Born To Sing

Born To Sing offers a new approach to understanding the art of singing as a gift with which each person is born, yet requiring thorough and conscious training. The training described is not through physical effort but through learning an awareness of the body’s natural forces while connecting with the desire of the human heart to express and communicate beauty. The uniqueness of this book – beautifully written in a deeply personal storytelling style – is found in the premise that the voice is already within the singer and only needs to be released. Ron Murdock trained with the highly respected European voice pedagoges Professor Frederick Husler and Yvonne Rodd-Marling, and has combined that training with his training as a teacher of the F. M. Alexander Technique into an authoritative, human-centered pedagogy. In Born to Sing he calls on his 40 years experience of singing and teaching to create a practical guide and an inspiration to everyone interested in the art of singing and mind-body unity. This is a book to read in depth, to enjoy and study. Singers and voice users at every level, as well as voice teachers and Alexander Technique teachers, will find a wealth of information here. The text is accompanied by beautiful, sensitive, hand-drawn anatomical illustrations by Korina Kaisershot. Revised 2nd edition.