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Singing and the Actor Experience (SATA)...
Welcome to the 'Singing and the Actor' experience. On these pages
you will be able to find out more about the process of training
voices for singing in the theatre.
STOP PRESS: November 2009: The
Singing and the Actor 2nd edition, which had
sold out - again, is now back in stock. You can order the book and
the accompanying Audio Guide by clicking on the
Vocal Process Products link here.
Singing and the
Actor Training is three days of
intensive training, and the only course based on the techniques in
the book with personal input from Gillyanne and Jeremy on
your voice. Read a detailed description of the
Singing and the
Actor Training here, or download the
SATA brochure
here.
The next Advanced
Singing and the Actor Training course will take place in 2010, venue
to be confirmed. This course is exclusive to those who have
completed Singing and the Actor Training. We will upload the dates onto our
Forthcoming Courses page as soon as we have them.
This year we have
created two new training DVDs using footage from the Singing and the
Actor Training course.
Constriction and Release - The Techniques shows the exact
process you need to follow to gain control of the false vocal folds
- enabling you to keep your throat open even in the most challenging
vocal circumstances.
Nasality and the Soft Palate helps you conquer the problems of
nasality in your singing and speaking, and gives you fine control
over your soft palate.
We have added a
discography to the site with
specific examples of the voice qualities discussed in Chapter 12 of
Singing and the Actor.
Vocal Process is an associate partner of Dress Circle, the oldest
specialist Musical Theatre shop in the world. Click on the CD covers
to go straight to the relevant CD on the Dress Circle website.
We have also created
a new Musical Store powered
by Amazon with hundreds of vocal scores, recommended books and
original cast recordings to choose from. You can find the Musical
Store in the products section of this site.
Further plans include sound files and spectrograms of the qualities and an audio
quiz - 'spot the voice quality'.
For now, here is a sample of things to come!
Gillyanne Kayes writes:
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"Singing and the Actor, now in its second edition, first came
out in January 2000. I firmly believe that it heralds a
different approach to vocal training, one that is appropriate
to actors, singer and dancers working in the theatre. |
This is not because I have anything against a classical singing
training, which can have enormous benefits. However, we need to
recognise that the goals of musical theatre (text based) are very
different from those of classical singing (voice based). In addition
to this, musical theatre is a relatively young and fast-evolving
genre. Those of us teaching in that genre need strategies that will
help us prepare performers for the varying demands of the
profession. Those doing the performing need to understand how to
move safely through material as diverse as "If I Loved You" through
"Defying Gravity" to "One Night Only".
Visit this section's testimonials
and reviews pages to discover what what people
have had to say about their experience of 'Singing and the Actor':
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