Educators can be at unusual risk for developing vocal fatigue and hoarseness. Demands of heavy voice use throughout the week is tremendous with little time for the voice to rest and recover. WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT? please refer to […]
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The Great Library Purge of 2018
By Erika Lockwood Don’t you just love summer? In May and June, I dream about all of the things I will accomplish during summer break – gardening, trips, relaxing with a good book, being outdoors, organizing my choral library. I’m sure I’m not alone in longing for more time to get organized with my music, […]
Singing Through Menopause
by Jamea Sale, contributing author, DevelopingVoices.blog “While the vocal apparatus does change as we grow older, researchers have found that voice training may help maintain the voice as we age.” (Butler, 2001). The Female Voice undergoes changes throughout the lifetime. Her habitual voice pitch descends from age 4 to 50 years, & finally settles in […]
Help for Seamless Singing . . . aid for passaggio and registers
Article submitted by Contributing Author Melissa Shallberg, DevelopingVoices.blog ~ There is so much conflicting information on the “Passaggio” or “Registers” of the Human Voice that aid in seamless singing! Be it speaking, theatrical, or singing the terminology and methodology of the vocal mechanism can be an intimidating subject to grasp. Effective Exercises for Creating Seamless […]
One from the Folder: Weekly Repertoire Thoughts for Women’s/Treble Choirs
Week 13: Friday, June 15, 2018 “The Striped Ones” – Mvt. 9 from Holocaust Cantata: Songs from the Camps Folk tune, arranged by Donald McCullough Polish text by Zofia Karpinska; English lyrics by Denny Clark SSAA, a cappella Note: By nature, I focus this blog on repertoire for the women’s/treble ensemble. Today is no exception, […]
One from the Folder: Weekly Repertoire Thoughts for Women’s/Treble Choirs
Week 12: Friday, June 8, 2018 “Where There is Light in the Soul” by Elizabeth Alexander With text from a Chinese proverb SSA, a cappella In this work, composer Elizabeth Alexander sets a poignant and beautiful Chinese proverb in a buoyant and well-crafted three-part selection: Where there is light in the soul there will be […]