Ben Shaw recital notes 09/05/2013

1. Emily Floyd
2. Breathing:
3. Intonation:Watch ascending lines
4. Timbre: Mature voice. During fast passages, spin is lost.
5. Diction: improve Diction in the middle of words, phrases.
6. Expressiveness: Need more dynamic contrast.
7. Masterclass: NA
8. overall: mature voice, resonance sometimes takes a while to engage in the high register.

1. Amber Denslow
2. breathing: bucketed.
3. Intonation: good.
4. Timbre: Inefficient use of air causes breathy tone, especially high register; tends to push air through.
5. Diction: Appropriate for French.
6. Expressiveness: Good dynamic contrast, need contrast of tone for contrasting moods.
7. Masterclass: NA
8. Overall performance: Good. Don't twitch fingers.

1. Michael Lechner
2. Breath: Bucket breathing. Especially at beginning; accompanist seemed to catch him off guard.
3. intonation: heavy tone can make pitch sag
4. Timbre: nasal tone, although good sense of high sound placement
5. Diction: really mushy; hard to understand
6. Expressiveness: almost non-existent. Use Dynamic contrast.
7. Masterclass: NA
8. Overall: Very nervous performance.

1. Jared Daley
2. Breathing: balloon like at beginning, quick breaths were more bucket.
3. Intonation: good.
4. Timbre: evidence of a rich tone, especially in low and middle register. High register: seems to push a lot of air through.
5. Diction: excellent.
6. Expressiveness: wonderful sense of character, dynamic, melodic lines.
7. Masterclass: NA
8. Overall: wonderful; stirring performance.

1. Sarah Gee
2. Breathing: impressive. As song progressed, became more bucket-like.
3. Intonation: good.
4. Timbre: sweet, resonate tone; SHARE IT!
5. Diction: somewhat mushy
6. Expressiveness: NI; even for a short song: use dynamic contrast.
7. Masterclass: NA
8. Overall: Good, although some tension in jaw.

1. Jordan Davis:
2. Breathing: rushed breath, bucket-like
3. Intonation: some issues, especially when switching to falsetto
4. Timbre: tense, forced.
5. Diction: good
6. Expressiveness: Good dynamic contrast, impressive sense of character.
7. Masterclass: NA
8. Overall performance: Convincing performance, although very tense.

1. Aubrianne Dunn
2. Breathing: Bucket
3. Intonation: good
4. Timbre: forced tone, inefficient use of air; "oo" is most especially airy.
5. Diction: good.
6. Expressiveness: good
7. masterclass: NA
8. Overall: Watch tone; has a tendency to kick in late.

1. Emily Hess
2. Breathing: bucket
3. Intonation: minimal issues; watch descending lines.
4. Timbre: Bright tone, although inconsistent.
5. Diction: good
6. Expressiveness: stay in character. "Checking out early" affects expressive performance.
7. Masterclass: NA
8. Overall: Plausible preparation, constant body turns evidence of nervousness.

1. Kaylee Ferris
2. Breathing: rushed/tense, bucket-like
3. Intonation: good
4. Timbre: Bright, open voice.
5. Diction: spit the words at us.
6. Expressiveness: be expressive; own the song.
7. Masterclass: NA
8. Overall performance: open voice evident in the chorus. Sing like that all the time.