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Book Description
Designed for college singing or voice studio courses, SIMPLY SINGING provides up-to-date technical and scientific information, as well as insights into the real world of the stage performer. The book is divided into three parts -- "Technique" chapters that ground students in the basics of singing, "Performance" chapters that offer practical suggestions for applying these basics, and an extensive "Song Anthology." Each chapter ends with a list of "Helpful Hints" and exercises, enabling the student to immediately put into practice what they have just learned.
About the Author
Hedley Nosworthy is Professor of Music at El Camino College, Torrance, CA. He has been teaching Voice for 25 years. His own career included leading tenor Opera roles both in Europe and the United States, considerable Musical Theater, Oratorio, and Concert experience, and numerous recitals. His students are international competition winners, Grammy award winners, professional Opera, Concert, Broadway, and Jazz, Rock, Rhythm and Blues, Heavy Metal, and religious music singers. He spent almost six years studying with William Vennard on the Graduate and Post-Graduate levels at the University of Southern California. Peter Summers earned both Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees in English Literature from Cambridge University and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Film from the University of California, Los Angeles. A published author and successful screenwriter, he has worked in post-production for many major Hollywood films including "Gladiator," "Saving Private Ryan," and "Star Wars Episode II."
Simply Singing (with CD),Hedley Nosworthy,Peter Summers,Wadsworth Publishing,0534623344,General,Instruction & Study - Voice,Music,Music / General
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