Mariah Lesson Summary 11/21

Mariah Lesson Summary 11/21
   I could have been more prepared for this lesson by choosing an order that I want my songs to be in for my jury. I also could have been more careful with my voice this past week and practiced more lightly because of all the choir rehearsals.
   We started by talking about the mock juries Laurie is going to have at her house on December 6th and I signed up for a time. We did a lot of light warm ups since my voice was a little sore and I bounced on the ball to loosen up. Laurie had me do a descending scale on mm nice and easy and the sssigh exercise for quite a while and changed vowels. She had me lean over and take a noisy vacuum breath, do a primal uh and pant to help me with the "mi mi mi" exercise. She also advised to put the m right before the beat which really helped me with this exercise. We talked about juries and what I need to work on. I need to be confident about my high notes and really work to add more meaning to the pieces. We talked about an order a bit. I think I'm going to do "This Little Rose" first, then "Clair de Lune," "D'un Genio," and "Music for a While." We went on to working on "This Little Rose" and I did some poetic speaking. Then I added more dramatic inflection and projection. I worked on shaping the phrases more with dynamics and tempo and where to take pauses. For "Clair de Lune," I need to have more of an [a] instead of ah sound for masques and calme and a few other words. I need more of an [i] for paysage. Laurie also helped me with timing for some entrances. Laurie likes it when a singer has one foot slightly in front of the other to help have more stability so I need to practice that. On the phrases going into the high notes, I need to have a more lifted, internal space and connection. I need to have more line in "D'un Genio" and apply the meaning to my voice.
    I got self-conscious a lot working on the meanings for "This Little Rose" and "Clair de Lune." Part of it was that I didn't want to share what I was thinking about and part of it was that I didn't have a specific enough story in my head. So I need to work on being more vulnerable and having a specific image and story for each song.
    For my next lesson, I want to have an order and have all of my dynamics and meanings well rehearsed. I want to be confident and vulnerable and really specific for each song.

New Vocalizes
shoo on pitch descending
i e ah arpeggio wobble
holli lolli polli pop with snort