

Singing Techniques and Voice Building Techniques
?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"? A technique is simply a typical (repeatable) way of performing an activity. If I mow...


Discovering the "Open Throat" With the Help of Enrico Caruso (Part 3)
?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?In the 1930s, Italian singing master Arturo Melocchi became famous for making the...


Discovering the "Open Throat" with the Help of Enrico Caruso (Part 1)
?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?Through my studies in Austin, Texas, I became acquainted with the controversial ideas...


Another Underwhelming Night for Singing at the Oscars
?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?The 85th Academy Awards, unfortunately, was blemished with problematic singing:...

Methodology in Singing
?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"? A method of vocal development goes right to the core of one of the most...

Frank Sinatra: The Master of Rubato
?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"? In analyzing Sinatra’s singing at its best, lovers of the art of singing have...


Italian Sources of Singing (Part 3)
?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"? In reviewing the pertinent literature on 18th-century singing—the best source for...


Italian Sources of Singing Part 2
?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"? Manuel Garcia also recommended that a singer lower his larynx (which automatically...


Italian Sources of Singing Part 1
?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"? Many concepts and singing practices have come down to us from the Italian singing...


Ignorance Is Not Bliss
?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"? The singing voice—because of its muscular nature—is able to be trained to behave in...