DavidMHoward

    Professional engineer, academic, organist, pianist, choral director, singer
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David's new (2015) book on Choral Singing and Healthy Voice Production is published by Willow Leaf Media with a Foreword by Ralph Allwood. It is for choir directors and choral singers and describes healthy voice use, how the voice works, the acoustics of the voice and the sound of many voices in a building and how to achieve the best choral tuning and blend. It includes a number of warm-up and other exercises to illustrate what is written and to experiment with what is being described. It is available on Amazon and there are comments from Ninevoices.


Books published ...
 

Choral Singing and Healthy Voice Production
Howard, D.M., (2015), Tunbridge Wells: Willow Leaf Media.
This book brings together various areas of David's expertise including voice science, choral conducting, and the workshops he gives with Francis Newton on healthy voice production and giving presentations. Singing together with others is a wonderful thing to do; this book has been written for those who sing and those who direct them. Ralph Allwood wrote the Foreword and his Rodolphus Choir sang at its launch in St. Sepulchre's Church in London on Friday 20th February 2015.
Available on Amazon. Comments from Ninevoices.

Chapter in: Genetic and evolutionary computation - Medical applications
Howard, D.M., Tyrrell, A.M., and Cooper, C. (2011). Towards an alternative to magnetic resonance imaging for vocal tract shape measurement using principles of evolution, In: Genetic and evolutionary computation - Medical applications, Smith, S.L.S. and Cagnoni, S. (Eds.), 191-205.
Evolutionary computing techniques used to find oral tract shapes for vowels of men and women based on speect pressure and laryngograph recordings. This could be a possible alternative to magnetic resonance imaging.

The Penguin Dictionary of Electronics (4th Edition - in Japanese)
Howard, D.M., (Ed.), (2010). ペンギ ン電子工学辞典編集委員会訳, 4th Ed, Translation through Tuttle-Mori Agency Inc., Tokyo, ISBN 978-4-154-22154-1
A Japanese version of the Penguin Dictionary of Electronics (see below).

Acoustics and Psychoacoustics (4th Edition - in Chinese)
Howard, D.M., and Angus, J.A.S. (2009). 音 乐声学与心理声学 (第三版), 4th Edition, with audio CD, Oxford: Focal Press. ISBN 978-7-115-21677-9
A Chinese translation of the 4th Edition of Acoustics and Psychoacoustics (see below).

Chapter in: Modern methods for musicology
Howard, D.M. (2009). The computer and the singing voice, In: Modern methods for musicology: Prospects, proposals and realities, Crawford, T., and Gibson, L. (Eds.), Farnham: Ashgate Publishing Ltd., 59-72, ISBN-13: 978-0-7546-7302-6.
This chapter concerns the use of information technology for the study of the singing voice in terms of the application of real-time visual displays for singing training.

Chapter in: The Larynx
Howard, D.M. (2008). Electrolaryngography-electroglottography, In: The Larynx, Fried, M., and Ferlito, A., (Eds.), San Diego: Plural Press, 227-243, ISBN-13: 978-1-59756-062-7.
This chapter is about electrolaryngography and electroglottography for monitoring the  vocal fold vibration non-evasively.

Chapter in: Moreschi and the voice of the castrato
Howard, D.M. (2008). Acoustics of the castrato voice, In: Clapton, N., Moreschi and the voice of the castrato, London: Haus Publishing, ISBN: 9781905791422.
After involvement in the BBC4-TV's Castrato, Nick Clapton invited David to write this chapter his  book.
  • Book of the month (Jan 2009) on Classic FM.
  • “That <chapter> of David M. Howard ... is highly informed and well executed.” – Times Higher Education review by Professor Martha Feldman, University of Chicago, 22/01/09

Voice science, acoustics and recording
Howard, D.M., and Murphy, D.T. (2008). Voice science acoustics and recording, Dan Diego: Plural Press. ISBN-13: 978-1-59756-078-8
This book is about how the voice works, the acoustics effects of a space when performing there vocally and how to make a high quality voice recording. It is intended for singers, voice teachers, recording engineers, musicians wanting to understand the acoustics of performance and music technology students.

