From: Karen Mercedes
To: VOCALIST <vocalist>
Subject: Re: List of Greatest Voice Teachers
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On Thu, 27 Jan 2000, Jessica wrote:

> The subject of "excellent" voice teachers came up the other day when a
> lister asked about Ted Puffer and Beverly Johnson, both of whom, in
> subsequent posts, were described as renowned, well known teachers. This made
> me curious as to what teachers are generally considered the creme de la
> creme. Who are the most top-notch teachers out there? I know everyone will
> say their teacher in whatever town they're in is a wonderful teacher, and
> they probably are, but that's not what I'm fishing for here. If a list was
> to be compiled of the 10 or 20 people considered to be the greatest current
> voice teachers (those still alive), who would be on it? Where do they teach
> (studios, cities, etc)? Who do they, or have they taught? Are their names
> well known in classical music / opera circles and why?


I don't know about "greatest", but one name that comes up again and again
among top professional singers is Raymond Buckingham. I know Neil
Shicoff, Jerry Hadley, and Julia Migenes all studied with him at one time
or another.

KM
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