The Art of Singing
I love to read books by Brian Tracy because they are filled with sound information and wisdom. I was recently reading about what he sometimes does at his speaking engagements. He will ask his audience the following, “If I could give you a guaranteed formula to become rich, would…
Sudden Changes
A sudden change in weather is a perfect condition for the singer to find irritation and catch colds. Just recently we experienced weather from one extreme to the other. In New York it was recently 75 degrees one day and the next dropped to the 50’s, not mentioning…
Cart before the Horse
The human voice produces sound based upon the air expelled from the lungs, but how we expel that air is another question that must be considered. One thing for certain not everyone will have the voice that will take them to Broadway, The Met, and the…
Half a beat is not enough when taking a breath for singing. In fact, the great teachers of the past called it the mezzo respiro, meaning half breath. Half breath is not enough for proper tone emission. One area we find such an emission of half breath is in…
Not to long ago I was speaking with a professor in modern languages about her frustration over her desire to have students spend more time learning a foreign language. Please explain, I exclaimed. My students take a Spanish class that meets twice a week. To my reply, I asked…
The human voice undergoes change at the age of puberty, which for males comes just before the age of fifteen and females begins at the age of thirteen. This will vary depending on the student’s nationality because I have found that Latinos mature rather quickly, which could be a…
Vocal onset and release are crucial factors in singing because how you begin a phrase will determine the rest of your line. Whether you are a beginner or professional, daily exercises on tone emission are important. Enrico Caruso was adamant about the desired goal of proper…
One of the chief aims of a singer is singing a scale that is flawless, without breaks, and without Interruption of sound. Not too long ago I wrote a
No matter where you sing in the spectrum of your range, there is a sweet spot for every vowel. It sounds like what I have been saying all along to my students….
Sunday I had a photo shoot for The School of Singing students. Everyone had a
great time as each student performer had their moment in the lime light. In an effort…
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