Thursday, November 14, 2013

Elizabeth Tait VRH 11.12.13

Meijkn
I liked her back space, especially on the [a] vowel.  I also was pleased to see good raised cheekbones as she sang.  She needs to practice more carefully her accompanimental rests, because she came in early in quite a lot of them.  She started out phrases with good energy, but did not keep until the end of the phrase.  Her posture was quite slumped, she needs some firmness in the torso.  Perhaps practice the Hermione pose.  Her attempt at being seductive involved a lot of eyebrow movement, too much in my opinion.  Carmen is so sexy, she's brings people to her, and doesn't bring herself to anyone.

Allen Stevens
Very pleasant and balanced tone. Your posture seemed generally well placed, but you seemed like you were holding yourself in a good position, instead of just being there.  I think your tone would be released to us if you opened your jaw a bit more.  I think in order to show expression, you are sticking your neck out, which isn't necessary!  There is a bit of extraneous head movement as well.  I think mostly what you need is a belief that you really can do this, because you do have some great natural talent.

Shalayna Guisao
I love your face, it was very focused and specific.  I wish there was just more of that same emotional clarity; take it further.  I noticed that you stopped your air on double consonants, like SS says not to do!  You were rubbing your hands together, and it was a bit distracting for me.  I think the primal "uh" advice was very helpful, and that assisted in providing more connection between your notes.  I think that adding more speech to your sound will be so helpful.  I have the same rattly sense in my tone, so I know how hard it is to get rid of.  Cindy helps me by thinking more of FFA.  This translates to more space in the nasopharynx for me.  Your rattle is most present on bright vowels [a], [e], and [i]  

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