Localizing Estill Voice Training for Mandarin Musical Theatre Singing

Journal: Arts Studies and Criticism DOI: 10.32629/asc.v7i2.5132

Miaoying Lin

The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Hong Kong 999077, China

Abstract

The booming development of Chinese musical theatre has created an urgent demand for a scientific vocal training system tailored to Mandarin singing. This study focuses on the localized application of Estill Voice Training (EVT), a muscle-isolation-based vocal framework universally applicable across languages, for Mandarin musical theatre. Drawing on the author’s performance experience, it adopts literature review, case analysis, embodied research and semi-structured interviews to explore EVT’s adaptation to Mandarin phonetic features, such as plosive initials, complex rhymes, four tones. A localized training model and customized vocal exercises are constructed, offering a scientific, feasible solution for vocal teaching and stage practice, and laying a foundation for the professional development of Chinese musical theatre.

Keywords

Estill Voice Training (EVT),mandarin musical theatre,vocal localization,musical theatre singing

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