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Singing, Acting, and Movement in Opera
"... a remarkable collection of observations and reflections on past experiences by many excellent artists and teachers that will doubtless help... those interested in creating 'opera magic.'" -- Tito Capobianco Singing, Acting, and Movement in Opera is designed for use in opera and musical theater workshops and by beginning professional singers. Drawing on years of research, teaching, and performing, Mark Ross Clark provides an overview of dramatic methodology for the singing actor, encouraging the student's active participation through practical exercises and application to well-known works. The Singer-getics method emphasizes integration of the various dimensions of opera performance, cre...
The Broadway Song
Truly powerful vocal performance in musical theater is more than just the sum of good vocal tone and correct notes. As experienced teacher, director, and performer Mark Ross Clark lays out in The Broadway Song, powerful performance communicates the central function of a song within the context of the surrounding narrative, or the "truth" of a song. Because unstaged performances of a song, such as auditions, are key to the success of all aspiring singers, Clark provides here the essential practical manual that will help performers choose the right pieces for their vocal abilities and identify the key truths of them. Clark begins by walking readers conceptually through how a song's truth is ba...
Guide to the Aria Repertoire
An invaluable guide to some of the most demanding aria excerpts
Who Can I Turn to
WHO CAN I TURN TO . . . a story about a multi-generational family's cycle of tragedy caused by the consequences of their decisions. It begins in rural America, 1920's, and courses through social and economic changes. The main protagonist's unrequited love and his failure to become involved in someone's misfortunes, leaves him haunted with deep regret.
The Broadway Song
'The Broadway Song' is a practical repertoire guide based on 100 classic songs from the Great White Way. It gives performers a way into their characters through the formal song characteristics, as well as larger contextual materials about the source - from background to the musical, information about the character singing, and synoptic narrative information for the song.
The Narrowboat
Vex Williams is a black man from Southeast London. He escapes from a high security prison in Manchester because he wants to see his daughter, Jessica who is sick in a London hospital. After escaping he heads to the canal and runs along the embankment where he hijacks a narrowboat, which is owned by an old wealthy couple Barbara and George and who are on their honeymoon. Having boarded their boat Vex soon become skipper and George becomes Quartermaster. As Vex becomes more acquainted with Barbara, she becomes more sympathetic towards him and believes he didn't commit any crime all. George thinks the opposite. But the couple have a hidden past when Vex finds a photo albulm of Nazi Germany and bombed-out Berlin. Will George help him to see his daughter or hand him over the waterways authorities or will Barbara take sides with him and stop her husband from interfering. Whilst Jessica's life hangs in the balance a new experimental drug is needed foir her to survive but where will Vex get the money from to pay for it.
The Musician's Way : A Guide to Practice, Performance, and Wellness
In The Musician's Way, veteran performer and educator Gerald Klickstein combines the latest research with his 30 years of professional experience to provide aspiring musicians with a roadmap to artistic excellence. Part I, Artful Practice, describes strategies to interpret and memorize compositions, fuel motivation, collaborate, and more. Part II, Fearless Performance, lifts the lid on the hidden causes of nervousness and shows how musicians can become confident performers. Part III, Lifelong Creativity, surveys tactics to prevent music-related injuries and equips musicians to tap their own innate creativity. Written in a conversational style, The Musician's Way presents an inclusive system for all instrumentalists and vocalists to advance their musical abilities and succeed as performing artists.
My Road to Radio and The Vocal Scene
Born in Ujpest, Hungary, in 1919, George Jellinek began his musical career playing violin with gypsies in the family's garden restaurant. He spent his adolescence doing much the same, honing his talent and enriching his own musical education with frequent trips to the Hungarian Royal Opera House. But when Hitler and Chamberlain signed the Munich Pact in 1938, Jellinek's quiet life was shattered. How the exiled teenager survived World War II, worked his way up from a poor Hungarian immigrant in Cuba and became one of the most important and influential musical administrators in New York is an unconventional but truly American success story. This memoir documents the inspiring life of George Je...
Yoga for Singers
From opera diva Karita Mattila to Lady Gaga, from Broadway's Mandy Patinkin to pop star Jason Mraz, singers are doing yoga, and experiencing its ability to free their voices and psyches. Yoga provides bountiful rewards for singers: the practice of rib-opening and spine-lengthening asanas can improve alignment, while spinal twists, pranayama breathing techniques, and meditation can focus the mind and calm performance anxiety. Some singers have turned to beta blockers to deal with the stress of stage fright, but yoga proves there is a medication-free, self-nurturing method of combating the pressure of performing. Yoga For Singers gives singers and voice teachers the tools that yoga can provide to help improve their physical, emotional and thus vocal well-being and to manage performing with the most personal of instruments, their voices
