About the Author

Joan Melton, PhD, ADVS, is a pioneer in the integration of singing techniques and voice/movement training for the actor. The author of One Voice: Integrating Singing and Theatre Voice Techniques, with Kenneth Tom, PhD (2nd ed Waveland 2012), and Singing in Musical Theatre: The Training of Singers and Actors (Allworth 2007), she trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama, London, holds a PhD from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and has taught at leading drama and music centers in the United States, Great Britain, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. She is a published composer with performance credits in theatre, opera, television and voiceover, and currently heads research projects in the US and Australia. Visit her website at www.joanmelton.com.