1) "Singers Voice"
series http://www.caldwellpublishing.com (Search
for "Singer's Voice")
See an article that reviews these excellent materials in
detail in the Choral Journal, March 2004, "Seeing Vocal Pedagogy in a New
Light: What's New in Technology," by Don Simonson. CJ Volume 44: 3/04:37.
Caldwell,
R., & Wall, J. (2001). The Singer's Voice: Complete Set.
Redmond,
Washington: Caldwell Publishing, Pst ... Inc., Subsidiary.
ISBN: 1-877761-53-2
(VHS)/ 1-877761-29-X (DVD).
The 5-part Singer's Voice series guides singers through the
basic vocal pedagogy areas with clear animation. Each video investigates a
different subject area-from the anatomy of the vocal mechanism to the
principles behind resonance-and makes the complex ideas of good vocal technique
accessible to everyone.
*Any of the Singer's Voice videos may be augmented by a
teacher's pack that includes an 11"x17" full-color laminated poster,
handouts, exams, and the film script.
Caldwell,
R., & Wall, J. (1990). The Singer's Voice: Breath.
Redmond,
Washington: Caldwell Publishing, Pst ... Inc., Subsidiary.
ISBN: 1-877761-54-0
(VHS)/ 1-877761-30-3 (DVD).
Humans breathe in
and out nearly 22,000 times a day, wholly unconscious of the intricate
mechanisms driving this process. Breath lifts awareness of breathing from our
unconscious mind and settles it into the conscious.
Clear animation illustrates how the lungs, ribs,
diaphragm, and abdominal muscles work together and separately for optimum use of
breath for singing. This film allows teachers of any level to present the
principles of breathing technique in a shorter amount of time. Breath is
concise and easily understandable to appeal to multiple audiences.
*The Singer's Voice: Breath Teacher's Pack, which may be
purchased separately, contains a laminated poster, the video script, tests,
handouts, and labeled dividers to further save time for busy teachers.
Caldwell,
R., & Wall, J. (1991). The Singer's Voice: Vocal Folds.
Redmond,
Washington: Caldwell Publishing, Pt ... Inc., Subsidiary.
ISBN: 1-877761-55-9
(VHS)/ 1-877761-31-1 (DVD).
The two-part Vocal Folds film gives the viewer a solid
understanding of the anatomy of the vocal folds. Vocal Folds Part 1, the animated video, illustrates the
anatomical drive behind pitch, volume, and registration; it also reviews
detailed processes such as adduction, abduction, and the Bernoulli Effect. In Part
2: A Fiberoptic View of the Vocal Folds, the concepts from the animation are revealed in a
live-action film. A fiberoptic endoscope immerses the viewer inside a singer's
throat to see actual footage of the larynx and vocal folds at work.
*This wonderful teaching tool may be augmented by the Vocal
Folds Teacher's Pack,
which is sold separately. The Teacher's Pack contains the film script,
informative handouts, a test/worksheet, and an 11"x17" laminated,
full-color poster.
Caldwell,
R., & Wall, J. (1992). The Singer's Voice: Vocal Tract.
Redmond,
Washington: Caldwell Publishing, Pst ... Inc., Subsidiary.
ISBN: 1-877761-56-7
(VHS)/ 1-877761-32-X (DVD).
The Singer's Voice: The Vocal Tract video offers viewers actual MRI
footage of a performer's larynx as she sings. The MRI captures the different
shapes of her vocal tract and relates those shapes to the sounds she is
singing. Vocal Tract also illustrates the relevant anatomical parts as seen in detail in Breath and Vocal Folds by digitally enhancing the images
with colored animation.
*This wonderful film may be augmented by the Vocal Tract
Teacher's Pack,
which is sold separately. The Teacher's Pack contains the film script,
informative handouts, a test/worksheet, and an 11"x17" laminated,
full-color poster.
Caldwell,
R. (1995). The Singer's Voice: Resonance.
Redmond, Washington: Caldwell
Publishing, Pst ... Inc., Subsidiary.
ISBN: 1-877761-57-5 (VHS)/ 1-877761-33-8
(DVD).
The Singer's Voice: Resonance features spectacular
three-dimensional animation to translate this pedagogical construct into a
visual medium. When the principles of resonance are understood, singers can
penetrate deeper levels of technique and reach higher levels of artistry.
The Singer's Voice: Resonance addresses these concepts in a clear,
concise manner, through 3D animation, to make this film applicable to singers
of any skill level.
*This film may be augmented by the Resonance Teacher's
Pack, which is sold
separately. The Teacher's Pack contains the film script, informative handouts,
a test/worksheet, and an 11"x17" laminated, full-color poster.
