What choral conductor or soloist has not looked around for new ideas for warming up the voice? Here are 200 suggestions all at once!And these creative exercises do more than just warm up the voice: they help to relax the body, train the ear and develop an awareness of dynamics and rhythm."Klaus Heizmann's collection is a wonderful new resource of ideas and techniques: practical, varied, challenging, relaxing and stimulating. I am always looking for new ideas, as I like to use a different set of warm-ups at every rehearsal with my choirs, and I tend to choose specific exercises to suit the repertoire for the day. This collection gives us 200 excellent "tools-of-the-trade"; they are clearly labeled, intelligently set out, well-designed and extremely useful." (Simon Carrington, Director of Choral Activities, New England Conservatory since 2001; Director of Choral Activities, The University of Kansas 1994-2001; Founder and co-director of the King's Singers 1968-1993)

Klaus Heizmann was born in 1944 ind Haan/Rheinland, Germany. After studying music in Düsseldorf and Fort Wayne, Indiana, he began his versatile carrer in 1968 as an choral and orchstral conductor, composer, producer and music editor.He has composed over 500 songs (including 200 children's songs), of which all have been published as sheet music and many also recorded. He has arranged and published over 1.000 songs. Klaus Heizmann has written three oratories, seven cantatas, six children's musicals and numerous textbooks on music. He has published over 70 sheet music collections and edited sheet music series for youth and mixed choruses.Actually he has produced over 300 recordings in Germany, Los Angeles, Prague, Johannesbug, Kiev etc. and is also activ as a music teacher. Klaus Heizmann currently lives in Wiesbaden, Germany.His collection of vocal warm-ups has been published by SCHOTT Music.

Physical warm-up exercises - The right posture - Model warm-up routinesBreathing exercises - Exercises for deliberate diaphragmatic breathing - Exercises for relaxing and opening the vocal tract - Vocal warm-up exercises - Exercises for vowel formation and modification - Register transition exercises - Resonance exercises - Exercises for relaxing and activating the lips - Exercises in DynamicsWarm-up exercises combined with ear training - Warm-up exercises combined with exercises for developing a sense of rhythm - Suggestions for accompaniment and performance