Filipa M.B., Lã (2014). Learning to be a professional singer. En Advanced Musical Performance: Investigations in Higher Education Learning (pp. 265-287) SEMPRE y Taylor & Francis.
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Learning to become a professional musician requires the development of interdependent neuromuscular, cognitive, creative, aesthetic, expressive and emotional competences. It usually requires a great deal of commitment and self-organisation skills, certain personality traits and a share of luck. These requirements hold also for singers, who, in addition, need to face the unique requirements of possessing a “hidden instrument”, which is particularly sensitive to changes in both internal and external milieu. Naturally, teaching singing and becoming a professional singer is particularly endeavour. This chapter presents an attempt to explore these challenges, shedding light on interdisciplinary research in three main domains: (i) building the singing instrument, addressing different pedagogical approaches of voice production and vocal technique; (ii) learning voice care, discussing protective strategies and conditions that may impair normal development and function of the singing voice; and (iii) integrating key factors for a successful transition from student to professional. Suggestions to improve the current classical singer’s education are also presented.
