Sopranos-
Watch your tone. Make it warm and full. Remember you're the melody most of the time. Make it beautiful,
Keep it out of your nose. Again, if your tone is nice and warm....it won't be in your nose.
Support your notes. All of them, not just the high ones.
Watch your vibratos!! Especially on the high notes. Please keep these in check. You don't want to sound like you're 90. You are a better and more accomplished singer if you can control your vibrato, than if you let it control you.
Altos-
Keep your tones supported and warm.
Do not let your tone go dark. There's a HUGE difference between dark and warm. If you don't understand, see me about this tomorrow.
I need more volume from all of you. Push yourself, and each other.
Watch your high notes. You have to keep them supported. Big breaths to the diaphragm.
Tenors-
Sing out Louise!
Watch your pitches. Don't sit or hang on the note. Go over the top.
Keep your tones nice and clear.
Don't strain on the high notes. Support them. Deep, cleansing breaths will help with that.
Basses-
Keep the melody. Remember to phrase your singing like it's the melody of the song. Don't just pound through it like a sledge hammer.
Don't let you tones be dark.
Learn you part, don't make it up. Watch you pitches.
Keep the volume coming. But beware not to over sing and sound forced and flat. Remember you can sing as loud as you can yell. If you support it.
Everyone-
Nice round vowels and tones Miss Lamont! :)
You are all great! Every one of you brings something special to the chorus that would be missed if you were gone. I love working with you and directing you. Please don't settle for just good, or even worse the dreaded...... "good enough". Push yourselves, and work really hard on those items listed above and the things we talk about in practice. Remember any choir is only as good as it wants AND strives to be. Strive to be the best! You all deserve that. Enjoy this time to meet as singers. It's a rare opportunity that may not knock on our doors again. So carpe diem!!!! And most of all.....LOVE what you're singing and the opportunity to learn....even if you don't. :) It's an opportunity for each of us to go outside ourselves and our comfort zone, and to push ourselves to be all that we can be.
Watch your tone. Make it warm and full. Remember you're the melody most of the time. Make it beautiful,
Keep it out of your nose. Again, if your tone is nice and warm....it won't be in your nose.
Support your notes. All of them, not just the high ones.
Watch your vibratos!! Especially on the high notes. Please keep these in check. You don't want to sound like you're 90. You are a better and more accomplished singer if you can control your vibrato, than if you let it control you.
Altos-
Keep your tones supported and warm.
Do not let your tone go dark. There's a HUGE difference between dark and warm. If you don't understand, see me about this tomorrow.
I need more volume from all of you. Push yourself, and each other.
Watch your high notes. You have to keep them supported. Big breaths to the diaphragm.
Tenors-
Sing out Louise!
Watch your pitches. Don't sit or hang on the note. Go over the top.
Keep your tones nice and clear.
Don't strain on the high notes. Support them. Deep, cleansing breaths will help with that.
Basses-
Keep the melody. Remember to phrase your singing like it's the melody of the song. Don't just pound through it like a sledge hammer.
Don't let you tones be dark.
Learn you part, don't make it up. Watch you pitches.
Keep the volume coming. But beware not to over sing and sound forced and flat. Remember you can sing as loud as you can yell. If you support it.
Everyone-
Nice round vowels and tones Miss Lamont! :)
You are all great! Every one of you brings something special to the chorus that would be missed if you were gone. I love working with you and directing you. Please don't settle for just good, or even worse the dreaded...... "good enough". Push yourselves, and work really hard on those items listed above and the things we talk about in practice. Remember any choir is only as good as it wants AND strives to be. Strive to be the best! You all deserve that. Enjoy this time to meet as singers. It's a rare opportunity that may not knock on our doors again. So carpe diem!!!! And most of all.....LOVE what you're singing and the opportunity to learn....even if you don't. :) It's an opportunity for each of us to go outside ourselves and our comfort zone, and to push ourselves to be all that we can be.
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