The voice in violence : and other contemporary issues in professional voice and speech training / presented by The voice and speech review ; edited by Rocco Dal Vera.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dal Vera, Rocco.

Voice and Speech Trainers Association.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Voice culture.

Acting.

Stage combat.

Physical Description:

336 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

Cincinnati, OH : Voice and Speech Trainers Association ; [New York] : Distributor, Applause Books, [2001]

Summary:

This collection from the Voice and Speech Trainers Association (VASTA) focuses on the voice in staged violence, and contains 63 articles, essays and interviews on a wide variety of professional concerns.

Contents:

Letter from the Editor: Teaching Violence / Rocco Dal Vera 2

Vocal Production, Voice Related Movement Studies

Introduction to the Papers on Voice in Violence / Marth Munro 14

An Interview with Bonnie Raphael / Ursula Meyer 16

Staged Violence: Greater then the Sum of Its Parts / Bonnie Raphael 22

Some Personal Discoveries Regarding Vocal Use in Stage Combat / Lise Olson 30

Orchestrating the Music of the Fight / Elizabeth Wiley, Marth Munro, Allan Munro 34

Neglected and Abused: Domestic Violence / Michelle Ladd 38

Six Poems on the Theme of Domestic Violence / Jan Gist 39

The Voice in Heightened Affective States / Rocco Dal Vera 50

To Train and Test the Voice in Violence / Karen S. Ryker 66

The Performance Scream: Vocal Use or Abuse? / Kate Ufema, Douglas W. Montequin 74

Voice and Choreography of Staged Violence: a Survey / Matt Harding 87

Voicing the Visceral: An Interview with Erik Fredericksen and k. Jenny Jones / Marie-Heleen Coetzee 95

Voice/Combat Conversation / Marya Lowry, Robert Walsh 105

"I'm a Singer, not a Fighter" / James Newcomb, Ursula Meyer 111

Looping: The Voice of Violence on Film / Rocco Dal Vera 113

Voices from Around the World: Kevin Crawford / Marth Munro 118

Ethics, Standards and Practices

Credit Where Credit is Due / Marian Hampton 120

The Cultural Voice: An Interview with Danny Hoch / Stan Brown 124

To Refer or Not to Refer / Kate DeVore 129

The Vocal Overdoer Syndrome / Robert Bastian, MD 135

Pedagogy and Coaching

Applying Theories of Learning Styles and Modalities to the Teaching of Voice and Speech, Part Two / Kathryn Maes 140

Many "Right" Ways: Honoring diverse teaching and learning modes / Robert Barton 145

Earning the Role: the Company Voice Coach, an Interview with Andrew Wade / Eric Armstrong 148

You've Got to be a Chameleon: Interviews with Leading Vocal Coaches / Rena Cook 155

Language-Based Voice Development / Rod Menzies 169

Rough Eloquence: Voice Training for Young People / Lyn Darnley 177

An Outcomes-Based Approach for the Optimal Development of the Adolescent Voice / Yvette Hardie 186

Pronunciation, Phonetics, Dialect/Accent Studies

The Theatre of Theatre Voice / Liz Mills, introduction by Jacqueline Martin 203

Vocal Clarity in the Outdoor Theatre / Kate Foy, Paul Meier 210

Voices from the Past: Sir Richard Paget 1869-1955 / Louis Colaianni, Donald Cooper 223

Heightened Text, Verse and Scansion

Rhetoric Revisited / Jacqueline Martin 229

Teaching Shakespeare Language Skills / Wesley Van Tassel 231

Voice and Speech Science, Vocal Health

Some Thoughts on VASTA / Ronald C. Scherer 240

To Smoke or Not to Smoke... / Joseph Stemple 244

The Impact of Pollution on the Voice / Robert T. Sataloff 247

Potential Adverse Effects of Herbs and Vitamins on Voice and Speech / Jeffrey P. Searl 254

Private Studio Practice

Outside the Ivy Walls: A Meaningful Past that Looks Toward the Future / Jack Horton 269

On the Focus Point: The Next Generation / Lissa Tyler Renaud 271

The Communication Needs of Medical Practitioners: The Application of Voice Training to a Non-Theatre Based Context / Lorraine Merritt, John Lohrey 276

Building Up Your Business Clientele / Ginny Kopf 283

Singing

Journal 2001 / Dorothy Runk Mennen 292

From Here to There: Becoming a Voice Specialist / Linda Carroll 294

A Cross-Cultural Examination of Breath and Sound Production in Pansori / Tara McAllister-Viel 297

Sing Better, Work More: Integrating Singing Technique into Theatre Voice Training / Joan Melton 312

Bodymind & voice / Pamela Prather 316

Accents: A Manual for Actors / Patty Raun 317

Make Your Voice Heard / Judylee Vivier 318

Shakespeare's Names: A Pronouncing Dictionary / Krista Scott 319

Voice Handbook: workshops from the DCPA / Deena Burke 321

Breathing: The Source of Life / Ruth Rootberg 322

Twelfth Night / Joan Melton 324

Old Money / Lynn Watson 327

An Interview with Mark Harelick / Lynn Watson 329

Selected Thesis Abstracts / Mandy Rees 333

Selected Abstracts on the Theme of the Voice in Violence / Marlene Johnson 336.

Notes:

"A publication of the Voice & Speech Trainers Association"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1557834970

OCLC:

48477611