This article by British baritone and teacher Neil Howlett is one of the best on this subject that I have read. It explains why it is a useful exercise, how…
Tag: pedagogy
As teachers, we want to get the best results with our students. There are big picture goals, like easy breathing, good body alignment, efficient use of breath, accurate intonation, and…
In D. Brian Lee’s book “Sane Singing”, the author offers a practical guide for the singer to look at career-building with a common sensical approach. He addresses many of the…
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…
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…
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…
Hello comrades! Let’s talk about “growing pains”. Sometimes there is a season for something really cool in your professional life, and then a few years later, it’s not so sizzling…
I was pleased to hear that my proposal was accepted for a poster session at the biennial conference of the National Association of Teachers of Singing, which takes place June…
When pondering training possibilities, the question for me is “Go deep, or go broad?” I tend to go deep (into one approach) when I find something especially resonant. When I…
[This is an excerpt from Chapter 3 “The Confusions”.] Long ago I thought of the human voice as an instrument, just in a different family than brasses and woodwinds and…
