Standard Speech is an anthology of essays from VASTA (the Voice and Speech Trainers Association) on a variety of topics of interest to actors, voice and speech teachers. Exploring the idea of what should be the standards for good speech this volume offers views from more than 40 top experts on the subject. Also essays on Coaching, Singing, Vocal Health, Verse and Dialect Accent studies. A must for the serious student of voice and speech.
Letter From the Editor 3(2) Rocco Dal Vera From the President: A Major Milestone for VASTA 5(8) Janet B. Rodgers Ethics, Standards and Practices The Golden Rule for Standard Speech 13(4) Marian Hampton The Cultural Voice 17(2) Stan Brown Pronunciation, Phonetics, Linguistics, Dialect/Accent Studies Pronunciation, Phonetics, Linguistics, Dialect/Accent Studies 19(2) Louis Colaianni Interview with Rosina Lippy-Green 21(2) Louis Colaianni The Standard Language Myth 23(8) Rosina Lippi-Green Standard Speech: the Ongoing Debate 31(24) Dudley Knight Edith Warman Skinner: a former students recollection and appreciation 55(6) Sanford Robbins Standards 61(18) Dudley Knight Who I Am, What I Teach, and Why I Teach It 79(10) Ralph Zito An Examination of Phonetic Transcription Styles 89(14) Michael Barnes A Study in the Rhoticity of American Film Actors 103(28) Nancy Elliott Another Opinion: reflections on Skinner in the classroom and in rehearsal 131(12) David Hammond Sidebar: Good Speech in Classis Plays: The Historical Perspective 143(6) David Hammond Comment on Ralph Zitos ``Who I am, What I Teach, and Why I Teach It, and David Hammonds ``Another Opinion: reflections on Skinner in the classroom and in rehearsal 149(4) Dudley Knight Comment on David Hammonds Sidebar: Good Speech in Classic Plays: The Historical Perspective 153(2) Dudley Knight A Response to Dudley Knights Comments 155(2) David Hammond The Gift of Tongues 157(2) Quentin Crisp Pedagogy and Coaching Pedagogy and Coaching 159(2) Paul Meier Applying Theories of Learning Styles and Modalities to the Teaching of Voice and Speech 161(2) Kathryn Maes Many Right Ways 163(2) Robert Barton Dancing On Shifting Ground: Voice Coaching in Professional Theatre 165(6) Bonnie Raphael Style vs. Truth --- Are they in opposition? Interviews with directors Stephen Wadsworth and Seth Barrish 171(18) Deena Burke Towards a Career in Voice Teaching: The Work of The Central School of Speech and Drama 189(2) David Carey Lessac Kinesensics: A Short Treatise Of Some Of Its Vocal Life Aspects 191(2) Arthur Lessac Word Music: The Soul of Theatre 193(2) Kristin Linklater Zeami Breathing 195(8) Catherine Fitzmaurice Why brand they us/with base? 203(1) Andrew Wade Heightened Text, Verse and Scansion Your Presence is Requested 203(4) Neil Freeman Rhetoric Revisited 207(2) Jacqueline Martin Structure and Substance in Shakespeares Verse 209(10) Paul Meier lambic Pentameter 219(12) Oliver Gray Voice and Speech Science, Vocal Health Science for Voice and Speech Training 231(2) Ronald C. Scherer Issues of Vocal Health 233(6) Joseph Stemple Breathing Physiology Basics and Voice Training 239(14) Natalie Stewart Private Studio Practice Outside the Ivy Walls 253(2) Jack Horton Teamwork 255(2) Julie Barkmeier An Otolaryngologists Retrospective on Vocal Study 257(2) Gorden Thomas McMurry Coaching the Business Client 259(2) Ginny Kopf Voice Training a la Carte 261(4) Naomi Frenkel Singing Singing 265(2) Dorothy Runk Mennen Report on the Voice Seminar, 1999 267(4) Cindy Dewey Holistic Singer Empowerment: Tomatics as myth or multi-modal stimulation 271(14) Marth Munro Daan Wissing Wynand du Plessis Werner Nel Physical Tension, Awareness Techniques, and Singing 285(4) Dora Ohrenstein Vocal Production, Voice Related Movement Studies Voices Around the World 289(2) Marth Munro Moving Towards Vocal Center: a call for an integration of Movement into vocal training 291(36) Ruth Rootberg Reviews and Sources Review and Sources 315(2) Mandy Rees Research Questions and Answers 317(2) Ronald C. Scherer Finding your Voice 319(1) Claudia Anderson The Actor Speaks 320(1) Lucinda Holshue The Breathing Book 321(1) Ruth Rootberg Antigone 322(1) Rena Cook Mnemonic 323(2) Elizabeth Carlin-Metz Remember This 325(2) Rena Cook Selected Linguistics Abstracts 327(1) Mandy Rees Selected Thesis and Dissertation Abstracts 328 Mandy Rees
