Sarah Boucher VRH Critiques 10/3

Sarah Boucher VRH Critiques 10/3
Cassie Dibbins: Cassie has a very present voice, it was very clear and forward. She seemed to have a lot of consistency from the top to the bottom of her range in this piece. Her breath was very high in her body and she had a lot of tightness in her chest and shoulders. As she would run out of breath, the pitch would sag, especially at the end of the phrase. Her gorgeous tone got lost when she tried to be quiet when the dynamics changed. She has a few nervous habits like moving her knee to the beat. I think that if she had been more expressive and had tried to tell us a story with the piece a lot of these things could have been fixed. She seemed to be so focused on her body, that it tensed up and she was unable to get any emotion across.
Aubrianne Dunn: Aubrianne had very pleasant facial expressions and her diction was very good. I liked that I could understand every word not only because the diction was good but because of the expressions in the eyes. However, Aubrianne was hunched over in her posture and her arms and hands were glued to her sides. She was unable to take more grounded breaths because she was not standing in a way to promote that. Her tone was breathy and the vibrato, when present, was forced. I think that standing more upright, with an open chest will help with these things.
Brooklyn Dyer: Brooklyn had a calmness about her performance and was easy to watch. She carried herself well. I noticed that she barely opened her mouth at all and that her jaw was not released as she sang. This caused her tone to be breathy and covered. I think if she let her mouth open more and her jaw fall open her tone would be a lot richer and the vibrato more free.  Her breath was in the chest and bucket like and I think this also contributed to her breathy tone.