VOCALMUSICIAN BOOK/VIDEO LIST
AUTOBIOGRAPHY/BIOGRAPHY:
CARESTINI: The Story of a Castrato by countertenor, PHILIPPE JAROUSSKY
CLAPTON, The Autobiography by ERIC CLAPTON
Faith in Time: The Life of JIMMY SCOTT by David Ritz
GEORGE GERSHWIN: His Life and Work by Howard Pollack
Home: A Memoir of My Early Years by JULIE ANDREWS
I Could Have Sung All Night: My Story by MARNI NIXON
I Dream A World: The Operas of William Grant Still by Beverly Soll
The Inner Voice - The Making of a Singer by RENÉE FLEMING
MARILYN HORNE: The Song Continues by MARILYN HORNE w/Jane Scovell
MARIO LANZA: Singing to the Gods by Derek Mannering
Popsie: American Popular Music Through the Camera Lense of William "Popsie" Randolph by Michael Randolph
RISË STEVENS: A Life in Music by John Pennino
Sassy - The Life of SARAH VAUGHAN by Leslie Gourse
The Memoirs of Sylvia Olden Lee by SYLVIA OLDEN LEE
Never Sang for Hitler: The Life and Times of LOTTE LEHMANN, 1888-1976 by Michael H. Kater
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART: A Biography by Piero Melograni
Why Me? - The Sammy Davis Jr. Story by SAMMY DAVIS Jr. and Jane & Burt Boyar
WILLIE NELSON: An Epic Life by Joe Nick Patoski
You Send Me - The Life & Times of SAM COOKE by Daniel Wolff with S.R. Crain, Clifton White and G. David Tenenbaum
HISTORY:
ANGELS & MONSTERS: Male and Female Sopranos in the Story of Opera by Richard Somerset-Ward
BROKEN RECORD - The Inside History of the Grammy Awards by Henry Schipper
THE DEATH OF RHYTHM & BLUES by Nelson George
FORTISSIMO: Backstage at the Opera with Sacred Monsters and Young Singers by William Murray
IN GRAND STYLE: The Glory of The Metropolitan Opera by Nancy Ellison
MOLTO AGITATO: The Mayhem Behind the Music at the Metropolitan Opera by Johanna Fiedler
OPERA: The Art of Dying by Linda Hutcheon and Michael Hutcheon
The Prima Donna and Opera, 1815-1930 by Susan RutherfordSHOUT! - The Beatles in Their Generation by Philip Norman
REFERENCE:
100 GREAT OPERAS AND THEIR STORIES by Henry W. Simon
THE MUSIC BUSINESS: An Insider's Guide To Breaking In - DVD/VHS from Warner Bros. Publications
The MUSIC LOVER'S POETRY ANTHOLOGY edited by Helen Handley Houghton & Maureen McCarthy Draper
MYSPACE MUSIC MARKETING: How to Promote and Sell Your Music on the World's Biggest Networking Web Site by Bob Baker
OPERA: The Art of Dying by Linda Hutcheon and Michael Hutcheon
OPERA COACHING: Professional Techniques and Considerations by Alan Montgomery
The Prima Donna and Opera, 1815-1930 by Susan Rutherford
SINGING IN STYLE: A Guide to Vocal Performance Practices by Martha Elliott
UNCLOUDY DAYS - The Gospel Music Encyclopedia by Bill Carpenter
Unsettling Opera: Staging Mozart, Verdi, Wagner and Zemlinsky by David J. Levin
YOUR VOICE: An Inside View - Multimedia Voice Science and Pedagogy by Scott McCoy
CONCERT/DOCUMENTARY VIDEOS:
EARTH WIND & FIRE - SHINING STARS: The Official Story of Earth Wind & Fire
ERIC CLAPTON - Live In Hyde Park
ERIC CLAPTON - One More Car, One More Rider
A Film About JIMI HENDRIX
GIL SCOTT-HERON - Black Wax/Is That Jazz
JAMES TAYLOR: Pull Over
KENNY LOGGINS: Live from the Grand Canyon
MARIA CALLAS - The Callas Conversations
MARILYN HORNE – Marilyn Horne: A Reminiscence
MICHAEL McDONALD & Various Artists – Michael McDonald: A Gathering of Friends
PRINCE - Prince Live at the Aladdin, Las Vegas
PRINCE - Rave Unto the Year 2000
SHERYL CROW: C'mon America 2003
SHERYL CROW: Wildflower Tour Live from New York
SHIRLEY BASSEY: Divas Are Forever
SHIRLEY BASSEY: Standing Room Only
STING - Bring On the Night
STING - All This Tine
THREE MO' TENORS - Three Mo' Tenors (PBS Broadcast)
TOM JONES - At This Moment
SELF-HELP:
THE ARTIST'S WAY: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity by Julia Cameron
CREATIVE VISUALIZATION by Shakti Gawain
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