That golden voice--talent or training?
This article is an updating and expansion of a lecture presented at the Thirteenth Symposium on the Care of the Professional Voice, New York, June 1984; a somewhat limited version of the manuscript was published in the Transcripts of that symposium. Basically, an attempt will be made by an observer from another field to lay the groundwork for the better understanding of the "voice teacher." Accordingly, some of the dialogue to follow may be a little informal; it certainly is interpretive. The latter portion of the discussion will involve suggestions/illustrations that may be useful in further enhancing this somewhat underrated field and bonding it to others. While the comments found below reflect only the opinions of the author, it is fair to state that most of them have been articulated by others.
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Institute of Advanced Study of the Communication Processes and Linguistics, University of Florida, Gainesville 32611-2005.
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