Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 250
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Trim: 7¼ x 10¼
978-1-5381-0988-5 • Hardback • November 2019 • $117.00 • (£90.00)
978-1-5381-0989-2 • Paperback • October 2019 • $51.00 • (£39.00)
978-1-5381-0990-8 • eBook • October 2019 • $48.50 • (£37.00)
CLAUDIA FRIEDLANDER is a voice teacher and fitness expert based in New York City. She has presented workshops for the Voice Foundation and the Performing Arts Medicine Association and has been an invited panelist for OPERA America. Her students have performed on Broadway and at leading opera houses, including the Santa Fe Opera and the Metropolitan Opera. She is the author of the monthly column “Musings on Mechanics” in Classical SingerMagazine and writes “The Liberated Voice,” a widely read and cited blog on vocal technique and fitness. In 2008, she joined the faculty of the Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall, where she oversees the application process for with Joyce DiDonato’s annual master class series. Her first book, Complete Vocal Fitness: A Singer’s Guide to Physical Training,Anatomy, and Biomechanics, was published in 2018.
Forward by Joyce DiDonato
Preface: Why Do You Sing?
Acknowledgments
Introduction: A Lifelong Journey
PART ONE: Learning the Craft
Chapter 1: The Complete Package
Chapter 2: Training Programs
Chapter 3: Technique
Chapter 4: Musicianship
Chapter 5: Languages and Diction
Chapter 6: Dramatic Interpretation
Chapter 7: Choosing Audition Repertoire
Chapter 8: Audition Preparation, Technique and Etiquette
Chapter 9: Performance Opportunities
Chapter 10: Investing in Your Training
PART TWO: The Apprenticeship Phase
Chapter 11: Resident Artist Programs
Chapter 12: Promotional Materials
Chapter 13: Public Master Classes
Chapter 14: Competitions
Chapter 15: Keeping Afloat
PART THREE: Going Pro
Chapter 16: From Contract to Closing Night: The Opera Singer at Work
Chapter 17: Crafting Your Public Persona
Chapter 18: Management
Chapter 19: Choose Your Own Adventure
Chapter 20: Running Your Business
Conclusion: A Lifetime of Song
We need YOUR singular, authentic, unleashed voice in this mad world. This book is here to encourage you to find YOUR way, in YOUR time, with YOUR voice... and to make clear the practical path so you can walk it in all your unadulterated glory! (From the Foreword)— Joyce DiDonato, multi Grammy Award-winning mezzo-soprano
Claudia Friedlander has created a relevant and comprehensive resource that provides helpful guidance to empower singers in the pursuit of the careers they create and envision for themselves today. A must-have resource for the library of every singer or teacher.
— Allen Henderson, executive director, National Association of Teachers of Singing; professor of voice, Georgia Southern University
I want to hand every aspiring singer this book. With a mass of information based on refined expertise and real-life experiences, this resource makes easier the daunting journey that singers embark upon when starting their career. This is exactly what the singing world of today needs. Brava! — Lucas Meachem, Grammy Award-winning baritone
The Singer’s Audition & Career Handbook presents the realities of the business through a text that is both informative and encouraging, providing direction and guideposts to hopeful career-track singers.
— Classical Singer Magazine