Caldwell,
R. (2000). The Singer's Voice: The Human Voice.
Redmond, Washington:
Caldwell Publishing, Pst ... Inc., Subsidiary.
ISBN: 1-877761-90-7 (VHS)/
1-877761-77-X (DVD).
As in the other segments of The Singer's Voice, The Human
Voice presents clear
illustrations of complex ideas for easy teaching. The video features a brief
review of the anatomy and function of parts used for singing, an exploration of
the spectrum of partials, and an investigation of the source-filter theory.
These complex concepts are made infinitely more
understandable by the clear animation and insightful narration. More
importantly, The Human Voice helps students to understand that singing is more technical
than mere perceptions; it demystifies the science of singing. The film employs
the very latest in 3D animation technology for the best viewing and learning
experience.
Caldwell,
R. (2001). Teacher's Packs.
Redmond, Washington: Caldwell Publishing,
Pst ... Inc., Subsidiary.
ISBN: 1-877761-83-4.
The complete set of Teacher's Packs is a collection of tools to assist
educators teaching vocal technique to students of any level. This packet
includes a copy of the video script, informative handouts, a test/worksheets,
and an 11"x17" laminated, full-color poster featuring images from the
film. The packet comes 3-hole punched with labeled dividers, ideal for a
binder. We designed our teacher's packs specifically to save preparation time
for educators, often forced to hurry through the important concepts of vocal
technique. The Singer's Voice Teacher's Packs are sure to achieve this goal each
time you use them.
Caldwell,
R., & Wall, J. (2001). Beginning the Process.
Redmond, Washington:
Caldwell Publishing, Pst ... Inc., Subsidiary.
ISBN: 1-877761-16-8.
Beginning the Process is a guide to the process of teaching and learning
singing. This volume defines nine levels of excellence in singing and describes
how a singer can develop each level. It also features a detailed description of
the anatomy, physiology, acoustics, and aerodynamics of the voice, written
especially for singers who want to improve their technique and teachers who
wish to become more flexible educators.
Beginning the Process explores the art of teaching by using the stochastic
process. The authors define the multi-level processes that drive
educationÐprocesses that exercise the skills of great singing: accurate pitch
and rhythm, breath support, diction, resonance, phrasing, and meaningful
communication. The authors offer many techniques for teachers to help their
students make distinctions among the sensations they experience. When a student
can make these distinctions, their skill and flexibility will steadily improve.
Beginning the Process is an excellent companion to the
acclaimed video series, The Singer's Voice.
2) McCoy,
Scott. (2004).
Your
Voice: An Inside View. Acoustics, Resonance and Voice Analysis.
Princeton,
NJ, Published by the Author. CD-ROM
Available for Mac or PC. smccoy@rider.edu
See an article that reviews these excellent materials in
detail in the Choral Journal, March 2004, "Seeing Vocal Pedagogy in a New
Light: What's New in Technology," by Don Simonson. CJ Volume 44: 3/04:37.
Your
Voice: An Inside View. Voice Anatomy and Physiology.
Princeton, NJ,
Published by the Author. CD-ROM
Available for Mac or PC. smccoy@rider.edu
See an article that reviews these excellent materials in
detail in the Choral Journal, March 2004, "Seeing Vocal Pedagogy in a New
Light: What's New in Technology," by Don Simonson. CJ Volume 44: 3/04:37.
Anatomical Chart Company
http://anatomical.com
This top-of-the-line anatomical chart company has seven
pages of ear-nose-throat materials alone! Students learn anatomy in science
class - why not have posters relating to respiration, smoking, breathing, the
skeletal system and the muscular system hanging in your classroom, reinforcing
your science-based voice teaching?
Vocal Posters
http://www.vocalposters.com
A simple web site that offers two posters that can be
excellent resources for the choral classroom.
VOCAL
ANATOMY POSTER
An
artistic portrayal of the primary functions of the human voice as used in the
singing process. Includes diaphragmatic function, crico-thyroid tilt and vocal
fold adduction and abduction. Contains small, relevant ads. Full color, 24 x 17
inches.
VOCAL HEALTH POSTER
An
elegant poster designed for voice teachers to display on the walls of their
studios. Demonstrates many methods of vocal pampering and care. Also, suggests
vendors where the items discussed can be purchased. Artistic, fun and
informative! Full color, 24 X 17 inches.
ChoralNet Resource
http://www.choralnet.org
This standard search engine for the choral profession has
three links of interest to the choral musician seeking vocal information.
Click on the main web site, then click on the sub-heading
"Rehearsal" on the left side.
