Authentic Voices Singing A Multicultural Approach To Vocal Music Therapy

this book examines in detail the use of the authentic voice highlighting its virtuosity healing potency and importance to well being it demonstrates the powerful impact of the voice using clinical examples from mental health medical and special education settings in the book the undiscovered potential of the voice in the music therapy field is emphasized this potential is not limited to singing songs but also includes sighing crying screaming groaning humming laughing and lamenting as effective forms of vocalizations the book also focuses on natural forms of singing as human expressions in different cultural traditions the vocal examples given are used to portray how human beings around the world help and heal each other through authentic singing the commonalities of contemporary and traditional uses of the voice reinforce its power and effectiveness as a therapeutic tool the book integrates emotional relational cognitive physical aesthetic spiritual and technical aspects of voice and singing into a multicultural clinical method this is a how to book for the music therapist creative art therapist psychotherapist teacher singer or actor who is using his her voice in therapy education or performance 2006 200 pages table of contents acknowledgements foreword introduction part a authentic voices chapter i professional voices effective voices responsible voices the symbolic voice a case example chapter ii primal voices natural voices shadowed voices the isolated voice a case example chapter iii acoustic symbols maternal voices primitive voices the excited voice a case examplechapter iv cultural voices linguistic voices my multicultural voice the foreign voice a case examplechapter v spiritual voices trance voices my transcending voice the grieving voice a case example chapter vi neurological voices vibrating voices soothing voices the silent voice a case example chapter vii methodical voices personal voices vocal interventions the painful voice a case example intermezzo