You can. Nothing wrong with it. Many popular and successful performing artists stick with a natural sound; they sing like they speak in terms of resonance. But to do extraordinary…
I’d like to define and use a term here: maximally resonant efficient singing (MRES). Concise definition: Singing with the most dynamically varied, overtone-rich sound that still allows for flexibility, stamina,…
On June 4, 2020 I committed Facebook suicide for two main reasons. Reason one: I don’t agree with how Facebook does business. I choose not to allow this particular corporate…
One performance that I will always remember, for strange reasons, is a famous singer of Lieder who came to Washington for a recital. He sang one of the major song…
There are vocal functions that require excellent balance and flexibility that don’t involve lots of fast notes. These are the vocal equivalents of tight-rope walking, as opposed to trapeze. Slow…
We need teachers. Teachers show us what is possible and how we might progress. They get us to think, and explore, and practice, and reiterate. They give feedback and advice…
Repeated physical actions eventually lead to habits. An action becomes a habit when it is repeatable with less and less conscious attention. Many of the singers who seem to sing…
One of my teachers said “There’s nothing natural about classical singing.” What I came to understand about that statement was a relief to me. Classical singing is no more natural…
Hello, friends and others. I wish to acknowledge the current American Zeitgeist. Since mid-March I have had plenty of upheaval, including the death of my father, the cancellation of my…
Everyone has some kind of complication – even the super-successful. Everyone has hidden challenges. The singer with an injury and the student with tensions and poorly trained muscles are two…
Many thanks to my colleague Cara Transtrom who told me about the team from New England Conservatory who recently published a report titled Special Report of the NEC Voice and…
In this time of quarantines, it makes sense to make use of online venues for teaching. There is a large subset of the activities of an in-person lesson that can…