Once you are on the
"Rehearsal" site, you will see three vocal sub-headings;
VOCAL
PRODUCTION
VOCAL
PEDAGOGY
VOCAL
HEALTH.
Each of these sub-headings contain a number of additional
links. Some links are more helpful and complete than others, so it is best to
be diligent in your researching.
Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center - The Voice
Center
http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/VanderbiltBillWilkersonCenter/voicecenter.html
This website includes a very interesting article about the
role the Vanderbilt Voice Center plays in maintaining the vocal well-being of
many of America's most popular "hit" singers. See the article:
"The Voice Center: Music City's Not-So-Silent
Partner."
University of Pittsburgh Voice Center
http://www.upmc.edu/upmcvoice/
This excellent web-site has several helpful topics
for the choral musician.
Click "Voice Care Tips" at the top right for the following
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Guidelines For Singers
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Preventing Voice Disorders
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Voice Cold Care
Click
"Resources" at
the top right for the following
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Anatomy of the larynx
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Otolaryngology patient education factsheets
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Voice handicap index
The VoiceCare Network
http://www.csbsju.edu/voicecare/
The VoiceCare Network is a nonprofit educational
organization providing lifespan voice education for choral conductors, music
educators, singing teachers, singers and speech pathologists.
The VoiceCare Network has
presented courses of study on college-university campuses throughout the United
States. Our comprehensive Impact
Course is titled Lifespan Voice
Education in the Real World. The impact courses are practical,
hands-on, and oriented to solving real
problems of choral conducting, voice
teaching, and music education.
Personal Voice and Voice Health
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How Voices Are Made, "Wired," and "Played"
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Active Voice Exploration and Discovery in Small Groups
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Efficient, Healthy Release of Vocal Sound
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Efficient Breath-flow that Enables Vocal Release
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Body Balance and Alignment that Enables Breath-flow and Vocal
Release
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Resonation, Vowels, Vocal Range and Vocal Release
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Forming Consonants without Vocal Interference
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Voice Qualities and Musical Styles
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What Hurts Voices, How, and What Can Be Done
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How to Speak Extensively and Vigorously and Keep Your Voice
Healthy
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Releasing Your Relaxation Response
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The Design of Warm-ups for Athletic Voicing
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Daily Warm-ups
Conducting Gestures and Voice
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Inviting Efficient, Expressive Singing with Your Conducting Gestures
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Teaching Voice Skills Through Literature and Gesture
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Selecting Choral Music with Vocal Criteria
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Ear Cleaning: Listening to Healthy, Efficient Choral Sound
Teaching and Learning
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The Psychobiology of Memory, Learning, Behavior and Health
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Learning in Conscious Awareness and Outside Conscious Awareness
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They Choose to Sing Because They Love It: Human Compatible
Learning
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Human Antagonistic Learning: Hurt in Our Words and "Body Language"
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Facing the Fear-Monsters of Singing
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Teaching and Rehearsing in a Human Compatible Way
Child Voice
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Prenatal, Infant and Toddler Voice
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The Developing Voice
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Demonstration with Children: Teaching Voice Skills With Children
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Demonstration with Children: Teaching Voice Skills in Children's
Choirs
Male/Female Changing Voice
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Demonstration with Boys: Classifying and Cultivating Changing
Voices
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Understanding Female Adolescent Voice Change
Older Adult Voice
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The Effects of Physical Changes in Older Adult Voices: Seniors Can
Sing!
Group sessions in Alexander Technique are
offered daily. The Alexander Technique is a simple, practical method that
teaches you how to redirect unnecessary tension into useful energy. It
involves learning how to recognize and prevent unwanted movement patterns and
muscular holdings that interfere with our inherent vitality, expressiveness,
and grace. Upon completion of this
course, people become members of the Network. Network members are then
offered Continuing Courses, including Personal Voice Education and Conducting
Gestures and Voice. There is no continuing membership fee.
http://ncvs.shc.uiowa.edu/
The National Center for Voice and Speech, housed at the
Denver Center for the Performing Arts and the University of Iowa, was
conceptualized as a national resource center for research about voice and
speech. The web site is vast, scholarly, technical, and informative. You can
spend many hours examining the excellent materials on line.
For
example, click on "Information" on the top right, and you will find the
following:
Information for Singers
Science for Singers
Choose from the menu of short, single-topic voice
research columns . Dr. Ingo Titze wrote these columns in an easy conversational
style for those who - like he - are fascinated by that internal melody-maker
inside all of us.
