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Singing and the Actor Experience (SATA)...

Welcome to the 'Singing and the Actor' experience. On these pages you will be able to find out more about the process of training voices for singing in the theatre.

The next Singing and the Actor Training will take place on
11-13 July 2009
. Three days of intensive training with personal input from Gillyanne and Jeremy on your voice. Read a detailed description of the Singing and the Actor Training here, or download the SATA brochure here.

The next Advanced Singing and the Actor Training course will take place on 16-17 July 2009 in London. This course is exclusive to those who have completed Singing and the Actor Training. See the special offer for taking both courses together on our Forthcoming Courses page.

This year we have created a new training DVD using footage from the Singing and the Actor Training course. Constriction and Release - The Techniques shows the exact process you need to follow to gain control of the false vocal folds - enabling you to keep your throat open even in the most challenging vocal circumstances.

We have added a discography to the site with specific examples of the voice qualities discussed in Chapter 12 of Singing and the Actor. Vocal Process is an associate partner of Dress Circle, the oldest specialist Musical Theatre shop in the world. Click on the CD covers to go straight to the relevant CD on the Dress Circle website.

We have also created a new Musical Store powered by Amazon with hundreds of vocal scores, recommended books and original cast recordings to choose from. You can find the Musical Store in the products section of this site.

Further plans include sound files and spectrograms of the qualities and an audio quiz - 'spot the voice quality'.

For now, here is a sample of things to come!

Gillyanne Kayes writes:

"Singing and the Actor, now in its second edition, first came out in January 2000. I firmly believe that it heralds a different approach to vocal training, one that is appropriate to actors, singer and dancers working in the theatre.

This is not because I have anything against a classical singing training, which can have enormous benefits. However, we need to recognise that the goals of musical theatre (text based) are very different from those of classical singing (voice based). In addition to this, musical theatre is a relatively young and fast-evolving genre. Those of us teaching in that genre need strategies that will help us prepare performers for the varying demands of the profession. Those doing the performing need to understand how to move safely through material as diverse as "If I Loved You" through "Defying Gravity" to "One Night Only".

Visit this section's testimonials and reviews pages to discover what what people have had to say about their experience of 'Singing and the Actor':

 

 

 

 

Introduction to the
SATA experience
SATA reviews
SATA testimonials
SATA Discography
SATA pedagogy

Coffee Break

Brush up your knowledge of SATA phraseology with our Crosswords, Wordquizzes and Wordsearches

Vocal Process SATA-related products include:

Singing and The Actor - the book by Gillyanne Kayes
   

The SATA Audio Guide on CD


The SATA Training mindmap

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