Debra Greschner reviews three recent publications. The Essentials of CoreSinging: A Joyful Approach to Singing and Voice Pedagogy (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2022) is a compilation that presents the CoreSinging approach to singing developed by Meribeth Dayme (1938-2019). The volume is edited by Cynthia Vaughn and Matthew Hoch. The Vaccai Project by Rachelle Jonck and Derrick Goff (Independently published: Bel Canto Boot Camp, 2022) is a daily online training program supplemented with essays about history, performance practice, and libretto study based on the Metodo pratico di canto italiano per camera by Nicola Vaccai (1790-1848. So You Want to Sing Musical Theatre: A Guide for Performers Updated and Expanded Edition by Amanda Flynn ( Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2022) provides detailed pedagogic and performance advice for the musical theatre performer.

Debra Greschner reviews So You Want to Sing Cabaret: A Guide for Performers by David Sabella and Sue Matsuki (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2020) as a volume that offers an overview of cabaret and a multitude of interviews with noteworthy professionals in the field. Guest reviewer Abigail Dueppen characterizes Queering Vocal Pedagogy by William Sauerland (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2022) as a useful guide for creating inclusive voice studios. Guest reviewer Abigayle Ferguson recommends The Tongue as a Gateway to Voice, Resonance, Style, and Intelligibility by Angelika Nair (San Diego: Plural Publishing, 2021) as a comprehensive and effective guide to understanding the role of the tongue in singing and speaking.

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Debra Greschner reviews three recent publications. The Empowered Performer: The Musician’s Companion in Building Confidence and Conquering Performance Anxiety by Sharon Stohrer (Monee, IL: KDP, 2022) offers strategies for coping with performance anxiety. A Sketchbook Atlas of the Vocal Tract by Cheri Montgomery (Nashville, TN: S.T.M. Publishers, 2022) provides information about the articulatory process for lyric diction, and provides singers with guided practice on the subject. This is the Voice by John Colapinto (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2021) is an overview of the human voice from myriad perspectives: evolutionary, personal, social, and cultural. Guest reviewer Gwendolyn Alfred recommends A New Perspective for the Use of Dialect in African American Spirituals: History, Context and Linguistics by Felicia Raphael Marie Barber (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2021) as a useful guide for the study and performance of spirituals.

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