This is a Voice
99 exercises to train, project and harness the power of your voice
Published on 14. April 2016
Book
Hardback
192 pages
978-1-78125-656-5 (ISBN)
Description
Your voice is a powerful instrument. But how can you get the best out of it?
This is a Voice is a practical toolkit of step-by-step vocal exercises to help speakers and singers of all abilities transform the quality of their voice. Using advice from expert vocal coaches, you'll learn:
Breathing exercises and vocal warm-ups
How to pace and project your voice
Techniques for speaking with confidence
How to sing jazz, pop, opera - and even try beatboxing - with style
Whether you're a member of a choir or a professional singer, preparing for a big presentation or planning a wedding speech, This is a Voice will give you the skills to make yourself heard.
With a foreword by Cerys Matthews.
This is a Voice is a practical toolkit of step-by-step vocal exercises to help speakers and singers of all abilities transform the quality of their voice. Using advice from expert vocal coaches, you'll learn:
Breathing exercises and vocal warm-ups
How to pace and project your voice
Techniques for speaking with confidence
How to sing jazz, pop, opera - and even try beatboxing - with style
Whether you're a member of a choir or a professional singer, preparing for a big presentation or planning a wedding speech, This is a Voice will give you the skills to make yourself heard.
With a foreword by Cerys Matthews.
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Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Profile Books Ltd
Product notice
Trade binding
Illustrations
over 100 specially commissioned colour illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 215 mm
Width: 147 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
415 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78125-656-5 (9781781256565)
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Jeremy Fisher is a performance coach and vocal trainer with more than 30 years of experience. He has trained actors, performers and singers in opera and West End musicals such as Les Miserables and Phantom of the Opera.
Gillyanne Kayes is a singing voice expert, voice researcher and author with a PhD on female singing voice.
Steven Connor (introduction) is a Grace 2 Professor of English in the University of Cambridge who has written extensively on the history of the voice, sound and music.
Cerys Matthews is a singer, songwriter, author and broadcaster, awarded an MBE for her services to music.Wellcome Collection is an imprint of Profile Books. This collaborative publishing partnership produces titles that reflect Wellcome Collection's breadth of interest in science, medicine, life and art. Wellcome Collection is a free museum and library that aims to challenge how we think and feel about health. Inspired by the medical objects and curiosities collected by Henry Wellcome, it connects science, medicine, life and art. Wellcome Collection exhibitions, events and books explore a diverse range of subjects, including consciousness, forensic medicine, emotions, sexology, identity and death.
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Gillyanne Kayes is a singing voice expert, voice researcher and author with a PhD on female singing voice.
Steven Connor (introduction) is a Grace 2 Professor of English in the University of Cambridge who has written extensively on the history of the voice, sound and music.
Cerys Matthews is a singer, songwriter, author and broadcaster, awarded an MBE for her services to music.Wellcome Collection is an imprint of Profile Books. This collaborative publishing partnership produces titles that reflect Wellcome Collection's breadth of interest in science, medicine, life and art. Wellcome Collection is a free museum and library that aims to challenge how we think and feel about health. Inspired by the medical objects and curiosities collected by Henry Wellcome, it connects science, medicine, life and art. Wellcome Collection exhibitions, events and books explore a diverse range of subjects, including consciousness, forensic medicine, emotions, sexology, identity and death.
wellcomecollection.org