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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 these unanswered questions, filling in gaps that professional performers, students of singing, and voice teachers have long sought to close. Fielding over 200 questions, distinguished teacher and performer Richard Miller tackles problems raised during hundreds of his master classes and pedagogy courses. He deliberately avoids abstract generalities, concentrating instead on specific, recurring questions: What are some good exercises to loosen or relax tension in the back of the tongue? Do you apply the same principles regarding breathing to a younger student that you do to older students? What is meant by voiced and unvoiced consonants? Is there a female falsetto? Through such specialized questions, Miller probes the very essence of artistic expression. The questions are organized under ten broad topics, which Miller considers from various angles. He couples traditional and modern philosophies to present the most relevant and precise solutions. The result is an invaluable handbook for singers, which, read either sequentially or selectively, provides a unique and pragmatic approach to vocal artistry and technique.
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Semplicemente fantastico.......2007-06-11
Un'opera seria e approfondita per gli insegnanti di canto. Da non perdere. Ho ordinato anche il libro sulla tecnica vocale di Richard Miller.
Like attending a master class.......2007-03-09
There is just nothing like sitting at the feet of a master of his craft, and Richard Miller is nothing if not that. He has so much accumulated knowledge and understanding of the ins and outs of singing and singers that just a few moments can help unlock stubborn problems. This book is one that is easy to pick up and refer to for vocal questions without having to read the entire thing. He includes some questions that assume a certain amount of knowledge but also some that let you know that no question is a bad one. I enjoyed his conversational tone and his wry, subtle humor. I expect to refer to this book often as I think about some of my students and their struggles to understand and master the thrillingly complex, elusively and deceptively simple craft of good singing.
It came when I needed it the most.......2007-01-14
The books was wonderful, and it came when I really needed it to teach my new voice students.
Great info, but a tough read.......2005-08-04
Richard Miller presents excellent and very useful information for both singer and teacher, but his language is complex. As someone who has extensively studied the inner workings of the voice, I understood all of his terminology, but the excess of it slowed my overall comprehension. Why say "Enlarge the buccopharyngeal cavity" when you can just say "open the mouth?"
Miller's best book.......2005-01-08
Richard Miller has written a library of works for singers, teachers, coaches, and anyone interested in the science of singing. The one thing that has always been missing, though, is an easy-to-use guide to much of his information, in the form of the Q&A, or to use the computer-literate term, an FAQ.
Well, here it is!
In this book, Miller addresses series of questions (gleaned from master class students and teachers over his many years of teaching) individually and specifically, giving the curious or troubled artists an opportunity to find an answer quickly and easily.
Of course, Miller cannot possibly address every conceivable question; I, for one, have a question about the female secondo passaggio and bridging the lower and upper mechanisms more efficiently; but a good read will glean the answers to many many other questions, plus give the aspiring student with little knowledge of vocal pedagogy a jumping-off point to dive into Miller's other works (The Structure of Singing, Teaching Soprano Voices, Teaching Tenor Voices, just to name a few fine ones).
This library is far cheaper than the Caldwell Publishing series, which is far easier to digest as a student, but simply out of the financial reach of everyone BUT tenured voice teachers (If you're listening, Robert Caldwell, we would love to buy them!, but it isn't possible at $600 for the series), and though it is fairly technical in its language and might require some background in the physiology of the larynx to completely comprehend, Miller's books are the rarest of beasts in voice ped: affordable, comprehensive, and helpful.
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To Be a Teacher: Voices From the Classroom
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Learn what it takes to become an effective and caring educator.
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Practical reference manual and accompanying audiotape deal with the vocal problems encountered daily in the teaching studio and choral rehearsal Accompanying audiotape contains 14 voice samples cross-referenced to text Male and female voice samples help to identify basic characteristic sounds associated with each fault
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Great gift!.......2007-08-24
I actually bought this book as a gift for my best friend. She was going to start conducting a choir this semester, and she's planning on doing her masters on vocal pedagogi. She had this book in her wish list, and she had been always talking 'bout how much she wanted that book ASAP. So, I got it for her as a gift. Ever since it arrived, and I gave it to her, she has it with her ALL THE TIME!! Every little chance she gets to read, she picks up that book! And now she's always talking about how great the book is, and it's perfect, and has so many great things that she's learning. I would say she's extremely satisfied! So, I guess it's a great book and I can say I recomend it to all of those who want to learn about vocal faults, great to have in your personal libraries. Enjoy!
Symptoms, Causes, Cures.......2007-07-26
This book is a reference manual on the diagnosis and correction of vocal faults. I have already underlined many pertinent statements in the book, and I have added a few notes on the side. This book examines vocal problems that are encountered in the teaching studio, and it teaches one
to diagnose and correct vocal faults: Posture, Breath and support, Phonation, Registration, voice Classification, Resonation, Articulation, Speech,etc.
