Dina Winter Bücher

Singing and the Etheric Tone introduces a practical, joyful approach to singing that draws its strength and inspiration from Gracia Ricardo's work with Rudolf Steiner. Chapter 1 deals with the tone, the onset of the tone, the humming approach, and the relations between vowels, consonants, words, and phrases. Chapter 2 goes into the voice, how to build a voice and extend its range. Chapter 3 develops the idea of blending the vocal registers, the placement of the voice, embellishments, resonance, and diction. Finally, the book moves on to some professional tips on choosing a program, stage fright, mood, presence, an more. This is an invaluable book for any singer, professional or not, who wants to improve singing abilities based on working with the whole body―the spirit, the soul, and the physical organism.

This is a small but mighty book designed to empower teachers and parents in guiding early teens in understanding the potential power of their own writing. The author carefully walks one through many creative ideas for instilling a sense of grammar and structure that will liberate young writers to be masters of their own style with confidence. At a time in our culture when the teaching of grammar is often ignored or done in a dry uninteresting way, this book will help to enliven every composition and grammar class considerably!