Atelier Voix Chantée n°14

Ingredients of Vocal Styles

Intervenante : Lisa Popeil, the creator of the Voiceworks® Method, the 'Total Singer' instructional DVD. She has been teaching singing and speech in Los Angeles (California) for over 30 years. She is on the Scientific Advisory Board of the Voice Foundation and conducts voice research. She lectures widely on the mechanisms and pedagogy of commercial and musical theater vocal styles.
Date : 20/07/09

Présents : Lydie Balthazar, Emanuelle Blasutta, Bruce Boreham, Jean-YvesBosse-Vidal, Boris Doval, Marie-Agnès Faure, Valérie Gardeux-Zanotti, Claire Gillie, Eewern Grace, Nathalie Henrich, Raptaille Herscovici, Sylvain Lamesch, Anne Larsen, Sylvia Lawaty, Ruth Nonseid, Alexandra Papoutsos, Claire Pillot-Loiseau, Bernard Roubeau, Craig Tompkins, Emanuelle Trinquesse, Rachid Zarouali. 

Résumé : 
In this workshop, Lisa Popeil will describe and demonstrate several Amercan vocal styles, such as Pop, Rock, Country, Jazz, R&B, Classical and Musical Theater Legit and Belting and how each style can be easily analyzed. Style ingredients include: resonator shaping; vertical laryngeal height; 3 degrees of pharyngeal constriction; vibrato types, speeds and quantity; 5 degrees of breath density; 4 types of laryngeal cartilage postures; dialect; stance; emotions; and stylistic effects. Participants will have the opportunity to experience singing these vocal styles and can explore how the understanding of style ingredients helps create style authenticity.