Vocal Arts Workbook and Video: A practical Course for Developing the Expressive Range of Your Voice, Vol. 1 (Performance Books) - Softcover

Carey, David; Clark Carey, Rebecca

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0713688246 ISBN 13: 9780713688245

Publisher: Methuen Drama, 2008

Synopsis

Note: The title no longer comes with a DVD. The video content to be used with the book is now an on-line resource. Web Address enclosed in the book.

This practical workbook and Online content helps actors to fully develop expressive voice skills to communicate thoughts and feelings with precision and power. At the heart of the book are practical projects, with examples supplied on the accompanying Online content, which enables you to:
-connect your breath with your voice
-meet the demands of your performance
-use your voice expressively with pitch and range

Each chapter consists of an introductory Framework; Explorations; Exercises; Follow Up work; Suggested Texts; and Further Reading: a unique, student-centred approach not found in other voice books.

The Vocal Arts Workbook + Videois a complete learning programme drawing on the work of a wide range of practitioners to be used at home, as a course text, or as a way to integrate 20-30 mins of voice work into an acting class.

The Online content contains: 85 mins of video and 38 physical exercises. Download them to your ipod and copy the movements as you go along.

About this title

About the Author:

David Carey is a Senior Voice Tutor at RADA and was previously Principal Lecturer of Voice Studies at Central School of Speech and Drama. He has worked internationally as a voice coach. Rebecca Clark Carey is a voice tutor at RADA and she has extensive theatre experience as an actor and voice coach in the US.

Review:

“Refreshing and imaginative, this book teaches through enhanced awareness, and instructs through clear and specific exercises” ―Cicely Berry

About this edition

• Publisher: Methuen Drama
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0713688246
• ISBN 13: 9780713688245
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192