What does it take to be a musical theater performer? What kind of training is required to do eight shows a week - acting dancing and singing in a wide variety of vocal styles? This insider's look into the unique demands of musical theatre performance establishes connecting links between voice training for the singer and drama school training for the actor.
By reading these revealing interviews performers can discover what it takes to go from a first lesson to a solid professional technique consider the requirements for singers in musical theatre today how they have changed and where they are going see how different teachers approach six aspects of voice training: alignment breathing range resonance articulation and connection understand the incorrectedness of musical theatre and theatre voice.
"Joan Melton's interviews with some of the top teachers of singing
for musical theatre today are a delight: full of insights and information
from around the globe which will be of value to any voice teacher working
with actors or singers." David Carey Senior Voice Tutor Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts London