These pieces originally appeared in The
Journal of Singing magazine, the official journal of the National Association of
Teachers of Singing. The NCVS gratefully acknowledges its editors for permission to
reproduce Dr. Titze's columns.
Top Vocal Warmups
for Singers
Just as a runner stretches the hamstrings and
lightly jogs before a race, a singer must adequately prepare for vocal
performance. This
exercise set describes both the exercise and how it gets to voice ready to
go.
What to Expect at
Your Voice Center Visit
Are you a singer visiting a voice center for the
first time? Knowing
what to expect will quell jitters stemming from the unexpected.
http://www.bgsm.edu/voice/
Over 200 pages of materials accessible on the web. Topics
include: About Voice Disorders, Image Gallery, Glossary of Terms, Reflux
& Voice Disorders, Diseases of the Larynx, Singers and Singing (Medicine in
the Vocal Arts, Biomechanics of the Singing Voice, A Conversation with
Natalie Costa, Bogart-Bacall Syndrome, The 10 Most Common Problems of Singers, Warming Up the Voice, Survival Tips for Choral Singers), Vocal Nodules and
Polyps, Spasmodic Dysphonia, Laryngoplastic Phonosurgery, and More.
Johns Hopkins Medical Institute Center for Laryngeal and Voice Disorders
http://www.med.jhu.edu/voice/
This website offers friendly information about anatomy and
vocal disorders. Simply click on the left side for the sub-headings you desire.
There are also a number of links on the link page.
Voiceproblem.org, The Voice Problem Website
http://www.voiceproblem.org/
Voiceproblem.org is brought to you by The Watergate Voice Foundation, a non-profit educational foundation funded through private sources. The Foundation's entire purpose is to support patients with voice disorders as they seek healing for the more complex, more intractable voice problems. Here, patients with voice disorders can find definitive information about voice function, maladies and treatments. Such information may be particularly valuable for such patients with complicated, long-standing voice disorders.
The Voice Problem Website asked six recognized voice experts and surgeons (including Dr. Robert Sataloff, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Voice Foundation) to structure, write, and edit the medical information in these pages. After several thousands of hours of effort, over approximately four years, the website was completed. it has been prepared and made available at no cost to the medical community and the general public, through the generosity and support of Mr. David Bradley.
III. Web-related Educational Resources
(not annotated)
Voice and Speech Lab at
the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
http://www.voicedisordercenter.meei.harvard.edu/
Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery at The University of Iowa
http://www.uihealthcare.com/depts/med/otolaryngology/voiceclinic.html
Mayo Clinic Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery
http://www.MayoClinic.com/findinformation/
http://www.mayoclinic.org/ent-rst/
VASTA: Web Links to Voice and Speech
http://www.vasta.org/weblinks.html
http://www.clevelandclinic.org/otol/
Texas Voice Center
http://www.texasvoicecenter.com/
Alexander Technique for Musicians
http://www.alexandercenter.com/pa/index.html
Sinus Care Center of Jackson
http://www.sinuscarecenter.com/
The Milton J. Dance, Jr.,
Head and Neck Rehabilitation Center
http://www.gbmc.org/voice/links.cfm
Vocalist.UK Voice Web sites
http://www.vocalist.org.uk/vocal_health_links.html
IV. GERD (reflux) in general (among many such sites)
About Gerd
http://www.aboutgerd.org
GERD information Center
http://www.gerd.com/
National
Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse (NDDIC)
http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/gerd/
San Diego
Center for Voice and Swallowing
http://www.sandiegovoice.org/gerd.html
V. GERD AND SINGERS
(There are many websites
with information about GERD and singers)
Gerd and Opera Singing - Healthy Lifechoices
Vocal Survival Techniques: Gastroesophageal Reflux
http://www.ent-consult.com/loedingger.html
How to Protect Your Voice
http://vanderbiltowc.wellsource.com/dh/Content.asp?ID=1526
Heartburn and harmony
http://gerd.msn.com/article.aspx?aid=16
Worsening
of gastroesophageal reflux symptoms in professional singers during
performances.
VI. Voice Care and Clinics in Wisconsin:
Medical College of Wisconsin Voice Center
Milwaukee, WI
http://www.mcw.edu/oto/index.html
Dr.
Albert Merati, MD
Assistant
Professor, Chief of the Division of Laryngology
Director
of the Center for Communication & Swallowing Disorders
Department
of Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences
http://www.mcw.edu/oto/merati-a.htm
University of
Wisconsin Voice Disorders Clinic
Madison, WI
http://www.otoweb.org/clinics_folder/voice_clinic_folder/voice_home.htm
http://www.otoweb.org/edu_resources_folder/edu_resources.htm