A CD is included.
Excellent for Choir Directors!.......2007-03-27
I loved this book. I own 6 other books on the training of singers but this new acquisition is the BEST. It is short and to the point which tells me the author knows what he is talking about and gets down to business. It is filled with practical ideas for choir directors in working with members individually on their voices. He follows the same teaching sequence I was taught years ago - breathing, phonation etc.; and I have used it successfuly to help my singing and other singers for years. Each vocal fault is clearly identified and many suggested exercises are provided to help the singer overcome their vocal faults to produce the best sound possible. I have been singing in church choirs since childhood. I am also a choir director at my church. I learned several things that were helpful to me personally. I was able to put the teaching immediately into practice; and it improved my tone immediately (thought I was above average in ability to begin with). I was able to take each topic and boil the main teaching down to a sentence or two to help identify vocal faults; and then I wrote a sentence or two on the fixes! This make a good cheat sheet or quick reference to use during choir practice. Wonderful book!! Would highly recommend it to church choir directors or vocal trainers!
Good book/cd.......2006-02-22
This book is very helpful and has good information. I am glad I purchased it and was pleased with the dealer's service.
A Good Reference for the Vocal Studio Bookcase.......2005-11-02
While I presume that most voice teachers will not find a great deal of new material here, this book is an excellent resource for quick reference. The information is factual and clear, without a great deal of opinion. The book divides vocal faults into various categories, faults related to: Posture; Breathing and Support; Phonation; Registration; Classification; Resonation; Articulation; Speaking Voice; Coordination. Although the focus on faults may appear to be a negative approach, the book is intended for teachers, not students. Highly recommended (for teachers) - this is a book my bookcase wouldn't be without.
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Just a Bit Heavy!.......2007-01-05
I like Prentice Hall textbooks but they weigh too much for our students. The quality is first rate and the content is very much varied and offers a wide selections of choices and good suggestions to make it go a long way for aspiring teacher like myself. I don't have the disk because I bought it second hand at a much lower price. If you don't mind carrying ten pound textbooks, then you will love this book but I think Prentice Hall should consider paperback as a way of lightening the load on our backs.
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For all teachers: It's your life told here, dear teacher, with all its glories, warts, joys, and heartaches. The poems of Brod Bagert, America's performance poet, chronicle the frustrations of the profession, as well as their transformation into the unexpected victories that make it all worthwhile. The cast of characters includes the second grade from hell, that hopeless, control-freak-of-a-colleague, the faculty restroom, the custodian, Rambo teacher, and even the cafeteria food. Brod speaks in the voice of the classroom teacher, and the voice rings true. Here's a perfect gift - for yourself or for a teacher you love. Illustrated by illustrator/author Kim Doner. Winner of the Oklahoma Book Award for Best Illustrated Book.
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Other poems not-so-good.......2007-03-09
I loved the poems I read in the advertisement on amazon, but was disappointed in the other poems in the actual book.
Brod Baggart exceptionally pleasing!.......2005-10-20
I love this book. I saw Brod Baggart at a teacher conference and enjoyed his dictation of the poetry so much that I had to buy his books. This one in particular has so many light hearted, true to life poems that really hit home for teachers. Laugh outloud funny poetry!
Brod Bagert is Bang-Up.......2005-07-21
I had never read any of Brod Bagert's books. As a matter of fact I had never heard of him. I work at a high school and do not see elementary books. I read this for my literature class that I am taking for a teaching degree. He is excellent! Rainbows, Headlice, and Pea-Green Tile is great. A real joy to read.
Engaging, sometimes humorous, sometimes soulful poems.......2002-05-16
Rainbows, Head Lice, And Pea Green Tile: Poems In The Voice Of A Classroom Teacher is a unique and memorable book of engaging, sometimes humorous, sometimes soulful poems on the subject of classroom teaching. Warmly illustrated in black and white with the charcoal-style sketches of artist Kim Doner, Rainbows, Head Lice, And Pea Green Tile is an excellent, heartfelt, highly recommended read for poetry lovers of all ages, but is most especially recommended for anyone who has ever taught a class of children! Hope For The Future: Her homework is neat./Her projects are on time./When I send her with the lunch count/She returns on time./And during silent reading,/When I sit her next to terrible Tyrone,/She nods her understanding and never complains.//My wonderful little Megan--/Dependable, upright, and true./If I wanted to clone a few more like her,/What would I have to do?
