Christmas Concert

Posted on | November 11, 2009 | No Comments

We are having a great time in lessons finalising songs for the end of year concert on Monday 7th December. I am enjoying hearing the fruit of all the work students have been putting in to their voices this year. Good singing is sometimes a factor of time. Over time we learn how to refine our belt from something unwieldy and large to a sound we can manipulate to suit the intensity and emotional impact required for the song. Some students are learning to find what I call their inner “fluffy bunny”! This is learning how to sing softly and intimately on the microphone, again, to suit the requirements of the song. Other students are mastering interpretation. They have heard a song and love how it is sung by a favourite singer, but the world doesn’t need another generic sound, it needs to hear YOUR sound! Some students are mastering breath management, alignment, speech quality, appropriate amounts of twang and everyone is hearing me talk about space space space! Opening up and singing, using our whole body when we sing and not just where you think your voice is produced. So exciting! I love teaching singing, and it is a joy to hear students as they improve and master new techniques that set their voices free!

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