I would explore several things. First, is she so focused on "singing
right" and having good technique that she CAN'T give feeling to her
songs? Or does she generally have problems showing emotion?
An excellent idea would be for her to take serious acting classes.
Gradually, with a good acting coach, she should come out of her shell
and learn to translate what she can do with the spoken word to what
she can do while singing.
Kristina
www.geocities.com/kristinasvocalstudio
--- In vocalist-temporary@y..., "Robert Edgar" <redgar@b...> wrote:
> 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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