Elizabeth Tait VRH 9.12

Brook Meyers
Breathing - With her body type, I felt like I should have been seeing more displacement in the front and sides, and I wasn't.  It gave me the hint that she is holding something back at each inhale, which ain't good.  However, something must be going right, because I was impressed with her long phrases in which she didn't run out of breath.  So I wasn't sure what to say about that...
Intonation: I felt like she must have learned her pitches accurately and efficiently, because the intonation on those fast runs seemed clear to me. 
Timbre - She lost a good timbre when on the [a] vowel.  It was very swallowed.  And as she got higher in pitch, her timbre got more swallowed.  She needs to think larger and bigger going higher, not smaller and tighter.  But that advice needs to be refined...
Diction:  I could understand everything fairly well.  One thing: I would have preferred "and all" or "an dall," if you know what I mean ;)
Expressiveness:  I was impressed with her confident introduction.  I also appreciated the energy, but her hands were freaky tense!  Gotta get those under control.
Overall Performance: I enjoyed feeling that she wasn't worried about herself.  She wasn't apologetic for her place in singing progression right now.  Thank you!  That's a good place to continue growing from.

Kimberly Robbins
Breathing:  I just suck at judging breathing!  I couldn't think of anything
Intonation: I trust she learned her pitches accurately, but not accurately enough.  Perhaps it was due to her fuzzy timbre, but I feel like she never really hit the note straight in the face.  And that piece needed that accuracy especially.
Timbre: It's got a softness to it, a fuzz that is actually appealing.  However, it's definitely her weakness at the same time
Diction: I know this piece, so I feel I might be an impartial judge of this.
Expressiveness: I wished she had been more confident in introducing herself.  Her posture while singing was apologetic instead of fierce.  I understand the song isn't fierce, but posture always should be.
Overall Performance: Looked worried, which I don't think she actually was.

Emily Floyd
Breathing: I don't know what category to fit this in, so I'm saying it now:  There was a buttload of jaw movement happening.  Even on changing pitches that didn't change words!  She really needs some tootsie roll training.
Intonation: No terrible problems
Timbre: The sound just screamed of tightness to me.  However, her body didn't look terribly tight, so I was confused.  Perhaps her tension is kept in her shoulder or back.  I did notice that one shoulder was higher than the other.  However, I think her dark flavor in her sound will end up being so beautiful, so that's encouraging!
Diction:  She didn't sound incredibly Italian, and I think that could be due to lack of contrast in vowels, lack of full dentalization, and lack of exaggerated double consonants.
Expressiveness: Generally pleasant aspect.  She looked actually happy to be singing, which really feels good for me as an audience member. 
Overall Performance: Overall calm and collected in poise, but voice was much less calm and collected.