What Can Classical Music do for You?
March is Music in Our Schools Month. Sometimes when I take on a private student who has previously given up on, or has never had music lessons, they can very fearful. Grown men who tower over me tremble when they Read More …
What I have never put on my About Me page is that I started out as a premed major. Those of you who follow me on social media know that I have completed a course on COVID-19 from the London Read More …
Times change. Two hundred years ago, at the time of Jane Austen, every young lady who had any aspirations of a middle-class or higher life was expected to have “accomplishments,” among which was included music, especially singing or playing an Read More …
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It might seem odd for a teacher of singing to tell you to think twice about lessons, but a very important article was just published in The Guardian. While the paper would gladly let me excerpt 500 words, there is Read More …
Do you belong to a singing group or choir? If so, you may wish to consider a master class. Don’t worry, you don’t have to be a master to attend; you just need to want to master a certain skill. Read More …
You use the same voice in speaking as you do in singing. Therefore, an understanding of healthy vocal technique can help tremendously if you need to use your speaking voice often. When people think of speaking voice lessons, they often Read More …
Any voice lesson should first and foremost emphasize your vocal health. Many popular techniques damage the vocal cords and oftentimes the damage is permanent. Sometimes even surgery will not reverse the damage. To sing well requires a good understanding of Read More …
The Foole doth thinke he is wise, but the wiseman knowes himselfe to be a Foole. —William Shakespeare, As You Like It If you’re not familiar with the Dunning-Kruger Effect, it simply states that incompetent people, because they lack the Read More …
