Voice Training

Q: What training do you do for your voice?

AO: It really depends on what you want to achieve with your voice and how you plan on using it. A fabulous book I recommend is Patsy Rodenburgs' book called The Actor Speaks: Voice and the Performer (ISBN: 0312295146) It's full of wonderful exercises you can use on a daily basis.

If you are in Charlotte NC, the Carolina Broadcasting School sometimes offers workshops and classes specifically for actors and would be voice-over talent.
If you are in theater, do stage work, or you sing while dancing, a great exercise I do each morning is sing while on my treadmill. I have one earbud from my mp3 player, playing music in my ear, while listening with the other ear to see if I'm singing on key. It's a challenge because you have to split your breathing with your singing, and your exercising - and it strengthens your vocal/breathing skills.

© 2007 Angela Oberer