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January 2006
Choral Pedagogy
Second Edition
By Brenda Smith, D.M.A. and Robert Thayer Sataloff, M.D., D.M.A.
259 pages. Softcover. 8.5 X 11" (279x216mm) Illustrations.
ISBN 1-59756-043-X.
USD $49.95 CAD $57.00 £32.00 AUD $78.00
Price effective September 1, 2008
US$55.00 CAN$62.00 £35.00 AU$86.00
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- New, updated and fully revised edition
- New chapters on children's singing, the aging voice, vocal health strategies for choral music directors
- Concise, clear and accessible to performers and teachers of singing and voice at all levels
ABOUT THE BOOK
With new chapters, fully updated and revised, Choral Pedagogy is intended to aid the voice teacher, choral conductor, church musician, and professional or amateur singer develop strategies for lifelong singing. It concisely and clearly presents the principles of voice pedagogy from the perspective of both conducting and voice science in a very user-friendly fashion with helpful charts and simple anatomic diagrams. It offers teaching methods from history and philosophy, medical and voice science, and pedagogical concepts from active musical experts. Special attention is given to the needs of amateur singers and conductors. Topics covered include choral diction, posture and seating, rehearsal practices, and matters of vocal health. This text is a valuable resource for students of choral conducting, music education, church music or choral singing.
CONTENTS
- Amateur and Professional Choral Singers.
- The Rehearsal Process.
- Vocal Health and Pedagogy.
- Anatomy and Physiology of the Voice.
- Medical Care of Voice Disorders.
- Performing Arts Medicine and the Professional Voice User: Risk of Non-Voice Performance.
- Seating Problems of Vocalists.
- Historical Overview of Vocal Pedagogy.
- Voice Building for Choirs.
- Choral Singing: The Singing Voice and the Choral Tone.
- Choral Singing Techniques.
- Choral Diction.
- Rehearsal Techniques.
- Children's Choirs.
- Selected Bibliography.
- Glossary.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Brenda Smith, D.M.A. teaches studio voice, diction and vocal pedagogy at the University of Florida in Gainesville. She has been widely recognized for her contributions to the concept of lifelong singing through proper voice care. A lyric soprano with special interests in the recital and concert repertoire, she was translator, collaborator and assistant to Dr Wilhelm Ehmann and Dr Frauke Haasemann, the pedagogues whose work in Germany and the United States developed the concept of voice building for choirs. Dr Smith works regularly as consultant, clinician, and conductor with amateur and professional choirs throughout the world and has been associated with the choirs of St. Ignatius Loyola, the Central City Chorus, and the Dessoff Choirs in New York City, the Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia, the Cathedral Choral Society of the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., as well as the choirs of the Epiphany Cathedral in Venice, Florida.
Robert Thayer Sataloff, M.D., D.M.A. is Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University and Chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the Graduate Hospital. He is President-Elect of the American Laryngological Association; Chairman of the Speech, Voice and Swallowing Committee of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery; and Chairman of the Voice Foundation. A prolific author and contributor to over 80 books and some 450 articles and learned papers, he is also Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Voice and the Ear, Nose and Throat.
AUDIENCE
Primary: Singing and Voice
Secondary: Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
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