Chris Palmer is Head of Voice and Senior Lecturer at Guildford School of Acting, University of Surrey, UK. Creating a voice curriculum across seven performance programmes at BA and MA level, she has also worked as a vocal coach on many professional plays and musicals. She is the author of Voice and Speech for Musical Theatre (Methuen Drama, 2019).

A must-have for working actors, this incredible book blends mindfulness with fresh vocal techniques to help you strengthen and refine your voice.

• ContentsList of figures and photographs Foreword: Neil Swain Introduction Chapter 1: Posture and Alignment through Yin YogaChapter 2: Breath- through Michael Chekov and inspired by tai chiChapter 3: Stamina – Inspired by Tadashi Suzuki.Chapter 4: Pitch and Pace – Viewpoints InspiredChapter 5: Articulation through Laban Chapter 6: Resonance – Meisner InspiredChapter 7: The Embodied Actor – Stanislavski InspiredFurther ReadingAppendix 1: Sample CurriculumAppendix 2: Bibliography and ResourcesIndex

Chris Palmer is Head of Voice and Senior Lecturer at Guildford School of Acting, University of Surrey, UK. Creating a voice curriculum across seven performance programmes at BA and MA level, she has also worked as a vocal coach on many professional plays and musicals. She is the author of Voice and Speech for Musical Theatre (Methuen Drama, 2019).

A must-have for working actors, this incredible book blends mindfulness with fresh vocal techniques to help you strengthen and refine your voice.

• ContentsList of figures and photographs Foreword: Neil Swain Introduction Chapter 1: Posture and Alignment through Yin YogaChapter 2: Breath- through Michael Chekov and inspired by tai chiChapter 3: Stamina – Inspired by Tadashi Suzuki.Chapter 4: Pitch and Pace – Viewpoints InspiredChapter 5: Articulation through Laban Chapter 6: Resonance – Meisner InspiredChapter 7: The Embodied Actor – Stanislavski InspiredFurther ReadingAppendix 1: Sample CurriculumAppendix 2: Bibliography and ResourcesIndex

Chris Palmer is Head of Voice and Senior Lecturer at Guildford School of Acting, University of Surrey, UK. Creating a voice curriculum across seven performance programmes at BA and MA level, she has also worked as a vocal coach on many professional plays and musicals. She is the author of Voice and Speech for Musical Theatre (Methuen Drama, 2019).

A must-have for working actors, this incredible book blends mindfulness with fresh vocal techniques to help you strengthen and refine your voice.

• ContentsList of figures and photographs Foreword: Neil Swain Introduction Chapter 1: Posture and Alignment through Yin YogaChapter 2: Breath- through Michael Chekov and inspired by tai chiChapter 3: Stamina – Inspired by Tadashi Suzuki.Chapter 4: Pitch and Pace – Viewpoints InspiredChapter 5: Articulation through Laban Chapter 6: Resonance – Meisner InspiredChapter 7: The Embodied Actor – Stanislavski InspiredFurther ReadingAppendix 1: Sample CurriculumAppendix 2: Bibliography and ResourcesIndex