Over 30 years experience as a professional singer.
Beginners: Learn the fundamentals of basic breathing and resonance.
Intermediate: Move into deeper areas of study and issues relating to timbre, flexibility, breaks in chest and head register, embellishment, vibrato as ornament, and phrasing. Instruction also available in regional and historic styles, as they pertain to performance practice.
Advanced: Learn about interpretation, creating an arrangement, and performance of music written before 1700.
Methods: Deep belly breathing, tai ch'i exercises, pure vs. 'covered' vowels, consonants as a springboard to the vowels, placement and resonance, guided relaxation meditations, engage and release, matching pitches,
repertoire, underlay, pronunciation of early languages.
All levels of expertise are welcome.
Beginning singers can learn excellent vocal technique that will serve as a foundation for years to come.
Advanced singers can learn to peel away cumbersome technique to find the beautiful and original voice that is yours alone.
Beginners: Learn the fundamentals of basic breathing and resonance.
Intermediate: Move into deeper areas of study and issues relating to timbre, flexibility, breaks in chest and head register, embellishment, vibrato as ornament, and phrasing. Instruction also available in regional and historic styles, as they pertain to performance practice.
Advanced: Learn about interpretation, creating an arrangement, and performance of music written before 1700.
Methods: Deep belly breathing, tai ch'i exercises, pure vs. 'covered' vowels, consonants as a springboard to the vowels, placement and resonance, guided relaxation meditations, engage and release, matching pitches,
repertoire, underlay, pronunciation of early languages.
All levels of expertise are welcome.
Beginning singers can learn excellent vocal technique that will serve as a foundation for years to come.
Advanced singers can learn to peel away cumbersome technique to find the beautiful and original voice that is yours alone.