If you want to work at a high level in any aspect of the performing arts, you will encounter sexual energy. In so many men and women, I see a…
Tag: gender
The world of music for the stage is all about categories. Are you male or female? What is your voice type? How old are you? What color are you? What…
Below is a sampling of some discussions I found by googling “I don’t like countertenors”. Is it sexist or artistically wrong of me to prefer female singers to countertenors? Is…
In many conversations with colleagues, it has often emerged that they are more personally involved in their students’ lives than I am with my students. The amount of personal talk…
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…
The short answer is “no”. There are cultural differences, and differences of size of the larynx and vocal folds, but functionally all voices have the same scientific registers available to…