The Roy Hart Theatre in France is known for its voice research and its unique methods of teaching singing. Producer Eva Odrischinsky attended workshops there for ten years and worked closely with its best singing teachers. Taking a cheap little tape recorder along to remind herself of what went on and how it sounded, she accumulated a large sound diary. This work is an unusual document showing how exciting it can be to experiment with the human voice. The Voice is the Muscle of the Soul won the 1989 Ake Blomstroem Award (Swedish Radio) for the best European-style feature by a new and promising producer. An English version remixed especially for the series, presented by New American Radio.

In its ten years as a weekly national series, 1987-1998, New American Radio (NAR) commissioned and distributed over 300 original works: conceptual new drama, associational documentary, language explorations, sonic meditations, environmental compositions, musical explorations and works that pioneer new dimensions in acoustic space. Wave Farm is thrilled to be partnering with New American Radio to ensure these works remain available to listeners today and into the future.

New American Radio was organized by Helen Thorington, Executive Producer and Regine Beyer, Associate Producer. A special thanks to both Helen Thorington and Jo-Anne Green for their generous support and collaboration of this partnership, and their contribution to the field at large!

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