your Voice and 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.

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The Singer's Companion: A Guide to Improving Your Voice and 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.

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The Singer's Companion: A Guide to Improving Your Voice and Performance

The Singer's Companion: A Guide to Improving Your Voice and Performance

by Brent Monahan
The Singer's Companion: A Guide to Improving Your Voice and Performance

The Singer's Companion: A Guide to Improving Your Voice and Performance

by Brent Monahan

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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.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781574671506
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 01/01/2007
Series: Limelight
Edition description: BOOK & CD
Pages: 192
Product dimensions: 6.05(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.55(d)

About the Author

Brent Monahan is the author of half a dozen novels, including An American Haunting and The Jekyll Island Club. He lives in Pennyslvania.

Table of Contents


Introduction     vii
The Mechanics of Singing
Stance     3
Breathing/The Torso     11
Phonation/The Throat     39
Resonance/The Head     47
Range and Timbre     65
Singing and Health     75
The Teacher/The Lesson     83
Practice/Vocal Exercises     95
The Artistry of Singing
Musicianship     117
Pronunciation and Diction     123
Interpretation     131
Performance     141
Exercise Sheets     149
"I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen"     153
"Who Was I?"     157
Annotated Bibliography     163
Index     167
CD Track List     171
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