Singing in Tune: Reclaiming the Voice in Adult Life

Synopsis: Shows the work of John Elenor, a music teacher who has pioneered a remedial course for people who feel socially disabled by their inability to sing. If the non-singer is sufficiently motivated and unembarassed enough to confront this as a learning problem in adult life, the condition can be reversed. The wider issue, however, concerns individual competence, or lack of it, which must be related to the social and cultural changes that have so much reduced the opportunities for singing together. Also looks at Jill Purce’s workshops where students learn Mongolian overtone chanting, an unearthly sound deriving from the harmonics of the chanted sound.
Series: Learning Through Life: Education and Training Beyond School, Course Eh266
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.
Year of production: 1993
Availability: Off-air recording licence
Sale; 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)
Subjects: Education; Music
Keywords: adult education; music teaching; singing

Producer

Meg Sheffield

Cast

Michael Smee

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