Nobody sounds exactly the same at 75 as they did at 25. This is not bad, it just is. I heard Leontyne Price in a recital around 1982 where she…
Tag: changing voices
Please stop using the term “break” right now. It’s discouraging and inaccurate. A boy with a nice treble voice will find that his voice changes with puberty. The voice may…
Generally I do not like to teach voice lessons to students under the age of 12. However, if a child is already doing a lot of performing, I occasionally have…
My studio is a little over half male, and always has been. I have worked with prepubescent boys, adolescents, and many adults up to the senior years. I see many…
I am not a voice scientist, but I am very interested in the subject, and try to find ways to bring scientific knowledge into the teaching studio. What follows is…
It is not uncommon for a young male’s voice to change more than once! Voices rarely mature at an even rate. The larynx continues to develop beyond adolescence, and the…
When a boy’s voice changes, the larynx’s sudden growth brings in new low notes and upsets the vocal coordination that may have existed previously. It is not uncommon for a…