Oct 27, 2022 | Singing and Self Blog, The Disowned (Singing) Self
Not personal (sourced at Snappa.com) A simple thought this week, from a revelation a student had: it’s not personal when you’re not satisfied with your singing. As she put it, “I mean, it’s personal because it’s you, it’s your voice...Oct 21, 2022 | Singing and Self Blog, The Disowned (Singing) Self
Image sourced on Snappa.com When I first started writing this blog in 2019, my goal was to examine the deep connection I felt, both as artist and teacher, between the singing voice and selfhood. I wanted always to be as honest as possible, even if it meant sometimes...Sep 16, 2022 | Singing and Self Blog, The Disowned (Singing) Self
Reclaiming, revisiting, replanting: excavating I know I’ve used this photo before, so to my loyal readers from the beginning, forgive me. This is the beginning of the academic year, and it’s the time where we meet new people, think about new ways of doing...Jul 15, 2022 | Singing and Self Blog, The Disowned (Singing) Self
Spine and Ribs (Snappa, sourced July 15, 2022) Having just returned from a stimulating (if sometimes exhausting) time of teaching and learning with young singers and experienced teaching colleagues from across the country and the US, I have been thinking often about...Jul 8, 2022 | Singing and Self Blog, The Disowned (Singing) Self
Dance with the one who brung ya (Snappa, accessed July 7, 2022) As I’ve been teaching these past few weeks at Opera Nuova here in Edmonton, a few themes have emerged that I know are universal for singers. I know this primarily because I have experienced them...Apr 8, 2022 | The Disowned (Singing) Self
Photo by Bo Huang (2019) We can only dance with the one who brung us. Namely, ourselves. Try as we might to be someone different, wedge ourselves into a box that seems more palatable, our voices will always resist this crime against nature. I know, because I have...