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Book SynopsisSo You Want to Sing CCM (Contemporary Commercial Music) presents a compendium of approaches to non-classical singing with an emphasis on vocal technique and function. Over the past twenty years, approaches to singing CCM have exploded, resulting in many schools of technique. So You Want to Sing CCM is the first book to bring these trademarked methods—such as Estill Voice Training™, Somatic Voicework™, Complete Vocal Technique™, Voiceworks™, and the Vocal Power Method™—together in a single volume. So You Want to Sing CCM opens the reader to the vast world of contemporary commercial music through the teachings of the world’s best-known practicing CCM pedagogues. Supplemental chapters by Matthew Edwards, Darren Wicks, and editor Matthew Hoch offer additional commentary on CCM history and pedagogy while chapters by Scott McCoy, Wendy LeBorgne, and Matthew Edwards investigate voice science, vocal health, and audio enhancement technology. The So You Want to Sing series is produced in partnership with the National Association of Teachers of Singing. Like all books in the series, So You Want to Sing CCM features online supplemental material. Please visit www.nats.org to access style-specific exercises, audio and video files, and additional resources
Trade ReviewThis book is a testament to the pedagogues whose early work and ongoing efforts have made a lasting impact on voice teaching. . . . While every book in the So You Want to Sing series has made an important contribution to the available literature in vocal instruction, So You Want to Sing CCM may be the series most significant volume to date. Hoch is to be credited for compiling a volume that shares and compares information from so many of CCM’s most seminal figures. (Brian Manternach, Classical Singer) * Classical Singer Magazine *
Step into the studios of twelve fantastic CCM pioneers for a revelation of the most current pedagogy: laryngeal level, resonance strategies, acoustics, vocal tract shape, registration, support, and vocal health. . . an inspiring breadth and depth of knowledge and experience. -- Karen Brunssen, NATS president-elect, Bienen School of Music, Northwestern University
Voice teachers and coaches –here is a ‘must’ for your bookshelf. This engaging history of CCM singing and its pedagogical development includes valuable advice and teaching philosophies from passionate, pioneering CCM instructors from around the globe. -- Linda J. Snyder, president, National Association of Teachers of Singing (2016-2018)
Table of ContentsPart I – Contemporary Commercial Music: An Introduction Chapter 1: CCM Pedagogy: The Pioneering Generation, Matthew Hoch Chapter 2: CCM versus Music Theater: A Comparison, Matthew Edwards Chapter 3: Singing and Voice Science, Scott McCoy Chapter 4: Vocal Health and the CCM Singer, Wendy LeBorgne Chapter 5: Using Audio Enhancement Technology, Matthew Edwards Part II – Profiles of Twelve CCM Pedagogues Chapter 6: Katie Agresta, New York, New York Chapter 7: Irene Bartlett, Brisbane, Australia Chapter 8: Robert Edwin, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Chapter 9: Elisabeth Howard, Chicago, Illinois Chapter 10: Joan Lader, New York, New York Chapter 11: Jeannette LoVetri, New York, New York Chapter 12: Mark Meylan, London, United Kingdom Chapter 13: Lisa Popeil, Los Angeles, California Chapter 14: David Sabella, New York, New York Chapter 15: Cathrine Sadolin, Copenhagen, Denmark Chapter 16: Mary Saunders Barton, State College, Pennsylvania Chapter 17: Daniel Zangger Borch, Stockholm, Sweden Part III – Contemporary Commercial Music: Past, Present, and Future Chapter 18: Effortless Singing: SLS™ and Its Influence, Darren Wicks Chapter 19: Why It’s Time to Add CCM to Your Studio, Matthew Edwards Chapter 20: The Future of CCM Pedagogy, Matthew Hoch
