If you run the tip of your tongue from the back of the top teeth backward along the roof of your mouth, you will feel a solid, bony ridged arch which is the hard palate, perhaps a small bump near the middle end of the hard palate called the torus palatinus, and then a squishy section that ends with the uvula which is the soft palate.
As applied voice teachers continue efforts to diversify the vocal canon and highlight underrepresented composers, one significant name still often overlooked is Isabella Colbran (1785–1845).
Dorothy June “Judy” Strubhar Ross led a fascinating life as a composer, teacher, and activist. An alumna of Interlochen, she graduated from Eastman School of Music (1944) with a degree in composition and settled in Miami, Florida to be near her family.
It’s been terrorizing me for years: I’m backstage, frantically flipping through an unfamiliar libretto, attempting to memorize my entire role while a stage manager counts down, “places in five!” I always wake up just before curtain, drenched in sweat and so relieved it wasn’t real.
I hope to give evidenced information about topics that are often misunderstood and cite sources so you can dive deeper. This first article will discuss everyone’s favorite muscle of respiration: the diaphragm.
Performing outdoors during the summer season can be a wonderful, fulfilling experience. It can also be hot, humid, rainy, buggy, noisy, or distracting. Or all of the above.
Now is the time when those of us who compile summer reading lists start looking for good books to page through. Whether in search of an easy beach read, musical inspiration, or in-depth study, this column offers three different options of new publications for summertime perusal.
It’s true that anxiety and excitement can feel identical in the body. But energetically, they carry completely different frequencies. One wants to escape the situation; the other wants to be deeply present.
A couple months ago, I shared some of my go-to tools for handling the infamous “what’s next?” questions. Today, I want to chat about what happens after that moment. How to keep your creative spark alive when your calendar is empty.
The ARC of Auditioning is a new monthly column offering behind-the-scenes insight from a seasoned casting director. With practical wisdom and candid reflection, Duncan Stewart will bridge the gap between classical/conservatory training and the real-world audition process.
I’ll be honest, I started teaching voice the way a lot of people start teaching voice: I found myself with a MM and at a year-long YAP, I didn’t have a ton of time or work experience except singing and knew that I could make a little extra cash teaching voice.
You are one post away from changing your life. And I don’t just say that for effect. For the longest time, I was terrified of social media; not because of trolls or strangers on the internet. No, I was scared of people I knew seeing me “try.”
