Books about Vocal Music and Singing

Welcoming singers of all backgrounds, this book explores the folk-song roots of spirituals and their transformation into choral and solo vocal concert repertoire. Featuring key composers and pioneers of the

World music styles have been making increasing inroads into Western popular music, musical theater, and choral concerts. An essential compendium of these genres, this volume provides technical approaches to

Singing can be a healthy activity for people of every age and can be done through each season of life if the singer and singing teacher appropriately adjust expectations. This presents chapters on the

Shining a light on the history and life of the blues, this book explores essential elements that contribute to the authentic blues sound and guides readers through mastering this art form. It provides

Welcoming singers to a variety of methods, this collection allows them to explore each option's history and application to singing and determine which methods best meet their needs as performers. This

While many texts and courses on the art of singing offer comprehensive overviews of technique and performance, few have time to delve into the specific questions they spawn. Solutions for Singers explores

This brilliant guide from a world-class singer, composer, arranger, teacher, and scholar helps singers sing, interpret, and express the meaning and beauty of the spiritual. While it is written as a quick

Forty weeks' worth of practice material - all in one book! Build valuable skills such as diversity and quality of tone, blend, relaxed vocal production, ear training, and many more. Techniques covered

The authors of this book open the door to improvisation for all non-jazz musicians who thought it was beyond their ability to play extemporaneously. Gently, step by step, Jeffrey Agrell and Patrice

Vocal Technique: A Guide for Conductors, Teachers, and Singers offers a stylistically flexible approach that allows soloists and choral singers to vary elements of technique to sing virtually any

All aspects of singing are covered here, including auditioning, performance anxiety, score preparation, practice and performance tips, business etiquette, and many other important topics for the advanced

Fifty-seven experts from across the U.S. working as professors, studio teachers, professional singers, choral directors, composers, vocologists, and speech-language pathologists have all contributed to this

This incredible DVD-ROM features more than 160 minutes of images and video detailing what takes place inside the body when we sing or speak. Prepared by the Freiburg Institute for Musicians' Medicine in

As any middle school choir director knows, change is the name of the game! A changing voice is just one of countless physiological and emotional changes that middle school students experience. Knowing the