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Long Description
The Tao of Voice is the first book to combine the best of Western vocal technique and modern psychophysical exercises with ancient Chinese practices. This simple but powerful vocal method will help you to develop your vocal identity and increase vocal range and power, while improving memorization and overcoming stage fright.
About the Author(s) of The Tao of Voice
Born and raised in China and educated in the United States, Stephen Chun-Tao Cheng received his Master of Arts degree and graduate Professional Diploma from Columbia University, and honors recognition from the graduate school of the Juilliard School of Music. He is an acclaimed singer, actor, composer, and teacher of voice. He has taught at New York University, the New School for Social Research, the Stella Adler Conservatory, the New York Open Center, the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, and Sarah Lawrence College. A frequent guest singer at the United Nations, Professor Cheng has appeared in concerts worldwide, bringing diverse cultures together through the arts.
Praise for The Tao of Voice
"Should be a must-read for any aspiring actor or singer. Underlines the need to simultaneously work the body, mind, and spirit to achieve the desired result. And the joy is that this is never really hard work."
Back Stage
Back Stage
TV comments on Cheng's concert:
"Tenor Stephen Cheng dazzled the crowd."
". . . World class musicians demonstrate how music can conquer the cultural divide."
Honolulu's TV Channel 4 news broadcast on Cheng's East-West concert at the Honolulu Academy of the Arts, August 5, 2001, rebroadcast by CNN, August 6, Honolulu, Hawaii
"Tenor Stephen Cheng dazzled the crowd."
". . . World class musicians demonstrate how music can conquer the cultural divide."
Honolulu's TV Channel 4 news broadcast on Cheng's East-West concert at the Honolulu Academy of the Arts, August 5, 2001, rebroadcast by CNN, August 6, Honolulu, Hawaii
"His suggestions have a simple, rich logic, consistent with Taoist principles."
Sigrid Heath, Woodstock Times, January 28, 1993
Sigrid Heath, Woodstock Times, January 28, 1993
