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Recently, I felt flustered through the beginning of a performance. My mind was wandering and grasping at myriad subjects even while the songs were completely unrelated. This left me feeling afraid and caused me to make a few strange mistakes that I had previously never made. The experience really bothered me, and upon Yes, that's a belly button. Sing through yours! I am playing with a few new support ideas lately that I want to describe in brief. Since becoming a tenor, I have had to really “up” the amount of breath support I give myself. Realize though, that this does not entirely mean pushing the I watched and performed in a masterclass at NMSU on Friday with Chinese voice teacher Li Zhang, or Lily as she is affectionately called here. Her teaching style is very simple and is very effective. Her technique is based off of a hierarchy of three ideas: The most important point is the foundation If you’ve ever listened to NPR for any extended period of time, you may have heard their series “This I Believe”. Listeners send in their essays on what they believe, and, if they are chose, they may read those essays aloud on the air. I have personally found many of these very moving and I am now a classically trained singer who has an eye on making my living from singing, and I have been wrestling with these questions (amongst many others) for several years now: How do I go about getting head shots? How do I prepare for an audition? How do I prepare for a role? |
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