This past Saturday, I hosted a webinar on the topic of singing the Schubert Ave Maria. Each attendee received a handout afterwards covering:
- The history of the piece (spoiler alert: Schubert did not write the Ave Maria – at least that wasn’t the name of the song, it wasn’t in Latin, nor was it intended as a setting of the Hail Mary prayer)
- The translation of the Latin text and its setting in the song
- The pronunciation of the Latin text using the International Phonetic Alphabet
- A deconstruction of the song for practice purposes, including
- Deconstructed sheet music
- A practice track for a singer to work with before adding the actual accompaniment
I posted a video of the webinar to YouTube last night, and you can find here. (Note: I accidentally did not record the first half of the webinar in real time – forgot to take it off pause when I was waiting for folks – so the first half was made after everyone had left; which allowed me to fix a few things I had issues with, tech-wise, during the actual webinar.)
You can watch it here:
If you are interested in getting the handout about the history/translation/pronunciation, please click here and I’ll be happy to send it to you.
What other topics would you like to see in a webinar? Someone suggested “O Holy Night” when we get closer to Christmas. Some ideas I have include:
- International Phonetic Alphabet
- Structuring your Practice Session
I’d love to hear your thoughts! Leave them in the comments.
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