School holidays September 21st to October 2nd – classes available!

Posted on | September 15, 2009 | No Comments

Due my recent travel to Canada and my trip to Japan in October, I am teaching during the September school holidays. Classes are available for existing students for make up lessons and new students. Please contact via the contact page for a lesson time that suits you!

After returning from Canada and ploughing through my mail, I found the Sept / Oct "Journal of Singing" from NATS. Always great reading for singers and singing teachers, the article which stood out for me was Robert Edwin's "Popular Song and Music Theatre: What's Going On On Broadway?" In this article he discusses the latest musical to be cast on Broadway, "Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark" with a score by Bono and The Edge. He says "there is no Broadway sound … there are many, many Broadway sounds and our job (singing teachers) is to help singers develop as many of those sounds as they are willing and able to do." Think about the styles from some of the shows produced in the last ten years: Pop (Elton John's Aida and The Lion King, ABBA's music in Mamma Mia, Phil Collin's music in Tarzan), Rock (We Will Rock You – music by Queen), Belt and Legit mixes (Wicked, Little Women, The Last Five Years, Cats), Legit (Guys and Dolls, Phantom of the Opera). Singers who are serious about Music Theatre need to be able to belt, mix and sing in legit style.

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