I’ve been singing in choirs for over 25 years. When I first started, at school, we weren’t given any vocal instruction at all, just told to sing! The same happened at university – no auditions, no vocal training. We just sang.
In my late 20s I joined a more serious choir. The musical director started many of our rehearsals with talks about various aspects of vocal technique. It didn’t take me long to realise that I had little idea of what he was talking about. Fortunately for me, my father offered to buy me a course of singing lessons as a Continue reading Singing – Should You Teach Yourself Or Hire an Instructor?
I’ve been singing in choirs for 25 years. It’s one of the most amazing hobbies you can have. When I joined my first choir and took my first audition I was so convinced that I wouldn’t get into the choir that I wasn’t even nervous. I did get in. That first audition is the only time I haven’t been reduced to a quivering jelly on entering the audition room. If you are a choir singer, you’ll know exactly what I mean!
After a few years in the choir I realised that Continue reading How to Improve Singing
As a singer you will want to use the full range of your voice: from your low, chest voice to your high, head voice. But all singers know that there is a break in your voice. As you change from chest voice to head voice the tone and quality of your voice changes. How can you ever sing a consistent song in the middle of your range – the part of your range that, in theory, should be the most comfortable for you?
The “Continue reading How to Sing Better