Rainbows, Head Lice, and Pea-Green Tile.......2001-12-13
This is a great resource for anyone that makes presentations to classroom teachers. You can find a poem that fits most types of teachers and it is an excellent way to make teachers feel good about their profession and reflect on their own teaching practices. It is gauranteed to bring a smile to your face and make you think of a special student or experience you have had at school.
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Immerse yourself in exploring the heart of teacher leadership!
Practicing the art of teacher leadership requires self-reflection, creativity, and discipline. This comprehensive reader brings together the top voices in the field, encouraging teacher leaders to examine the tensions in their practice. Edited by recognized leadership experts Richard H. Ackerman, author of The Wounded Leader, and Sarah V. Mackenzie, this must-have resource contains classic essays and contemporary gems that explore teacher leadership in insightful and surprising ways.
This well-organized compendium features stories and lessons from teacher leaders that explore current issues, underlying feelings, and fresh perspectives. Within a five-part structure, each section begins with an introduction and closes with questions designed to encourage reflection and discussion. Readers will be able to use:
- Stories, essays, and research findings for insight and exploration
- Protocols to structure conversations about common issues
- Ideas for inspiring and motivating other educators to examine and improve their practices
Revealing the inner world of teacher leaders will prompt readers to think more deeply about their own leadership.
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These autobiographical and analytical essays by a diverse group of professors and graduate students from working-class families reveal an academic world in which "blue-collar work is invisible." Describing conflict and frustration, the contributors expose a divisive middle-class bias in the university setting. Many talk openly about how little they understood about the hierarchy and processes of higher education, while others explore how their experiences now affect their relationships with their own students. They all have in common the anguish of choosing to hide their working-class background, to keep the language of home out of the classroom and the ideas of school away from home. These startlingly personal stories highlight the fissure between a working-class upbringing and the more privileged values of the institution.
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Voices to be heard.......2001-05-02
I read a selection from this book for a class, which prompted me to read the rest of the book. Really interesting narratives written by a number of first generation university students from a number of races and cultures, all from working class backgrounds.
A common theme is the feeling of living in two worlds - home and school - worlds which seldom intersect. Students speak of trying to fit in with peers who were more well off, explaining why they didn't have money to go out on the weekend, or why they couldn't attend various events or spring break flings because they had to work.
Entitlement - not quite feeling like they belonged at the university... watching peers walk around like they owned the place and were born to it.
Identity - being changed by the college experience, and wondering how the experience would change their relationship with family/community who seemed, by comparison, so unchanged. Several spoke of becoming bi-lingual - speaking one way at the university and another at home. Communication styles that were vital to being understood and accepted both places.
The irony of higher education being such a point of pride for the family, who made huge sacrifices for the student to be the first in the family - not knowing that the college experience would potentially pull the student away from identifying with that family/community working-class culture.
University values - While schools are at least talking about racial unity, there was less attention given to class unity. Many struggled with the idea that the whole purpose of getting a university education was to "get a brighter future", a "better opportunity", to "escape" having to work a blue collar job. If blue collar is who I am and who my famliy is, why is that something to escape? These were conflicting messages for many... be inclusive and sensitive to differences, but the white collar world is a higher, more worthy pursuit.
The only reason I gave it 4 out of 5 stars is the length of the book. The narrative format is engaging, but I felt the collection was a little lengthy to hold my interest through the entire book because the themes were repeated quite often in each narrative. Still worth the read, this perspective needs to be heard!
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- A "must-have" for vocalists and vocal teachers everywhere
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Respiratory Function in Singing: A Primer for Singers And Singing Teachers
Thomas J. Hixon
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A "must-have" for vocalists and vocal teachers everywhere.......2006-09-14
Author Thomas J. Hixon puts his more than 40 years of experience in singing and acting to the page in Respiratory Function In Singing: A Primer for Singers And Singing Teachers. Respiratory Function In Singing details precisely how to coordinate posture, muscular training, breathing techniques, and much more to optimize one's vocal talents. Of especial note are the popular myths of respiratory function in singing that Hixon denounces, such as the all-too-common suggestion to "breathe like a newborn" (newborns breathe lying down, which is fundamentally different from breathing while standing). Black-and-white diagrams and charts, sample breathing and singing exercises, and singularly valuable advice for singers of all experience levels from novice to professional make Respiratory Function In Singing a "must-have" for vocalists and vocal teachers everywhere.
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Twenty-four leading voice experts speak out on the changing role of voice on stage. Essay topics include: Re-Discovering Lost Voices * Thoughts on Theatre, Therapy, and the Art of Voice * Finding Our Lost Singing Voices * Voice Training, Where Have We Come From? * Vocal Coaching in Private Practice * more.
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