Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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978-1-5381-0768-3 • Hardback • April 2018 • $111.00 • (£85.00)
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SAMUEL H. NELSON is a graduate of the Toronto Professional Feldenkrais Training Program (1987). He has offered Awareness Through Movement classes to the public since 1985. He held a seminar on the Feldenkrais Method each semester at the Eastman School of Music for many years and has presented seminars at music schools in Indiana, Ohio, and Virginia. Nelson also presented workshops for musicians at several area high schools, as well as for physical therapists and equestrians. He has a private practice in Rochester, New York.
ELIZABETH BLADES holds both doctor of Musical Arts and masters of Music degrees from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY. She is currently adjunct associate professor of Music at Shenandoah University in Winchester, VA. Previous appointments were at Heidelberg University (Tiffin, OH) where she served as associate professor of Music, coordinator of Vocal Studies and director of Opera; and as a visiting professor of Music at Nazareth College, Rochester, NY.
Chapter 1: Overview
Chapter 2: Kinesthetic Imagination
Chapter 3: Control and Letting Go
Chapter 4: Neuroplasticity
Chapter 5: Intentionality and Effort
Chapter 6: The Base of Support
Chapter 7: Pelvic Power
Chapter 8: Breathing
Chapter 9: Upper Trunk Flexibility
Chapter 10: Shoulder Girdle and Arms
Chapter 11: Head and Neck
Chapter 12: Hands and Mouth
Chapter 13: The Eyes
Chapter 14: Pedagogical Uses for This Volume
Appendix A: Functional Integration
Appendix B: The Effects of Feldenkrais Work on the Singer's Voice As Documented By Spectrographic Analysis
Appendix C
The authors’ specialized backgrounds allow them to masterfully apply the Feldenkrais Method to the physical needs of singers. Singing with Your Whole Self, therefore, acts as both textbook and workbook, providing information alongside exercises. It demonstrates that when science and practice merge, and when dedicated practitioners continue to explore, old practices can be enhanced by modern understandings.
— Classical Singer Magazine
The second edition of Singing with Your Whole Self offers several elegant and effective updates. The ingenious presentation of Awareness Through Movement lessons in short modules is retained, and several new and imaginative lessons have been added. An exciting chapter on neuroplasticity and learning will help any singer harness this human superpower in service of beautiful and expressive singing. A resource to bring vocal pedagogy into the modern age!
— MaryBeth Davidson Smith, Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner, The Feldenkrais Center of Houston