Vocal Ease 4th Edition

Vocal Ease is a complete vocal technique textbook, complete with detailed descriptions, illustrations, and descriptive as well as notated vocal exercises. Posture, breath control, resonance, vowels, consonants, and performance are all covered in separate chapters, as well as a vocal trouble-shooter chart, and glossary. This textbook is intended for both teachers and students of vocal music in solo and choral form.

Vocal Ease is a complete vocal technique textbook, complete with detailed descriptions, illustrations, and descriptive as well as notated vocal exercises. Posture, breath control, resonance, vowels, consonants, and performance are all covered in separate chapters, as well as a vocal trouble-shooter chart, and glossary. This textbook is intended for both teachers and students of vocal music in solo and choral form. The purpose of this textbook is to promote an unfettered manner of singing, to enable freedom of the vocal instrument, proper and efficient breath control, tonal placement and resonance, proper diction, and good study, practice, and performance methods for singers of all musical genres, voice types and standards. It is a combination of the Italian Bel Canto method, English method, and German method of singing.

Patti Christopher graduated from Loyola University in New Orleans with a BM in Vocal Performance in 1976, and immediately took a teaching job at Pensacola Jr. College in Florida. Beginning in 1978, she taught for 30 years in her home and with the Loyola Preparatory Program as the Vocal Instructor and Vocal Music Co-ordinator. She conducted choral music on a part-time basis. She taught private voice, music theory, sight-singing, and ear training. She developed Vocal Ease as well as various teaching materials for her students. In 1988, she published her first edition of Vocal Ease. She then amplified and improved the textbook over the years until the final 4th edition. To keep up with the times, she has added the ebook edition as her latest edition. Beginning in 1968, Ms. Christopher began as professional soloist in various churches in the New Orleans area. Prior to teaching, she was the female lead in several community musical theatre productions. Later, she joined the N.O. Opera Chorus, also singing comprimario roles: Peasant Girl in Marriage of Figaro, Matron Lady in Turandot, Eunuch in Salome, Priestess in Aida. Ms. Christopher was guest artist for the Lafayette Opera Guild performance of Marriage of Figaro, singing the Countess. While a member of the N.O. MetroPelican Opera, she sang Lauretta in Young Audience performances of Gianni Schicchi, the Mother and Grandmother in Little Red Ridinghood, and Queen of Hearts in Alice. On January 6, 2006, Ms. Christopher retired from teaching, following hurricane Katrina.