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ABSTRACT
Vocal Traditions is a series in the Voice and Speech Review that highlights historically important voice teachers and schools of thought in the world of vocal pedagogy. In this essay, the author offers a voice pedagogy based on Middendorf Breathwork including an overview, history, teaching style and philosophy, exercises, and next steps in training.
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Notes
1. The constant low-level activity of a body tissue, especially muscle tone.
2. In linguistics, an umlaut is a sound change in which a vowel is pronounced more like a following vowel or semivowel.
3. See https://breathembodiment.com.
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Jeff Crockett
Jeff Crockett teaches at USC and Access Acting Academy, a studio for blind and low-vision actors. He was Head of Voice at ACT in San Francisco for 22 years. In Italy, he taught at l’Accademia Nazionale d’Arte Drammatica, Prima del Teatro, and Teatro Due. He has coached at numerous regional theaters and has been a guest teacher at Columbia, DePaul University, University of Maryland, and Stanford. He trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, receiving an Advanced Diploma in voice studies (distinction), is certified to teach the Alexander Technique, and is a practitioner of Middendorf Breathwork.