My colleague in The Speakeasy Collective, Marisa Gray Atha, wrote this beautiful piece on showing up, being present. Step up and be willing to start. That is a big deal.
The major skill of a voice teacher is listening. The teacher listens, discerns what is good and what needs help to get better, and then prescribes an exercise to train…
I really enjoyed this conversation with Nikki Loney about Sane Singing and the challenges of guiding singers through their voice training. You can hear the podcast here: The Full Voice…
There are singers and teachers who say “Men sing in chest voice throughout their whole range. They do not use falsetto in performance”. Oh boy. I look up performance clips…
This term is an example of describing something that happens, but it isn’t obvious about what “action items” will get you there. If you sing a rising octave, sliding between…
Living and working with people gives so many opportunities to learn how to negotiate, discuss, hear, and be heard in everyday conversations. Internet discussions are also full of these opportunities,…
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…