Posts Categorized: Learn How To Sing

Reasons to Sign Up For Zoom Singing Lessons

Distant Learning Singing Lessons

Few things in modern history have disrupted the world around us more than the COVID-19 pandemic. With so much free time and limits as to what you’re able to do in public, singers of all levels are stressing as they ponder when they’ll be able to once again entertain a crowd through the magnificence of… Read more »

Do You Think You Can’t Sing?

Singing Voice

By now you’ve probably either: a) heard someone singing off-key at a karaoke bar b) saw a viral video online highlighting the worst singer ever or c) consider yourself “not a singer.” This begs the question: “Can anyone learn how to sing?” Well, consider genetics. Some people seem like they’re “born to sing,” while others… Read more »

Five Advanced Musical Skills to Enhance Your Singing Voice

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Skill One: Dynamics Crescendo means to get louder, and decrescendo/diminuendo means to get softer. We want to be able to do either of these without adding extrinsic interfering muscle. Increasing volume requires “just enough and not too much” increased air pressure and a corresponding increase in vocal fold tension. Decreasing volume involves a decrease in… Read more »

Effective Practice

Effective practice involves reflection and self-analysis. Effective practice is consistent, focused practice. It is not a “warm-up”- it is deliberate, intentional, goal-driven hard work. Vocal practice should be a part of every day, at the same time every day if at all possible, with one day per week off for rest and recovery. This is… Read more »

Auditioning for College Musical Theatre Programs

Tricia Grey, MM Deciding to pursue a degree in musical theater means you are serious about making performing your job after graduation.  These programs are highly selective; only a few spots are available each year and there are hundreds of applicants so the competition to be accepted is fierce (as it is in the real… Read more »

Learning to Utilize and Benefit from Performance Anxiety

The title of this blog may seem laugh-worthy to some. Performance anxiety is a real problem for so many and no laughing matter. It can hinder a performance and restrict a person’s true talents to a highly discouraging level. Getting rid of it is seemingly impossible to the many who suffer from it, and to… Read more »