Voice for Performance - 3rd Edition by Linda Gates (Paperback)

About the Book

This book is a valuable resource for the student and professional actor alike, teaching the reader how to train their most essential feature-their voice. This new edition contains many updates based on advances in science, media, and technology. It also features a brand new co...

Book Synopsis

This bookis a valuable resource for the student and professional actor alike, teaching the reader how to train their most essential feature--their voice. This new edition contains many updates based on advances in science, media, and technology. It also features a brand new companion website with video and audio demonstrations of the exercises.

Review Quotes

Voice for Performance is complete, up to date, and very effective, whether used in a supervised class or for private study. Linda has taken a complex subject and made it approachable to a wide range of students. Voice for Performance is on a level with the very best books on the subject. This is the text I will use throughout my teaching career.

About the Author

Linda Gates is the Head of Voice in the Department of Theatre at Northwestern University. She has taught voice and speech across the United States and in the UK and Europe. Gates has worked as a voice and dialect coach both on and off-Broadway, in Chicago, regional theatre, opera, and in film. She has worked with renowned actors and singers such as Meryl Streep, Plácido Domingo, Sigourney Weaver, Rosemary Harris, and Nick Offerman. She lives in Chicago.