A Student's Guide to Music Technology for AS and A2.
Cole, B., Collyer, A., Howard, D.M., Hunt, A.D., and Murphy, D.T. (2005), for the Edexcel Specification, (Edexcel A Level Examinations Specification), Rheingold Study Guides, London: Rheingold Publishing Ltd. ISBN: 1-904-22675-2
David contributed to this A-level text in the area of studio sequencing from a theoretical and practical perspective. As York invented Music Technology originally with its MA/MSc in Music Technology, it was special to contribute to the A level.

Editor: The Penguin Dictionary of Electronics (4th Edition)
Garner, P.E., Howard, D.M., Porter, S.J., Tyrrell, A.M., Ward, A.E., and Wood, J. (2005) Contributions to: The Penguin Dictionary of Electronics, 4th Ed, Howard D.M. (Ed.), ISBN 0-14101-3974
David edited and contributed to this Dictionary of Electronics, and the 4th edition has  enlarges on the third edition, taking into account new activities that are becoming core to electronics as we enter the 21st century including nanotechnology, modern communications engineering, audio technology and computer engineering.

Chapter in: Speech technology for telecommunications
Howard, D.M., and Angus, JAS (1997). Introduction to human speech production, human hearing and speech analysis, In: Speech technology for telecommunications, Westall, F.A., Johnson, R.D., and Lewis, A.V., (Eds.), London: Chapman and Hall, 30-72. ISBN: 0 412 79080 7
This textbook introduces the theories behind human speech production and perception in a form that is accessible to engineers.

Chapter in and co-Editor of: The Voice Clinic Handbook
Howard, D.M. (1997). Practical voice measurement, In: The voice clinic handbook, Harris, T., Rubin, J., Harris, S., and Howard, D.M., (Eds.), London: Whurr Publishing Company, 323-382. ISBN 1 86156 034 6
This handbook is for voice professionals who wish to set up or understand better the multi-disciplinary nature of a voice clinic. Howard's chapter on practical voice measurement considers the typical range of measurement techniques applied to quantify aspects of the voice in terms of their reliability, accuracy and repeatability.

Synthesisers in Worship
Howard, D.M. (1989). Synthesisers in Worship, RSCM Handbook 11, London: The Royal School of Church Music.
This handbook, which includes two original pieces of music by Alan Wilson, introduces the use of synthesisers in church and their their use to enhance worship, whether stand-alone or to enhance a pipe organ. It is based on the experiences gained by David Howard and Alan Wilson in their "Synthesiser Duo" giving concerts of popular music played on 6-8 keyboards as well as master classes they gave at Addington Palace during the 1980s and 1990s to members of the Royal School of Church Music.



PREVIOUS EDITIONS

AUTHOR: Acoustics and Psychoacoustics (3rd Edition)
Howard, D.M., and Angus, J.A.S. (2006). Acoustics and psychoacoustics, 3rd Edition, with audio CD, Oxford: Focal Press. ISBN 0-240-51995-7

Acoustics and Psychoacoustics (2nd Edition)
Howard, D.M., and Angus, J.A.S. (2001). Acoustics and psychoacoustics, 2nd Edition, Oxford: Focal Press. ISBN 0 240 51609 5.

Acoustics and Psychoacoustics (1st Edition)
Howard, D.M., and Angus, J.A.S. (1996). Acoustics and psychoacoustics, 1st Edition, Oxford: Focal Press. ISBN 0 240 51428 9

Penguin Dictionary of Electronics (3rd Edition)
Garner, P.E., Howard, D.M., Porter, S.J., Tyrrell, A.M., Ward, A.E., and Wood, J. (1998). Contributions to: The Penguin Dictionary of Electronics, 3rd Edition, Illingworth, V. (Ed.). ISBN 0 14 051402 3





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