Pathways to memorization � GretchensPianos
We all struggle with memory. Here's a great article on memorizing from a piano player's point of view - but it all applies to you guys. Share some ideas here, in the studio, or on ANGEL.
Friday, December 31, 2010
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Once More With Feeling: New Year message - claiming or dabbling?
Once More With Feeling: New Year message - claiming or dabbling?
Well gang? Thoughts? My project between now and the time I see you all again at the college: reread Peak Performance thoroughly and share my progress here. No requirements - you are on break - but think about the message in the above link and what you can do right now, where you are. And if you are motivated: share your thoughts. If not now, we'll talk in studio.
Well gang? Thoughts? My project between now and the time I see you all again at the college: reread Peak Performance thoroughly and share my progress here. No requirements - you are on break - but think about the message in the above link and what you can do right now, where you are. And if you are motivated: share your thoughts. If not now, we'll talk in studio.
Friday, December 24, 2010
IPA character picker 11
IPA character picker 11
Happy Holidays - and have a wonderful break! My present to you: a site with all the IPA symbols one could ever want for online posting - may be a help for ANGEL - we shall see.
Happy Holidays - and have a wonderful break! My present to you: a site with all the IPA symbols one could ever want for online posting - may be a help for ANGEL - we shall see.
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Geraldine in a Bottle: The best 6 books on practicing
Geraldine in a Bottle: The best 6 books on practicing
Want to improve your practice technique? Check this list out.
Want to improve your practice technique? Check this list out.
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
14 things freelancers should do before the end of the year | WordCount
14 things freelancers should do before the end of the year | WordCount
As performing artists, we are most likely freelancers. Even though this article is focused on freelance writers, you can adapt things to a performer's life.
As performing artists, we are most likely freelancers. Even though this article is focused on freelance writers, you can adapt things to a performer's life.
Bite-Size Business for Actors: Books on the Business and Craft of Acting
Bite-Size Business for Actors: Books on the Business and Craft of Acting
Looking for ways to spend bookstore gift cards? Check this out and get reading! Do something for your craft every day!
Looking for ways to spend bookstore gift cards? Check this out and get reading! Do something for your craft every day!
Billeves�es: Marcia Lewis
Billeves�es: Marcia Lewis
Read and go study her performance choices - as you should with each great star. What makes them unique? What makes you unique as an artist?
Read and go study her performance choices - as you should with each great star. What makes them unique? What makes you unique as an artist?
Saturday, December 4, 2010
The Collaborative Piano Blog: Sometimes People Just Don't Get It
The Collaborative Piano Blog: Sometimes People Just Don't Get It
Patience is a virtue for the second video
BUT
for the first one - don't let this be your audition!
Patience is a virtue for the second video
BUT
for the first one - don't let this be your audition!
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Patricia Racette talks about Gounod's Faust, her cabaret repertoire and future plans - Interview on her San Francisco debut and her career (MusicalCriticism.com)
Patricia Racette talks about Gounod's Faust, her cabaret repertoire and future plans - Interview on her San Francisco debut and her career (MusicalCriticism.com)
Interview with the incredible Patricia Racette. Who are some of your favorite singers, and can you find interviews on the web to share with your fellow students? Am raiding her cabaret rep list for my own one woman cabaret act, currently in development!
Interview with the incredible Patricia Racette. Who are some of your favorite singers, and can you find interviews on the web to share with your fellow students? Am raiding her cabaret rep list for my own one woman cabaret act, currently in development!
The Collaborative Piano Blog: The Definitive Guide to Building and Maintaining a Repertoire List
The Collaborative Piano Blog: The Definitive Guide to Building and Maintaining a Repertoire List
Awesome post with food for thought about keeping track of your repertoire. As the post mentions, it's time consuming, but well worth the effort. Those of you that work with me via SUNY Oswego should work on compiling this list in LakerApps - it'll be something we can work on together - include a repertoire wish list section, and we'll talk!
Awesome post with food for thought about keeping track of your repertoire. As the post mentions, it's time consuming, but well worth the effort. Those of you that work with me via SUNY Oswego should work on compiling this list in LakerApps - it'll be something we can work on together - include a repertoire wish list section, and we'll talk!
Hildegaard von Behrens
Hiildegard Behrens, August 20, 2009
Every so often, I will be including articles about great singers of past generations. There are a few earlier in this blog, so browse through, glean the names, and go play around on youtube! Also, feel free to share your own discoveries in the discussion file on ANGEL!
Every so often, I will be including articles about great singers of past generations. There are a few earlier in this blog, so browse through, glean the names, and go play around on youtube! Also, feel free to share your own discoveries in the discussion file on ANGEL!
