the study of the methods and activities of teaching – retrieved from: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/pedagogy
In this fifth and last post of my “vocal environment” series, I’m circling back to the music itself. This includes the pitch, vowel, and volume that are the building blocks…
The performing space, the ear, and the feedback – the acoustic experience can theoretically be considered on its own, but is tied closely to the psychological. Experienced singers agree that…
In the first of the “environment” series, I referred to one aspect of the environment in which singing happens – the shape of the vocal tract. Then for Part 2,…
In my last post I wrote about my personal experience with the acoustics of my insides – my own physical environment. Today I am exploring an outside influence. When I…
Cornelius Reid wrote often about the environment in which a voice responds. He liked to refer to the environment as pitch, vowel, and volume. There is, of course, a lot…
I will be back at Opera America on July 28. Schedule at vocalability.com/schedule.
Definition of Gestalt: “…something that is made of many parts and yet is somehow more than or different from the combination of its parts” (retrieved from https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gestalt) Someone asked me…
In late June I attended the national conference of the National Association of Teachers of Singing in Las Vegas. I rented part of a booth in the exhibit hall with…
Hello all, My studio has moved from the east side of Rockville to the west side at the border of Potomac and Rockville. The location is near the intersection of…
My book will be available beginning June 1. Click through to Amazon to reserve your Kindle version. Pre-order print and Kindle versions for 6/1 shipment!
When I was a kid in Churdan, Iowa, I used to get on my bike and ride out to the cemetery on the east side of town. It was a…