Music Makers: A Guide to Singing in a Chorus or Choir with a Short History of Choral Music

by Gerald G. Hotchkiss

Overview

In the film "De-Lovely," Cole Porter admonishes the chorus of "Kiss Me Kate" to snap out their consonants. This book is not only about consonants, but also about vowels, breathing, round sounds and head tones--just a few of the many techniques discussed that will improve your singing in a choir or chorus or any group. It is written with the amateur in mind, but it is just as valuable for the professional. A brief history of choral singing from prehistory to the 21st Century is included.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781611394900
Publisher:	Sunstone Press
Publication date:	05/15/2005
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	108
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

GERALD G. HOTCHKISS has sung in Christian and Jewish choirs, choruses, in octets, quartets, duets, barbershop, madrigals and Broadway reviews under many of the finest conductors in the United States as an amateur for more than sixty years. He is also the author of "Life Begins at Seventy" and the children's books "Emily in Khara Koto," "Claire at the Crocker Farm," and "Zoe and the Pirate Ship Revenge," all from Sunstone Press.