In quotes : "A good vibrato is the result of singing correctly. Trying to control the vibrato means holding something in your throat."
Wrong. A "good vibrato" is not only the consequence of, but also the condition to "correct singing" : one and same thing, a case of which came first, the chicken or the egg? Hence "trying to control it" is exactly what "correct" singing is about, "correct" also implying "controllable", "flexible", what the Italian call "pastoso", something you can shape, "knead" like modelling clay or dough ("pasta"). There is no such thing as a rigid vibrato, with pre-set speed and width, unless any ill-triggered resonator plays interloper (bleat, growl...), taking over the incorrect closure of the vocal folds, either too sloppy or too tightened to sustain a vibration without further impetus than the attack. The unhealthy "wobble" the senior female choir singer in question is plagued with might as well fall into a similar category, worsened by habits ingrained through the years, hard to uproot. Now, "holding something in your throat", but for the upsetting image your very words seemingly call up for you, is, indeed, part and parcel of the singer's craft : restraint versus full blast, piano versus forte, etc...Needless to mention Jazz singing, where the command of vibrato speed and width has proven but mandatory since the dawn of swing.
BJJA
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