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Weekly Gathering

July 4, 2009 By Ian Sidden

The Weekly Gathering (named after a singing concept taught to me by my current teacher) will feature some of the better singing and music articles I’ve found around the web in the previous week.

From Classical Singer Magazine: The Legacy of Richard Miller

NPR’s Report on Better Breathing: Baby Steps to Better Breathing

Vocal Advice’s Article on “Would-be” teachers of singing. It’s calm but hard-hitting: To ‘would-be’ teachers of singing: on inexperience and charlatanry

And vibrato.

Rachel Velarde’s article at Music Teacher’s Helper on Applauding Guidelines: “To Applaud or Not to Applaud, that is the Question”

Rachel Velarde’s article on her own blog about voice studio promotion: Promoting Your Studio-Ideas

From the Well Blog: 11 Health Myths That May Surprise You

From Finding my Singing Voice: Can music make us more empathetic?

From the relatively new but very promising blog MusicEdMajor.net: 5 Low-Stress Ways to Stay Musically Active Over the Summer

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