“Considered a pioneer in contemporary vocal practices, Canadian singer, interdisciplinary artist, and educator Fides Krucker has been performing, teaching, and challenging the status quo of vocal performance and pedagogy for over 35 years. Therefore, it comes as no surprise that her new book, Reclaiming Calliope: Freeing the Female Voice through Undomesticated Singing, does not easily fall neatly under a specific genre. In it, she weaves vocal methodology with a feminist manifesto all through the lens of a memoir, with voice and its infinite expressive abilities unifying it all. Krucker’s ability to deftly maneuver between autobiographical storytelling, body-based vocal pedagogy, social commentary, and feminist theory is astonishing, yet as is made clear early in the book, that agility is simply her modus operandi…”
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“In Greek mythology, Calliope, as the author explains, is the muse who reigns over eloquence and epic poetry and is celebrated for the ecstatic harmony of her voice. Deemed to be the chief of all muses—Krucker crowns her the “Mother of all muses.” After reading this book, I suggest you might imagine Krucker herself as Calliope, imploring us all–voice students and educators, singers, and actors, professionals and amateurs, indeed anyone with a voice–to reclaim our unique voices: unfettered, unbound, undomesticated, and bursting with expressive agency.”
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