At 01:21 AM 10/17/01 +0000, Ian Belsey <Idbelsey@y...> wrote: At 01:21 AM 10/17/01 +0000, Ian Belsey <Idbelsey@y...> wrote: >Great post too, but you seem to think William >Shakespeare (the vocal teacher) is doing ok? Maybe >I've misread, but by God, I had a teacher at the RCM >who favoured his 'method' and that's why I began >teaching singing. So no poor swine could ever be >taught as badly again!!!!
Another couple of thoughts on this matter: 1) just because a person claims to teach a particular "method" doesn't mean that s/he actually understands and properly teaches the method; 2) the guru in question might be a better teacher than a writer, if you go strictly by books (I had a conversation a few years back with a woman who studied with one of the big gurus and said that his actual teaching wasn't much like it looked in his books, but was much better). As I said, just a couple of general thoughts; I glanced at the Shakespeare text some years ago and frankly don't remember much of it....
Leslie J.
Leslie Jones, D.M.A.; contralto Asst. Professor, Dept. of Music Southeast Missouri State Univ. LJones@s... - (573) 651-2339 LJones@s... - (573) 651-2339
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