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(also: one-year anniversary shenanigans) Recently, a friend and colleague posted something on one of the Voice Teacher FaceBook Groups...
a matter of intention
intention shapes action
a matter of intention [cont.]
intention coordinates the body … and sometimes being a dinosaur is the best intention of all.
grasping at straws …
roughly a million people have already written about straw exercises so rather than write a new blog post, I’m just going to reference the heck out of them and go home early
worth a closer look (daily blog – day 15)
The fundamental difference between all forms of (for lack of a better term) "Classical Singing" and almost all forms of (again with the...
ask all the things (daily blog – day 14)
compulsory teacher
one size voice ped (daily blog – day 13)
I've recently started attending Yin Yoga classes on the regular. (Because: I like paying to nap while I stretch. Ahem.) And the instructor...
friday fav five – 19|01|04
New Year | New You Edition Yeah ... I'm not really into setting a whole bunch of resolutions to change things up BIG TIME in the New...
good enough (daily blog – day 12)
Happy New Year and all that jazz! As we head into the 2019 teaching year and the making-resolutions-by-the-bucketful season, here's a...
on fine wine (daily blog – day 11)
Lots of things get better with age. Don't you believe for ONE MINUTE that they don't. Speaking of better with age: One of the true...
giving tuesday (daily blog – day 10)
it's an american thing ... ... this frenetic lead-up to Christmas that starts with Veterans' Day and goes through Thanksgiving, while...
friday fav five – 18|11|23
(now on a once-per-month basis. because: real life.) 1. favourite...
on being a great voice teacher (daily blog – day 9)
Us voice teachers, we know IN OUR BRAINS that we are likely not the right voice teacher for every student out there. We know it in our...
pizza vs champagne mindset (daily blog – day 8)
It's possible for us to get along. All of us voice teachers in the world. AND EVEN IN OUR SMALL TOWNS. (This post was prompted, by the...
negotiating (daily blog – day 7)
The Untouchable Every singer brings a little untouchable sumthin-sumthin with them to the studio; that *one thing* that is deeply precious...
foundations and such (daily blog – day 6)
build that thing They're building in the field that's on the far side of the green space in the back of our house. They've been at it for...
hydration habit (daily blog – day 5)
If you want to instantly make a singer (or singing teacher) feel guilty, just ask them how much water they drink on the daily. We all know...
mantra for festival-attending voice teachers (daily blog – day 4)
repeat after me I am good at what I do. But what I do is NOT WHO I AM. I offer my students wonderful performance opportunities. And I help...
