So You Want to Sing with Awareness: A Guide for Performers (Volume 19) (So You Want to Sing, 19)

Product Description
Yoga, Alexander Technique, Feldenkrais Method, Pilates, Body Mapping… These techniques all promote optimum vocal performance through mind-body awareness, but where should a singer begin?
So You Want to Sing with Awareness
welcomes singers into all of these methods, allowing them to explore each option’s history and application to singing and determine which methods may best meet their needs as performers. With this unique volume in the So You Want to Sing series, editor Matthew Hoch brings together renowned expert practitioners to explore mind-body awareness systems and introduce cutting-edge research in cognitive neuroscience and motor learning. Carefully curated for singers’ unique needs, the book also includes essential discussions of anatomy and physiology and vocal health. The So You Want to Sing series is produced in partnership with the National Association of Teachers of Singing. Like all books in the series,
So You Want to Sing with Awareness
features online supplemental material on the NATS website. Please visit
www.nats.org
to access style-specific exercises, audio and video files, and additional resources.
Review
Ultimately, there is a wealth of knowledge contained in this single volume, offering tangible tools and a variety of perspectives with which singers can attend to any deficit in awareness. Important reading for students, performers, and pedagogues.
―
Voice and Speech Review
One may easily pick up this book and go directly to a chapter of interest, but one of the revelatory insights of reading it start-to-finish is how often concepts overlap and reinforce one another across these varied modalities. As a teacher, it’s a reminder of how many influences and experiences are drawn upon every day in an attempt to assist students. So You Want to Sing with Awareness is recommended for teachers looking to infuse their studio teaching with fresh ideas, and for the singer who is ready to delve into self-examination as a path of vocal discovery. ―
VOICEPrints: Journal of The New York Singing Teachers' Association
So You Want to Sing with Awareness
is a wonderfully thorough text covering many aspects of mindful voice teaching and study. Each chapter is written by high-level specialists in our field and supported by great visual images. This volume is an incredible resource for teachers of singing, students, and professional singers looking to enhance their understanding of the mind-body-voice connection. I look forward to using this volume to support my teaching and ongoing integration of mind-body work in the studio and classroom. -- Katherine Jolly, soprano, associate professor of voice, Oberlin Conservatory
Sincerest praise for this in-depth study on body awareness methods for singers. This should be required reading for all students of vocal performance and pedagogy. As a long-time yogi, I can attest to the immeasurable benefits my practice has brought not only to the physical aspects of my vocal technique, but also the mental focus that has been so valuable to me in my career both onstage and off. This is a must read for the singer who wishes for a long and healthy career! -- Kathryn Lewek, soprano, Metropolitan Opera
About the Author
Matthew Hoch
is associate professor of voice at Auburn University. He is the author of
A Dictionary for the Modern Singer
,
coauthor of
Voice Secrets: 100 Performance Strategies for the Advanced Singer
, and volume editor of
So You Want to Sing Sacred Music
and
So You Want to Sing CCM
. Hoch is the 2016 winner of the Van L. Lawrence Fellowship, awarded jointly by the Voice Foundation and the National Association of Teachers of Singing.