So You Want to Sing CCM (Contemporary Commercial Music) - by Matthew Hoch (Hardcover)

About the Book

"A Project of the National Association of Teachers of Singing."

Book Synopsis

So You Want to Sing CCM (Contemporary Commercial Music) presents a compendium of approaches to non-classical singing with an emphasis on vocal technique and function. Over the past twenty years, approaches to singing CCM have exploded, resulting in many schools of technique. So You Want to Sing CCM is the first book to bring these trademarked methods--such as Estill Voice Training(TM), Somatic Voicework(TM), Complete Vocal Technique(TM), Voiceworks(TM), and the Vocal Power Method(TM)--together in a single volume.

So You Want to Sing CCM opens the reader to the vast world of contemporary commercial music through the teachings of the world's best-known practicing CCM pedagogues. Supplemental chapters by Matthew Edwards, Darren Wicks, and editor Matthew Hoch offer additional commentary on CCM history and pedagogy while chapters by Scott McCoy, Wendy LeBorgne, and Matthew Edwards investigate voice science, vocal health, and audio enhancement technology.

The So You Want to Sing series is produced in partnership with the National Association of Teachers of Singing. Like all books in the series, So You Want to Sing CCM features online supplemental material. Please visit www.nats.org to access style-specific exercises, audio and video files, and additional resources

Review Quotes

"This book is a testament to the pedagogues whose early work and ongoing efforts have made a lasting impact on voice teaching. . . . While every book in the So You Want to Sing series has made an important contribution to the available literature in vocal instruction, So You Want to Sing CCM may be the series most significant volume to date. Hoch is to be credited for compiling a volume that shares and compares information from so many of CCM's most seminal figures. (Brian Manternach, Classical Singer)" --Classical Singer Magazine

"Step into the studios of twelve fantastic CCM pioneers for a revelation of the most current pedagogy: laryngeal level, resonance strategies, acoustics, vocal tract shape, registration, support, and vocal health. . . an inspiring breadth and depth of knowledge and experience." --Karen Brunssen, NATS president-elect, Bienen School of Music, Northwestern University

"Voice teachers and coaches -here is a 'must' for your bookshelf. This engaging history of CCM singing and its pedagogical development includes valuable advice and teaching philosophies from passionate, pioneering CCM instructors from around the globe." --Linda J. Snyder, president, National Association of Teachers of Singing (2016-2018)

"The latest in the So You Want to Sing . . . series is an essential reference for anyone teaching and/or singing Contemporary Commercial Music (CCM). It is both practical and philosophical in its content and provides much needed and well-documented support for those advocating for acceptance of CCM in academia." --Voice and Speech Review

Step into the studios of twelve fantastic CCM pioneers for a revelation of the most current pedagogy: laryngeal level, resonance strategies, acoustics, vocal tract shape, registration, support, and vocal health. . . an inspiring breadth and depth of knowledge and experience.

The latest in the So You Want to Sing . . . series is an essential reference for anyone teaching and/or singing Contemporary Commercial Music (CCM). It is both practical and philosophical in its content and provides much needed and well-documented support for those advocating for acceptance of CCM in academia.

Voice teachers and coaches -here is a 'must' for your bookshelf. This engaging history of CCM singing and its pedagogical development includes valuable advice and teaching philosophies from passionate, pioneering CCM instructors from around the globe.

This book is a testament to the pedagogues whose early work and ongoing efforts have made a lasting impact on voice teaching. . . . While every book in the So You Want to Sing series has made an important contribution to the available literature in vocal instruction, So You Want to Sing CCM may be the series most significant volume to date. Hoch is to be credited for compiling a volume that shares and compares information from so many of CCM's most seminal figures. (Brian Manternach, Classical Singer)

About the Author

Matthew Hoch is associate professor of voice and coordinator of voice studies at Auburn University. He is the author of several books, including A Dictionary for the Modern Singer. He holds the BM from Ithaca College, MM from the Hartt School, and DMA from the New England Conservatory. Dr. Hoch is the 2016 winner of the Van L. Lawrence Fellowship, awarded jointly by the Voice Foundation and NATS. He actively performs art song, opera, chamber music, and in professional choral settings.