Classical Singer Community
Classical Singer Community
As I slowly revamp my latent fitness program (probably not to be picked up again until after our move - during finals week!), I was thrilled to read several articles in the latest Classical Singer. Will be sharing them here for what it's worth. Now is not too soon to begin thinking about life post school. Start building healthy habits now!
As I slowly revamp my latent fitness program (probably not to be picked up again until after our move - during finals week!), I was thrilled to read several articles in the latest Classical Singer. Will be sharing them here for what it's worth. Now is not too soon to begin thinking about life post school. Start building healthy habits now!
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Voice Teacher Singer Student: Training with reasonable extremes, or the pendulum effect
Voice Teacher Singer Student: Training with reasonable extremes, or the pendulum effect
For my evening pedagogy reading. I love this blog post and is the way I want to work all the time. Printing it off to add to my studio binder.
For my evening pedagogy reading. I love this blog post and is the way I want to work all the time. Printing it off to add to my studio binder.
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Jane Regan: Haiti - Humanitarian Crisis or Crisis of Humanitarianism?
Jane Regan: Haiti - Humanitarian Crisis or Crisis of Humanitarianism?
Am so relieved that we could do a benefit last year for a group where I knew the money was going, and that it would get to where it was needed most. Now what? How to do more?
Am so relieved that we could do a benefit last year for a group where I knew the money was going, and that it would get to where it was needed most. Now what? How to do more?
Monday, October 4, 2010
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Life is Like a Budget?
Life is Like a Budget?
Another good post - especially considering that I'm cleaning up my multiple tabs in my browser from blog posts I've been meaning to read. Hopefully this one will help someone else out as well! Budgeting my time as well as finances - starting with less tv.
Another good post - especially considering that I'm cleaning up my multiple tabs in my browser from blog posts I've been meaning to read. Hopefully this one will help someone else out as well! Budgeting my time as well as finances - starting with less tv.
Extreme Circumstances Call For Extreme Measures
Extreme Circumstances Call For Extreme Measures
Awesome post about developing discipline - in this case, finances. I'm craving more discipline in my daily walk - in several areas, so I'm posting here to remind myself. Am grateful I can work on a private studio, and am determined that as long as I can, I will teach and help others develop their gifts. Why should I want to sit still when I can share with others?
Awesome post about developing discipline - in this case, finances. I'm craving more discipline in my daily walk - in several areas, so I'm posting here to remind myself. Am grateful I can work on a private studio, and am determined that as long as I can, I will teach and help others develop their gifts. Why should I want to sit still when I can share with others?
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Pye's In Haiti
Pye's In Haiti
Am spending a portion of my afternoon working on one of the slide presentations for the benefit concert for KONPAY , a not-for profit Haitian-American organization co-founded by Melinda Miles (daughter of our church organist, Marianne Miles). I decided to collect links here, just in case anyone stops by, reads this blog, and is interested in helping out further. Needs will be ongoing for a long time. All I can think of as I look at the pictures is "There but for the grace of God go I." We are all on this planet to be the best stewards we can be of its precious resources, which certainly includes the people who inhabit it. Needs are so great all over right now - just don't allow yourself to become numb and tune out our brothers and sisters. My grandfather liked to say "Do a little something to help someone every day." Miss you, Grandpa - but you and the model your life was are still with me.
Am spending a portion of my afternoon working on one of the slide presentations for the benefit concert for KONPAY , a not-for profit Haitian-American organization co-founded by Melinda Miles (daughter of our church organist, Marianne Miles). I decided to collect links here, just in case anyone stops by, reads this blog, and is interested in helping out further. Needs will be ongoing for a long time. All I can think of as I look at the pictures is "There but for the grace of God go I." We are all on this planet to be the best stewards we can be of its precious resources, which certainly includes the people who inhabit it. Needs are so great all over right now - just don't allow yourself to become numb and tune out our brothers and sisters. My grandfather liked to say "Do a little something to help someone every day." Miss you, Grandpa - but you and the model your life was are still with me.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Simple Resolutions
Simple Resolutions
A bit late in posting this one for the new year, perhaps, but the advice is always relevant. We did just start the semester. Take this one to heart, dear students, and have a great Spring 2010!
A bit late in posting this one for the new year, perhaps, but the advice is always relevant. We did just start the semester. Take this one to heart, dear students, and have a great Spring 2010!
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Once More With Feeling: What are you doing this for?
Once More With Feeling: What are you doing this for?
