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Detaching from the Voice Pedagogy World
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Detaching from the Voice Pedagogy World

  • Posted on December 29, 2022December 30, 2022
  • by Brian Lee

It began with the virtue-signaling, double standards, gotchas, and posing in the Facebook groups for voice teachers and classical singers. Seeing a social rule structure form and grow, who gets…

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Upheaval
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Upheaval

  • Posted on April 20, 2022April 20, 2022
  • by Brian Lee

[I wrote this on March 24. I am in a much rosier place mentally now, but I think this message may be worth sharing.] My husband and I are moving…

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Approval is just pleasant noise
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Approval is just pleasant noise

  • Posted on October 16, 2020October 16, 2020
  • by Brian Lee

When considering a self-improvement project or a new hobby, I encourage you to “Marie Kondo” it. Does it bring you joy? If yes, keep on. Do you care whether other…

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What you CAN do in online voice lessons
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What you CAN do in online voice lessons

  • Posted on March 24, 2020April 8, 2020
  • by Brian Lee

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…

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First lessons with a new teacher – mid career edition
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First lessons with a new teacher – mid career edition

  • Posted on November 24, 2019
  • by Brian Lee

If you are an experienced singer who has studied voice with a private teacher, and you go to a new teacher, it can be quite a jolt. The following is…

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Ships that have sailed
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Ships that have sailed

  • Posted on September 8, 2019September 10, 2019
  • by Brian Lee

There are more people than ever with DMA (Doctor of Musical Arts) degrees now. The degree was designed for teaching as a professor in a post-secondary institution. However, there are…

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When is it time for a new voice teacher?
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When is it time for a new voice teacher?

  • Posted on November 1, 2018November 14, 2018
  • by Brian Lee

Some uncomfortable thoughts that may be indications that it’s time for a change: – I am not improving, even though I practice. – For a long time now, I don’t…

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I already know about that
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I already know about that

  • Posted on September 26, 2017March 4, 2021
  • by Brian Lee

Sometimes when I’m talking shop with colleagues they will tell me about a recent course, workshop, or book that they have learned from. Sometimes they may say, “You probably know…

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Inside, outside, upside down
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Inside, outside, upside down

  • Posted on July 7, 2017October 12, 2018
  • by Brian Lee

People frequently say that when they hear their voice on a recording it is a little shocking. Singers have to learn to make peace with this. Listening to a recording…

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No voice stays the same forever
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No voice stays the same forever

  • Posted on June 30, 2017October 12, 2018
  • by Brian Lee

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…

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Midlife and the Artist’s Soul
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Midlife and the Artist’s Soul

  • Posted on December 14, 2016October 12, 2018
  • by Brian Lee

I saw this fantastic documentary tonight: Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened. Lonny Price, who was in the original cast, directs the story of the Broadway premiere of “Merrily…

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When “voice science” seems overwhelming
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When “voice science” seems overwhelming

  • Posted on October 2, 2016October 12, 2018
  • by Brian Lee

If you are a singer or teacher who has been exposed to lots of the current research on voice science, you may find it fascinating or boring, useful or irrelevant,…

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