June 1! Officially two weeks till my birthday. When I was younger, everything after May 15 and before June 30 was related to how close it was to my birthday. That’s less of a big deal now. But I do see June 1 as the unofficial beginning of summer and a new year (forContinue reading “Reflections on Summer Goals”
Author Archives: Mezzoid Voice Studio
What To Know/What I WISH I’d Known About College Auditions
Because it’s been over a month since World Voice Weekend and I need another project…. But what could I do that would offer the same kind of benefit (if not quite the scope of that project because it was exhausting) to people. And then I thought, hey, where can people get information about college auditions allContinue reading “What To Know/What I WISH I’d Known About College Auditions”
Re-Petition rather than Repetition
I am currently reading a book by Eric Maisel called The Power of Daily Practice: How Creative and Performing Artists (and Everyone Else) Can Finally Meet Their Goals. He offers a very specific approach to establishing a routine that is regular and rewarding, and can apply to various ways of self-improvement, career, personal, etc. TheContinue reading “Re-Petition rather than Repetition”
Curiosity Killed the …
Nothing. It kills nothing. Curiosity is a good thing. According to Seth Godin (who I haven’t quoted for a while), curiosity is one of the three foundations of art: Curiosity Generosity Connection These three components allow us to create and to make art, which “is a tool that gives us the ability to make thingsContinue reading “Curiosity Killed the …”
My First Webinar!
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 settingContinue reading “My First Webinar!”
Summer Singers Society for Students 8-11
I have always said that I’m not a teacher of small children. It’s not that I don’t believe that young children should take lessons. I do. I just haven’t been sure that I’ve been the one to teach them. So I’ve focused on reaching students 11 and up. But I did some thinking and realizedContinue reading “Summer Singers Society for Students 8-11”
Session Singing – Being One Voice
A few weeks ago, I put together a few people to sing on a virtual choir video for World Voice Day. The day before WVD, I released a sneak peek of the video but didn’t really talk about it that much. (I had a few other things on my mind.) Putting the video together wasContinue reading “Session Singing – Being One Voice”
So YOU want to sing Schubert’s Ave Maria …. correctly?
When I was a little kid, the organist at my parents’ church played the same songs every Sunday as the processional and recessional hymns: Praise to the Lord, the Almighty Holy God, we praise thy name OR Holy, Holy, Holy Being a little kid, I thought that was how it was supposed to be, and when thereContinue reading “So YOU want to sing Schubert’s Ave Maria …. correctly?”
I’m BA-ACK
Well, that was fun. Both my vacation and World Voice Weekend. Honestly, I could not have asked for either to have gone better. In the case of the latter, there were no internet outages no-shows inappropriate behavior (not even from me – mostly) boring clinicians trainwrecks of any kind The only thing that went wrong was that thereContinue reading “I’m BA-ACK”
Counting down the days
Last day for auditor registration! Sign up HERE Not QUITE more day till the One Voice Project video is premiered – tomorrow, April 16 (World Voice Day) at 11:30am (can’t watch it till tomorrow, but if you click on it, you can get a reminder to watch it): Two daysContinue reading “Counting down the days”