The Singer's Companion

by Sharon L. Stohrer

Overview

"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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415976985
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/14/2006
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	134
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

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

Editorial Reviews

"Stohrer addresses all serious voice students with practical, plainly written counsel...on a bevy of topics in an eminently accessible style..." —Debra Greschner, Journal of Singing

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