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0155133543 978-0155133549 December 1999 Pap/Cas

Voice: Onstage and Off is a comprehensive guide to the process of building, mastering, and fine-tuning the voice for performance. Every aspect of vocal work is covered, from the initial speech impulse and the creation of sound, right through to refining the final product in different types of performance. This highly adaptable course of study empowers performers of all levels to combine and evolve their onstage and offstage voices.

This second edition is extensively illustrated and accompanied by an all-new website, full of audio and text resources, including:

  • Extensive teacher guides including sample syllabi, scheduling options, and ways of adapting to varying academic environments and teaching circumstances.
  • Downloadable forms to help reproduce the book’s exercises in the classroom and for students to engage with their own vocal development outside of lessons.
  • Audio recordings of all exercises featured in the book.
  • Examples of Voiceover Demos, including both scripts and audio recordings.
  • Links to useful web resources, for further study.

Four mentors - the voice chef, the voice coach, the voice shrink and the voice doctor - are on hand throughout the book and the website to ensure a holistic approach to voice training. The authors also provide an authoritative survey of US and UK vocal training methods, helping readers to make informed choices about their study.

--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.


Editorial Reviews

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'I do not know of a more comprehensive book on the subject'

- Beth McGuire, Yale School of Drama

'...excellent resource and should ofer superb value to the field for a long time to come.'

- Jane Boston, Central School of Speech and Drama, UK

'...a book that practically teaches by itself. Comprehensive and easily accessible...'

- from Voice and Speech Training in the New Millennium, Conversations with Master Teachers by Nancy Saklad

--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

About the Author

Robert Barton is professor emeritus of acting at the University of Oregon. He is the author of Style for Actors, Acting: Onstage and Off, Acting Reframes, and co-author of Theatre in Your Life and Life Themes (both with Annie McGregor).  He has been honored as Outstanding Acting Coach by the American College Theatre Festival and writes a column "Many Right Ways" for The Voice and Speech Review.  

Rocco Dal Vera is a professor of drama at the University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music, specialising in theatre voice and speech with particular interest in voice and emotion. He is co author of Acting in Musical Theatre (with Joe Deer, Routledge, 2008), columnist for Dramatics Magazine and Teaching Theatre, and founding editor of the Voice and Speech Review.

--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

  • Paperback
  • Publisher: Harcourt; Pap/Cas edition (December 1999)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0155133543
  • ISBN-13: 978-0155133549
  • Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 1.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,577,488 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Robert has acted in most of the plays of Shakespeare and has directed half of them. He is professor emeritus in acting at the University of Oregon. He is the author of the books Acting: Onstage and Off (now in its 6th edition), Voice: Onstage and Off, with Rocco Dal Vera, Theatre in Your Life and Life Themes, with Annie McGregor, and Style for Actors (all in recent 2nd editions). His newest text is Acting Reframes: Using NLP to Make Better Decisions in and out of the Theatre. Robert has been the recipient of the theatre associations best book and outstanding acting coach awards. His column "Many Right Ways" appears in each edition of The Voice and Speech Review.

 

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific Book, April 2, 2008
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Lucy (Laramie, WY United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Voice: Onstage and Off (Hardcover)
I really like this book and I currently require it for my students in my speech classes. As a theatre professor, I've used many texts over the years and this seems the most practical and engaging. My one recommendation would be to purchase the CD that comes with it.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars I have read this book and also being trained by Rocco, April 18, 2000
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Edward Hodge (Cincinnati Ohio) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Voice: Onstage and Off (Hardcover)
This is an excellent book for every actor, performer, singer, theme park actor, or anyone doing outdoor stock! The book easly explains all aspects of the voice, problems , fixes and fundimentals of english language. Also the book does an excellent job teaching Phonetics. Rocco is now currently teaching at Unversity of Cincinnati College Conservitory of Music. He is a valuable addition to the OMDA division , and his pro active thinking is changing the department to make a more educated and hirable actor. If you dont have the chance to work with rocco this book is the next best thing !
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