So your child wants to major in music? Great! They are certainly talented, they’re motivated, and they love what they do! What could go wrong? I have no intention of being a downer, but I would love to take… Continue Reading
We’ve all heard that age-old phrase, “Those who can’t do, teach.” We’ve also all heard the much needed addendum to that phrase, “Those who can do, teach.” As a singer with the utmost respect for her teachers, and as a… Continue Reading
This past week, I was poking around the internet, searching for ideas for thoughtful and helpful content to give you, my wonderful reader (yes, you!), and I happened upon this tweet. That’ll work. After I got over my initial singer/teacher… Continue Reading
When people hear that I teach voice lessons professionally, I receive this follow-up comment more than any other question or comment. “I bet you can’t teach me, I can’t sing!” The exact phrasing varies, but seriously: This is… Continue Reading
This is a follow-up post to my article last week on vocal health. You can read that here first if you’d like. Again, I would like to state my disclaimer that I am not a medical or vocal health professional,… Continue Reading
Vocal health and voice disorders are a wide fear amongst singers of all types and levels, yet a surprising amount of singers, especially students, have very little knowledge about each. In this post, I hope to give some basic information… Continue Reading
This is my first of what will be many two-part posts on this blog. In this first post, I will see to define and clarify the Fach system to help those who may have no idea what I’m talking about.… Continue Reading