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Singing: Personal and Performance Values in Training (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781780460062)
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xWhat is it in singing that makes for high quality, deeply moving performances? Quality and depth, vocal stability, and stamina all depend on firm foundations being laid at the outset of a singer's development. The key to truly effective procedures of serious voice training and the best model of singers' education is the recognition and understanding of the unique nature of the singing instrument.
Compared with other musicians, a singer begins serious study relatively late. Even at institutions of higher education a singer begins work with only a partially formed instrument. It is development of this most personal instrument that forms the focus of Peter T. Harrison's book. These factors are among those that present the complex challenges for singers that are unique in the musical training world. They also give rise to searching ethical questions.
To date no science or methodology has been able to prevent a growing existential crisis regarding what the author perceives to be declining standards and values in both training and performance. The author maintains that, while the primary responsibility for setting standards and effective curricula lies with the musical institutions, what constitutes excellence in singing, and what is required to achieve it, are in urgent need of clarification. He proposes a progressive training model that arises logically from holistic principles.
A sequel to The Human Nature of the Singing Voice, in which the author explored a holistic basis for teaching and learning this is a challenging book, addressed to all those who have responsibility for singers' voices, not least singers themselves. In so doing Peter T. Harrison addresses substantial ethical issues.
Author: Peter T. Harrison
ISBN-10: 1780460066
ISBN-13: 9781780460062
Publisher: Dunedin Academic Press
Language: English
Published: 11/14/2013
Pages: 263
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d
Review Citation(s):
Choice 12/01/2014 pg. 620
Compared with other musicians, a singer begins serious study relatively late. Even at institutions of higher education a singer begins work with only a partially formed instrument. It is development of this most personal instrument that forms the focus of Peter T. Harrison's book. These factors are among those that present the complex challenges for singers that are unique in the musical training world. They also give rise to searching ethical questions.
To date no science or methodology has been able to prevent a growing existential crisis regarding what the author perceives to be declining standards and values in both training and performance. The author maintains that, while the primary responsibility for setting standards and effective curricula lies with the musical institutions, what constitutes excellence in singing, and what is required to achieve it, are in urgent need of clarification. He proposes a progressive training model that arises logically from holistic principles.
A sequel to The Human Nature of the Singing Voice, in which the author explored a holistic basis for teaching and learning this is a challenging book, addressed to all those who have responsibility for singers' voices, not least singers themselves. In so doing Peter T. Harrison addresses substantial ethical issues.
Author: Peter T. Harrison
ISBN-10: 1780460066
ISBN-13: 9781780460062
Publisher: Dunedin Academic Press
Language: English
Published: 11/14/2013
Pages: 263
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d
Review Citation(s):
Choice 12/01/2014 pg. 620
By Peter T. Harrison
xPeter T Harrison developed an early interest in vocal pedagogy and has taught for the Royal Academy, the London Opera Centre and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Peter was also an advisor to the British Voice Association when it began as the Voice Research Society in 1986. For some 40 years he has conducted workshops around the world for singers and, more recently, for their teachers. As a writer and freelance teacher, Peter T. Harrison now divides his time between studios in Amsterdam and the Iberian Peninsula.
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