Elizabeth Tait Lesson w/ Thomas Glenn

I had two lessons with Thomas, and this a summary of the first one!  I'll just do this in bullet point style:

• At the beginning of the lesson we did two exercises on one pitch only: ee-eh-ah-oh-oo & oo-oh-ah-eh-ee.  They both have different effects in training vowel shape.
• He commented that my ee vowel needs to be more vertical, and I now realize that he was commenting on a lack of molar space in that vowel.
• He generally wanted my mouth open more, and that is something I have worked on throughout this semester that has been very helpful.
• Another exercise he had me work on was going up the triad ah-ee-eh-ah, and then down the octave on ah, hitting the tonic on ee.  I'm not sure of the purpose of this one, but it wasn't bad!  
• He commented I needed to vibrate on every note, and that my sound needs to be connected but vowels change quickly.  Cindy is still commenting on that to this day, and I noticed it in my jury performance!  Definitely still something to work on.
• His voice teacher told him to not buy a ticket to his own concert, meaning you don't listen to yourself while you are singing!  That's a concept I want to understand better.
• My favorite thing I got from this lesson was about the core of the body.  He said that all martial arts and tai-chi, those kinds of activities, all are centered where the spine meets the pelvis (three fingers below your belly button.  That concept was very helpful to me.