Bric Slade
Voice Recital Hour
9/5/13
Emily Floyd
I felt the performance was a little held back. It could possibly be because the breathing was less like a balloon and more like a bucket. We need to expand our breathing so we have plenty of energy to sing. Most of her problems could be traced back to this. It was causing her to seem less confident and emotionally weak. She has a very Bright voice and most of it was in tune. One thing that could help with the breathing is practicing annunciation. Clear crisp consonants will give the piece a little bit more power and we will be able to understand her more. Other than that it was very clean, it didn't seem she was straining her voice so it was quite healthy.
Amber Denslow
The first thing I noticed was that she was very rigid and was moving her fingers throughout the performance. It kind of gave me the feeling she was nervous. Relax. Being tense effected her breathing. She needs to un-furrow her brows. This wasted energy could be quite useful in performing this piece. She has a very light, clean, healthy sound which leads me to believe she is using her power in her core like she should, which was good. Loosening up will give her that much more and it will help her to connect with her audience emotionally as well.
Amber Ferrow
I feel the performance was a little constrained. She was holding back and she needs to breath more free. The resonance was a little twangy/nasely. She needs to focus on opening up her whole body when she sings. This piece paints a very vivid picture with its poetry and such and at one time she speaks the text and there is so much emotion she could put into it but she doesn't.
Michael Lechner
I feel his performance was quite a bit breathy and forced. Opening up more in the back of the throat and breathing down into his core will help him overcome some of the resonance issues he showed. Stylistically I was unimpressed. I'm not sure he knows what he's singing, and a lot of the time I can't tell either. Reading the text and practicing annunciation will add more power and also reading what it means in english will give him more to work with as far as his emotion goes.
Jared Daley
I feel he sang this song very open and very smoothly. He prepared for the high notes and knocked them down like a pro. Now, there are high notes in that song that are less important but he still has to prepare for them and hit them, and not just skim over them. Overall it was a very healthy smooth performance. I like his energy in his voice, he has a lot of expression. In his face not so much, but I might not have been paying much attention. It seemed to me he was like a statue and not so loose.
Sarah Gee
A Little more emotion will fix a lot of the diction problems she had with this performance. Read the text and find out what it means to you. Make the audience feel something. I feel I couldn't understand much of what she said. Other than that her voice was very vibrant and in tune.
Jordan Davis
Jordan has a very bright, clear, voice. I don't feel it is coming from the right place. Its a little to forward and should be more lofty. He needs to focus his power in his core muscles and less his neck, I felt there was quite a bit of strain in the high notes. Relax, practice breathing throughout the song, maybe even practice the piece slower and I know he can nail those notes.
Aubrianne Dunn
I feel her voice was a little raspy. There is room to improve by bringing that sound even further into the back of your throat rather than the front, opening up your mouth like an inverted megaphone. It will make it sound a lot clearer and healthier. The diction was hard to understand but can be improved if she would look at her music and sing it as though she were speaking it, acting it out. Her voice is very vibrant and flutters like a bird and this keeps the piece nicely in-tune.
Emily Hess
Her voice was lofty and open. Her breathing was smooth and relaxed which made her performance sound healthy. One thing I noticed was her voice sounded a tiny bit raspy which makes me wonder if she is using all the energy she could in her core.
Kayelee Farris
Her performance was a bit gaspy and it seemed like she was taking quite a few bucket breaths. Her vowels closed at the end of her words sometimes which didn't offer the best open sound she could produce. Working on keeping the vowels tall throughout the word and breathing more smoothly will up her performance by quite a bit. Stylistically I wasn't sure if she felt what she was singing. I think she could read the poetry and find out more about what this piece actually means.
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