Vocal Pedagogy Print Resources

A representative list, compiled by the Music Entrepreneurship & Career Center, December 2013

General

Reading Lists

Adventures in Singing
Clifton Ware (2006)

Vocal Pedagogy Reading List

By Dr. Stanley Cornett for his Pedagogy course

The Art of Singing

Jennifer Hamady (2009)

Books by voice teacher Richard Miller

Basics of Singing
Jan Schmidt (2007)
Complete Handbook of Voice Training
Richard Alderson (1979)
The Diagnosis & Correction of Vocal Faults
James C. McKinney (1994)
Dynamics of the Singing Voice
Meribeth Bunch Dayme (2009)
The Functional Unity of the Singing Voice
Barbara M. Doscher (2nd ed., 1994)
Learning to Sing
Jennifer Hamady (2009)
Principles of Voice Production
Ingo Titze (1994)
The Private Voice Studio Handbook
Joan Frey Boytim (Hal Leonard 2003)

Singing: The Mechanism and the Technic

William Vennard (1967)
Singing and Imagination
Thomas Hemsley (1998)
Singing and Teaching Singing
Janice L. Chapman (2006)
The Science of Vocal Pedagogy
Dudley Ralph Appleman (1967)
Vocal Technique
Julia Davids & Stephen LaTour (2012)

Singers.com: Instructional Materials for Singers

The Male Voice

The Baritone Voice
Anthony Frisell (2007)
Securing Baritone, Bass-Baritone, Bass Voices
Richard Miller (2008)
The Tenor Voice
Anthony Frisell (2007)

The Female Voice

The Soprano Voice
Anthony Frisell (2010)
Training Soprano Voices
Richard Miller (2000)

Textbooks
Basics of Vocal Pedagogy
Clifton Ware (1997)
The Estelle Liebling Vocal Course Books
Soprano | Mezzo/Contralto | Tenor |
Baritone/Bass-Baritone/Bass
The New Voice Pedagogy
Marilee David (1995)
On Studying Singing
Sergius Kagen (1960)
Your Voice: An Inside View
Scott McCoy & Lucinda Halstead (2012)

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Historical Pedagogy

Pop/Rock

Bel Canto: A History of Vocal Pedagogy

James Stark (2003)

The Contemporary Singer (Berklee Guide)

Anne Peckham (2010)

Hints on Singing
Manuel Garcia (1894)

Vocal Technique - Guide to Finding Your Real

Voice
Dena Murray (2002)

How to Sing
Lilli Lehman (1902)
Singing in the 20th Century: A Recollection
James D. Deer (2005)
A Spectrum of Voices
Elizabeth Blades-Zeller (2002)

Anatomy

The Complete Vocal Workout

Roger Kain (2006)
Vocal Workouts for the Contemporary Singer
Anne Peckham (2005)

Jazz
Technique/Pedagogy

Anatomy of Breathing
Blandine Calais-Germain (2006)

The Jazz Singers Handbook (w/backing CD)

Michele Weir (2005)

Vocal Parts Anatomical Chart

Singing Jazz: The Singers and Their Styles

Bruce Crowther & Mike Pinfold (1998)

Opera

The Complete Guide to Teaching Vocal Jazz

Dr. Stephen Zegree (2002)

Bel Canto: Theoretical and Practical Vocal

Method
Mathilde Marchesi (1970)
Bel Canto Masters Study Series
List of guides to bel canto singing

Improvisation
Vocal Improvisation (Jazz, R&B & Gospel)
Gabrielle Goodman (2010)

Carusos Method of Voice Production

P.M. Marafioti (2010)

Scat! Vocal Improvisation Techniques

Bob Stoloff (1998)

The Four Voices of Man

Jerome Hines (2004)

Children & Youth

Great Singers on Great Singing

Jerome Hines (2004)

Singing Lessons for Little Singers

Gregory Blankenbehler (2012)

The Technics of Bel Canto

Giovanni Battista Lamperti (2012)

Singing Lessons for Little Singers - Beginner

Series
Gregory Blankenbehler (2012)

Musical Theater

Teaching Beginners
Paul Harris (2008)

One Voice: Integrating Singing Technique

Joan Melton & Kenneth Tom (2012)
Singing in Musical Theatre
Joan Melton (2007)
Singing for Musicals: A Practical Guide
Millie Taylor (2008)

Teaching Kids to Sing (Exercise Cards)

Kenneth H. Phillips (1994)
Singers.com: Teaching Kids to Sing
List of books, scores, videos and more

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