Ben Shaw Aug29 recital notes

1. Sarah Brenay. Note: I stepped out for this performance to satisfy a pressing need.

1. Sarah Boucher
2. Breathing: Audible at parts.
3. Intonation: Sarah's performance was in tune.
4. Timbre: Resonate tone, "smiley," so to speak
5. Diction: Clear diction
6. Expressiveness: Impressive. Dynamic contrast/mood changes yielded a pleasing performance. This expressiveness is evident of technique becoming more natural to her (TC "automatism").
7. Masterclass: NA
8. Overall performance: Sarah is a confident performer who understands the emotional message of the song. Overall, excellent performance.

1. Taylee Beckstead
2. Breathing: Sometimes tight, otherwise supported.
3. Intonation: Great even on passages with more notes.
4. Timbre: Taylee has a mature voice, most evident in her middle range.
5. Diction: clear
6. Expressiveness: Engaging
7. Masterclass: NA
8. Overall performance: Very engaging. The German was impressive, and it is evident that Taylee has a flexible voice and is a confident performer.

1.Mariah Boyer
2. Breathing: Relaxed.
3. Intonation: tension and reaching with high notes yielded intonation difficulty.
4. Timbre: Rich tone, although a bit "swallowed" at parts, affecting the resonance.
5. Diction: Generally clear
6. Expressiveness: not bad. Even More dynamic contrast would sound more pleasing.
7. Masterclass: NA
8. Overall performance: Focused, aware of the emotional content. Performance tip: pin bangs back so audience can better see your eyes.

1. Carolee Beck
2. Breathing: a bit gaspy
3. Intonation: accurate. Consider sliding less.
4. Timbre: Rich tone that is pleasing to the ear, breathy at parts.
5. Diction: Good start to words and phrases. Keep it up all the way through.
6. Expressiveness: expression matched the song very well.
7. Masterclass: NA
8. Overall performance: Confident performer. Consider changing rep; a song like this can't truly showcase the beauty of one's voice, nor can it represent the expressive ability of the performer.

1. Emily Cottam
2. Breathing: at the beginning of the song, tensed up as breath was drawn. This pattern continued, showing a lack of breath support.
3. Intonation: Spot on.
4. Timbre: sweet and sparkling.
5. Expressiveness: There was not a lot of musical expression (dynamic contrast in particular) in this performance.
6. Diction: could be more clear.
7. Masterclass: NA
8. Overall performance: Good preparation. Tone quality made for a pleasing performance.

1. Caitlin Craig
2. Breathing: better at some parts than others; noise crept in (no pun intended).
3. Intonation: very good.
4. Timbre: Clear mature voice. a bit nazaly, breathy at parts.
5. Diction: clear
6. Expressiveness: Very good sense of French style and expressiveness.
7. Masterclass: NA
8. Overall performance: Seemed a little tense at first, but the tension waned as the song progressed.

1. Laura Berg
2. Breathing: Generally good, low breaths.
3. Intonation: no complaints here.
4. Timbre: Clear, resonate voice.
5. Diction: sometimes hard to understand the words.
6. Expressiveness: More dynamic contrast would fit the song better.
7. Masterclass: NA
8. Overall Performance: Good generally. The sound was off-and-on; the resonance was lost at parts. Also, some words were lost because of this. Tension in the shoulders as well.