Bric Slade Master Class 9/17/13

Bric Slade Master Class 9/17/13

Sam Meredith

I feel like Sam had deep centered breathing, very balloon like but he could definitely breath better to prepare for the high notes in some parts of the piece. He has a covered sound which doesn't promote fullness in his voice. Expression wise I feel he is focused too much on the mechanics of singing to make the song have any emotional dynamics at all. Cindy worked with him in having him draw how he felt the melodic line went. I think this gave him the opportunity to think more about the piece and what impression he was trying to give us with it. I feel his expression improved quite a bit through this exercise but I still think he needs to go back and not just understand the song, but understand every word and why that word is in place. A lot of what an audience hears is what an audience sees.

Luke Shepherd

Great breathing. Effortless and smooth. Intonation spot on. Open and resonant. I feel the arms were a little tense, I might be wrong. I feel he has the right idea what to express through this piece but I still feel there are parts he could sing differently. Cindy worked with him trying to draw the phrases out and crescendoing to the very end. I feel this sort of guided the audience and pulled me emotionally more into the piece. Driving the emotion in one steady crescendo into the end of each phrase has a powerful effect other than rising and falling through each phrase. Overall it was a wonderful performance.