Power Performance Singers C

by Alma Thomas and Shirlee Emmons

Book Overview

To perform well in today's highly competitive world where technical skills have been advanced to an unprecedented degree, a singer must be able to handle incredible pressure within the performing arena; his or her ability to deal with this stress will often determine whether he or she will succeed. Why, then, do singers with less technical skill sometimes out-perform stars? Why do some stars suddenly stop performing? What is that mysterious factor...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195112245
• ISBN13: 9780195112245
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

A must for serious singers / perfomers

This is a very good book. The area of the mental side of singing and performing is really paid too little attention to. There are so many books about singing technique etc. At last a good book on this subject! After having read only a few pages, it helped me already. The book is giving me very helpfull practical tips about selfconfidence on stage etc. The only thing is, that the English which is being used, is not so easy to read as in most American literature (I'm from Holland). But the positive thing about that is that I am increasing my English vocabulary...

Buy it, read it and never be the same again.

This is a book with very down-to-earth advice. What amazed me most was that the most things I had always felt about performance, but didn't know how to put in words, are voiced accurately, objectively, concisely and fulfillingly in this book. Also, many things I had never stopped to think about are also dealt with nicely. You will learn how to make the most of performance problems, their sources and consequences in order to help you perform well. There is great joy awaiting you in this book. You will never regret buying it. Buy it. Buy it. Once more: buy it!

hard work, but worth all the effort

I am a professional trumpet player. This book is the centerpiece of a long list of reading material I've culled ideas from over the years. NOT FOR SINGERS ONLY! All musicians can benefit from this book! The book challenges the reader to think and to act. It is not a book you can read passively. If you work carefully through the charts and teaching points you will be rewarded with performances you enjoy giving and ones that audiences will enjoy hearing! Simply put, you'll get out of it what you put into it.This is the book that all others will be judged against. It leaves "Inner Game" in the dust!

If you perform, you need this book!

I am a professional violist, and definitely not a stranger to the stage. I have always searched for a book that could provide me with ideas on strengthening my preparation and execution of my performance. This book is a fantastic resource, and I am impressed by the originality and viability of the ideas. Basically, Power Performance assimilates performance to the training of an olympic athlete, something which I believe is true. Even though the book is written specifically for singers, I find it invaluable for anyone who is remotely involved in performaing, or for anyone with a desire of boosting his/her performance skills.

Not just for singers!

For *any* performing musician, this is an absolutely fantastic book. It is packed with an enormous variety of welcome suggestions for dealing with the inevitable jitters and overload that so many performers - whether amateurs, students, or professionals - face. I am using many of the ideas with my students with great success, besides using them myself. This is definitely the best book on the subject that I've seen.