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Book Description
• Focuses on the relationship between voice training and acting

• Simple easy-to-follow exercises to strengthen the voice in just 10 minutes per day

• Revised and expanded edition includes new techniques

Chuck Jones, the leading expert on using the voice to convey character, explains his groundbreaking techniques clearly and concisely in this revised edition of a classic. First, Jones examines acting basics related to the voice: being heard, character choices, and power. Then he introduces daily exercises that release, stretch, and strengthen the voice, in order to increase the actor’s expressive range. For any actor who wants to grow and develop, Make Your Voice Heard offers powerful, practical tools for connecting the voice to emotions—and using the vocal instrument to create new levels of meaning. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

About the Author
Chuck Jones, a graduate of Cornell University, has taught at Playwrights Horizons Theater School, SUNY Purchase, California Institute of the Arts, and many other prestigious acting schools. He has fifteen years of professional acting credits on stage and the small screen. He lives in Kingston, NY. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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When I was teaching at the California Institute of the Arts, in Valencia, in the 1970s, I was surprised to find that many of my students thought they didn't need voice training because they intended to work in television and film. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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