I came home from Sunday School today only to get whacked in the head by a few blog posts. No suprise to me that Susan Eichhorn-Young had the first one - she always manages to provoke me into thinking about what I'm doing and why. Been doing a lot of that lately, but I'm realizing I'm being called to some kind of action and direction that is not certain - to me, at any rate. Will it include everything about me now? Of course - our past always influences us in some way. But how and why - and what we do with it makes all the difference. The results of the spiritual gifts survey we took at church showed me that I have been ignoring the healing call that has been on my life since I was a child (I didn't want to be the usual things - other than a performer, I looked at physical therapy as a career in junior high; my first major as an undergrad was music therapy; and now I find the healing arts (Feldenkrais, Alexander Technique) far more appealing than going back for a doctorate (unless it could combine some aspects of those two therapies.)
Looking back over what I've just written, it sounds like I'm leaving the performing arts. I don't think so. Not yet, anyways. Interesting that today's Sunday School discussion turned to our individual calls. When asked, I answered "I"m not sure." (Normally am pretty quiet - a surprise to my students, I'm sure). Where this journey will take me, I'm not quite certain. Thoughts to follow.
I came home from Sunday School today only to get whacked in the head by a few blog posts. No suprise to me that Susan Eichhorn-Young had the first one - she always manages to provoke me into thinking about what I'm doing and why. Been doing a lot of that lately, but I'm realizing I'm being called to some kind of action and direction that is not certain - to me, at any rate. Will it include everything about me now? Of course - our past always influences us in some way. But how and why - and what we do with it makes all the difference. The results of the spiritual gifts survey we took at church showed me that I have been ignoring the healing call that has been on my life since I was a child (I didn't want to be the usual things - other than a performer, I looked at physical therapy as a career in junior high; my first major as an undergrad was music therapy; and now I find the healing arts (Feldenkrais, Alexander Technique) far more appealing than going back for a doctorate (unless it could combine some aspects of those two therapies.)
Looking back over what I've just written, it sounds like I'm leaving the performing arts. I don't think so. Not yet, anyways. Interesting that today's Sunday School discussion turned to our individual calls. When asked, I answered "I"m not sure." (Normally am pretty quiet - a surprise to my students, I'm sure). Where this journey will take me, I'm not quite certain. Thoughts to follow.
Monday, January 11, 2010
The Golden Rule of Writing | Write to Done
Here's a post that I saved for a blog post - not only for my renewed writing habit, but also for my voice students. Consider this an exhortation to not let a single word or acting choice slip by you! Am renewing that commitment myself, along with a commitment to continue improving my language skills. I ran into a piece I loved performing, but I ran into a problem with one word. I was pretty sure I knew what it meant, but couldn't find it in any dictionary, and the French specialists around me couldn't help either. I finally located program notes from one of the few published CDs of the work (darn mp3s - I miss liner notes from both CDs and LPs - they were such useful tools!). Turns out those of us that made an educated guess were correct, but while I was uncertain, guess where I had a problem with the song? Yep. The phrase with that word in it. Do you homework!
Here's a post that I saved for a blog post - not only for my renewed writing habit, but also for my voice students. Consider this an exhortation to not let a single word or acting choice slip by you! Am renewing that commitment myself, along with a commitment to continue improving my language skills. I ran into a piece I loved performing, but I ran into a problem with one word. I was pretty sure I knew what it meant, but couldn't find it in any dictionary, and the French specialists around me couldn't help either. I finally located program notes from one of the few published CDs of the work (darn mp3s - I miss liner notes from both CDs and LPs - they were such useful tools!). Turns out those of us that made an educated guess were correct, but while I was uncertain, guess where I had a problem with the song? Yep. The phrase with that word in it. Do you homework!
Billeves�es: Julie Andrews
A blog post about one of my primary inspirations in my singing - Julie Andrews. I grew up listening to and singing with her on my parents' cast albums from My Fair Lady, The Sound of Music, and Camelot. Good thing I turned out to be a soprano!
A blog post about one of my primary inspirations in my singing - Julie Andrews. I grew up listening to and singing with her on my parents' cast albums from My Fair Lady, The Sound of Music, and Camelot. Good thing I turned out to be a soprano!
Huhns.org - 18 Tips on Starting a New Habit
For my students, an inspirational post. Pick one area you know you need to work on and focus on it for the semster using the ideas in the this blog post. (Pick one - more than that and you could end up defeating yourself.)
For my students, an inspirational post. Pick one area you know you need to work on and focus on it for the semster using the ideas in the this blog post. (Pick one - more than that and you could end up defeating yourself.)
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