The Complete Voice and Speech Workout: 75 Exercises for Classroom and Studio Use (Applause Books) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1557834989 ISBN 13: 9781557834980

Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers, 2002

Synopsis

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 75exercises 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 & SpeechWorkout comes with a training CD 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 thecontributors 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 andDialects.

Editor Janet Rodgers is past president of the Voice and Speech Trainers Association and an associate professor of theatre at Virginia Commonwealth University.

About this title

Synopsis:

This first-of-its-kind resource comprises 75 exercises contributed by some of the best professional in the world. The exercises, for both solo and group work, are arranged around a well-tested, solid progression for development of good, healthy vocal habits. For each exercise, there is a brief description of the history and purpose of the exercise, followed by the exercise itself. The 75 exercises are divided into nine categories: Getting to know your voice; Making sound; Integrating voice, breath and text; Stretching, centering, releasing, aligning; Exploring pitch; Integrating voice and movement; Breathing and supporting; Projecting and calling; Exploring character voices and dialects

About the Author:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Applause Theatre Book Publishers
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1557834989
• ISBN 13: 9781557834980
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 180