Estelle Liebling
‘Beverly,’ she said sternly, ‘that trill in the Jewel Song was very sloppy and slow. I expect you over here by ten o’clock.’ I had
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This section lists Vocal Pedagogues that are no longer with us, but whose contributions to the world of vocology were highly influential.
‘Beverly,’ she said sternly, ‘that trill in the Jewel Song was very sloppy and slow. I expect you over here by ten o’clock.’ I had
“I have learned from long experience … that few if any who desire to sing for their own pleasure love the idea of undertaking long
“Sometimes when I hear somebody and I think, yeah, the voice is damaged or the voice is not ready yet but there’s something. There’s a
(July 21, 1873 – May 10, 1935) Herbert Witherspoon was born on July 21, 1873, in Buffalo, New York. He had a remarkable journey in
Berton Coffin (1910-1987) was a concert baritone, pedagogue and author. He earned his B.A. at Earlham College (1932) and went on to Chicago Musical College
“… A voice that is free, that feels its inherent right to speak, will have no fear of calling out, whenever and wherever it is
Virginia Zeani was a leading operatic soprano and a world-renowned voice teacher. She was born on October 21, 1925, in the small town of Solovastru, Romania. Zeani decided to become an opera singer at the age of nine when she heard a performance of “Madama Butterfly”.
Kristin Linklater (1936-2020) was a renowned voice and speech coach who became one of the leading figures in the world of theatrical voice training. Linklater was born in Edinburgh in 1936 and raised in Scotland. She trained as an actor and her most important mentor and teacher was Iris Warren, with whom she studied with at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA).
Eládio Pérez-González was a teacher and singer born in Asunción, Paraguay, in 1926. He began his singing career at age fifteen when he joined the Ateneo Paraguaio choir. In 1947, at age of 21, he moved to São Paulo, Brazil, where he developed his musical studies, started a family and began his professional activities as a singer.
If the student stops “doing” and “goes with the rhythm,” while at the same time the exercise pattern selected meets his growth needs, the vocal
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