Voice and Identity

Voice and Identity draws from the knowledge and expertise of leading figures to explore the evolving nature of voice training in the performing arts. The authors look through both practical and theoretical lenses as they connect voice studies to equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging, and to gender and gender diversity.

Autorentext

Rockford Sansom, PhD, is a voice teacher and communication coach. For seven years, he was the Editor of the Voice and Speech Review. His book publications include The History of Voice Pedagogy, Vocal Traditions, and Voice Work: Art and Science in Changing Voices (2nd ed).

Klappentext

Voice and Identity draws from the knowledge and expertise of leading figures to explore the evolving nature of voice training in the performing arts. The authors look through both practical and theoretical lenses as they connect voice studies to equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging, and to gender and gender diversity.

Inhalt

Introduction: Voice and Identity 1. Best Practices for Vocal Pedagogy with Gender Diverse People 2. An Interdisciplinary Approach to Gender Affirming Voice Training 3. Avoiding Vocal Blackface: Combating Identity-Ignorant Practices of Stereotyping Voices for Entertainment 4. Practicing Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging in the Singing Voice Studio 5. To T or Not to T: The Transmasculine Singing Voice on Hormone Replacement Therapy 6. Estill Voice Training and the Gender Non-binary Singer 7. Finding Grace: A Singing Teacher's Journey with Her First Transgender Student 8. Strategies for Guiding Actors' Accent and Linguistic Needs in the Twenty-First Century 9. Accent and Language Training for the Indigenous Performer: Results of Four Focus Groups 10. Coaching Asian Actors and Asian Accents with Cultural Sensitivity 11. Voice Praxis: Social Positionality in UK Spoken Word Practice 12. Toward Intervocality: Linklater, the Body, and Contemporary Feminist Theory 13. Vox Populi, Vox Dei (The Voice of the People is the Voice of God)