Dear listers,
I am looking for some ideas on how to solve a problem with a student
of mine. She is a 31years old soprano who has had to work very hard to
develop some quality of tone in her upper voice. That she has accomplished
fairly well, although we still have some work to do to stop the reediness,
but her problem is the inability to sing with sensitivity. What I mean by
that is, she finds it very difficult to sing with passion, emotion,
sincerity etc. She certainly thinks it, but it do not come from her heart. I
thought maybe I could approach the problem via character songs, folk songs
etc but am asking if anyone has some brighter ideas. I'm mainly trying to
build this technique for the benefit of Art songs and Lieder. I find this
technique very easy to do, but when it comes to teaching someone else, I've
hit a brick wall. I've even made her watch me, but it doesn't transfer. Hope
someone has some great ideas.
Robyn Edgar
Australia
redgar@b...
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