Voice Recital Hour October 24th 2013

October 24th 2013- 2,5,8

Ben Shaw: Beautiful voice. I love the song selection, and as always I love your deep rich sound. Work on increasing your upper resonance. As you sing, even the low notes, keep space between your molars to keep the sound bright and "piercing." Most especially for the low notes. I've learned something from Cindy (that I'm still working on…) but what she talks about, is as you sing low notes at the bottom of your range, we usually try to push the sound to try and get more volume, but if we stop thinking about volume, and start thinking about resonance, then it actually comes across better. Don't be so concerned with how loud the low note is, just let it happen and think about your resonance instead! Enjoyed the performance!

Laura Wride: Beautiful voice. I enjoyed the song, and the way it was sung. As you breath, work on having a "filling" sensation. Often I heard gaspy breaths that were shallow and not filling. As you do this, I think it will help the long sustained notes in the phrase to shimmer. Work on feeling a sense of "flow" as you sing the long sustained notes. They start to feel a little stagnant… If you can keep the air spinning and flowing it will help you to keep vibrancy to the tone. Beautiful performance.

Bric Slade: I like the freedom in your voice! Especially up high, it sounds very free and open. Beautiful tone. I notice that your jaw is a little forward. Kind of like we talked about in the book (and I still struggle with this a lot…) but work to keep all of your jaw positions in ah, and then manipulate the tongue! I think this will help to keep more consistency as you go higher in your voice. Thank you for the performance.