The Mariachi Voice

By: Juanita Ulloa

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Hardcover | 16 August 2024

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344 Pages

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27.9 x 21.6 x 0.25

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The Mariachi Voice is a practical resource for all educational program directors, voice professors, historians, singers, and students of Mariachi who want to learn and encourage the tradition of Mariachi music in the United States. It explores and dissects the similarities and differences between classical and Mariachi fields regarding voice, while also providing useful classroom-tested lesson plans, voice history, and pedagogy for teaching the Mariachi singer. With this book, program instructors can more easily assist students in connecting safely and more deeply to their voices, share new songs, and introduce Mexican Spanish Lyric Diction --including the application of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)-- to Mariachi with exercises to facilitate diction, song learning, and overall technique while learning the style.

An expert in Mariachi scholarship and performance, author Juanita Ulloa further includes interviews with vocal artists of Mariachi music, notably singer Linda Ronstadt and the grandchildren of well-known Mexican singer Jorge Negrete. Her career touring as a professional singer/pianist, voice professor, ethnomusicologist, and educator led her to the creation of the "Operachi" style, a crossover style between classical and Mariachi training.

Industry Reviews

"Juanita Ulloa's The Mariachi Voice is a welcome addition and first of its kind for both vocal scholarship and the exploration of Mariachi identity. Mariachi-the most prominent Mexican vocal genre-has until now lacked the highly analytical studies of vocal pedagogy that other disciplines have enjoyed. In addition to the invaluable vocal pedagogy, the book also provides a historical context that is remarkable in both its breadth and depth, as well as interviews with famous performers, diction exercises, and practical songs. The Mariachi Voice is a fully-rounded, must-have resource for singers, teachers, ensemble directors, and students at all levels who wish to perfect their craft." -- Dr. Mark Brill, author of Music of Latin America and the Caribbean "Finally! An essential and comprehensive resource for any voice teacher or ensemble director wanting to provide culturally informed teaching that empowers students' unique voices and uplifts this heritage of song in an ever-more diverse educational landscape. In this book, Dr. Ulloa, a champion of mariachi, provides teachers of soloists and ensembles a framework for developing voices through authentic performance of mariachi. Interviews with successful singers inspire as well as inform, leaving one inspired to further explore the wealth of mariachi repertoire available." -- Allen Henderson, Executive Director, National Association of Teachers of Singing "Dr. Ulloa's book offers a very detailed investigation of what the vocal emission of the mariachi singer should be, along with the origins and history of ranchera song. It's an invaluable guide for understanding how to sing with emotion and expressiveness through good technique. It is the first book, if not the only one, that deals in depth and with concrete tools for singing, teaching, and truly appreciating the all-important genre of Mariachi." -- Dr. Verónica Murúa, Professor of Voice, National School of Music (UNAM)

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