With a Song in My Psyche: On the Psychology of Singing and Teaching Singing [Paperback]

Pearl Shinn Wormhoudt (Author)

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With a Song in My Psyche studies the psychology of singing and teaching singing. It describes the musical brain, the singer's mind/body interaction, the crucial early musical development, the adolescent singer, gender factors, psychology of performance, and the psychological basis for attaining greater artistry. In these descriptions, a number of psychologically motivated factors are explored that lead either to poor singing or to excellent healthy singing: personality, temperament, managing the singer's life-style, building a character, perfectionism, performance anxiety, motivation, memorizing, breathing, stage movement, body messages, body image, timing, musical and poetic meanings, self-image, confidence, concentration, consistency, creativity.

About the Author

Pearl Shinn Wormhoudt, Professor Emerita William Penn University, and Honorary Life Member National Association of Teachers of Singing, has spent her life in the arts, as a singer, teacher of singers, teacher of teachers of singers. In New York, she studied voice with Paola Novikova, teacher of international singers. Studies and some teaching in sculpture, ceramics, design, drama, dance, and a Columbia University M.A., gave her a broad feeling for the psychology of performance and creativity. She has been teaching voice, and studying its psychology, for over forty years. The author can be reached at [e-mail].

Product Details

• Paperback: 202 pages
• Publisher: Xlibris (April 30, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1401040942
• ISBN-13: 978-1401040949
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #341,505 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Applicable principles, November 23, 2009

By	Norman Lacasse (Ft Lauderdale, FL) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: With a Song in My Psyche: On the Psychology of Singing and Teaching Singing (Paperback)

The principles shared in her book are applicable to many careers. I like when she says " Singing is an ultimate expression of humanity's living, loving, thinking, striving in this mysterious awesome universe. "