Dec 6, 2019 | Singing and Self Blog
To bud or to blossom? Painting by Jana Philipp (quote Anais Nin) As the days get shorter toward the solstice (my birthday!), it’s cause for reflection. This week, as at the end of every term, I met with my students to celebrate our recent time of work together....Nov 29, 2019 | Singing and Self Blog
Anybody feel like their candle is burnt down to a stub? Burn out. It seems it’s that time of year. As the light of day gets dimmer heading to the Solstice (my birthday, as chance would have it!), it seems like many in my midst have candles that have burned down...Nov 22, 2019 | Singing and Self Blog
Some lifeboats that might actually save you in daily real singing life…from “Fifty Boats” by Nan Shepherd, photo by Kimberly Barber My teacher, Neil Semer, often tells me that I’m a “lifeboat person”. What he means by that is that I...Nov 15, 2019 | Singing and Self Blog
Food for Body Thinking (Bessel van der Kolk’s groundbreaking book) Anyone who knows me knows about my respect for the body’s wisdom. It’s the cornerstone of my pedagogy in the studio and a passionate research interest, and of course there’s a...Nov 8, 2019 | Singing and Self Blog, The Disowned (Singing) Self
“Noticing the (w)hole in me”: Photo by Kimberly Barber, Edmonton, October 18, 2019 I’m reflecting today on lessons learned while teaching. This whole past weekend, I was working with (mostly) non-singers. They were a group of 30 some folks, close to...Nov 1, 2019 | Singing and Self Blog
The Weight of Oneself (Elmgreen and Dragset), Lyon, France, August 2019. (photo: Kimberly Barber) For the last 3 summers, I’ve taught voice at the Académie de Fourvière in Lyon, France. It’s a summer program offered through the Conservatoire de Lyon where I teach an...
