Why We Sing and It Starts with a Breath

• How singing makes us feel, basic neuroscience of how music impacts us, how we use our voice in all aspects of life, mindset for developing a talent; 

• Explanation of breathing mechanism and how posture affects our ability to breathe and produce good sound.  

• Exercises for practicing breathing and how practicing breathing can help us deal with stress. 

how the voice works

• Basic Technical overview of the voice and basic anatomy including phonation (how breath impacts the sound that comes out) 

• How posture impacts our ability to breathe deeply and produce a strong voice

• Straw phonation exercises

• Songs that encourage deep breaths and confidence.

Be Heard: Registration & Resonance

Registration (head voice and chest voice)- how to develop head voice

Exercises for differentiating the registers

How we amplify our sound and color the voice to be more effective and/or beautiful.  

What does it all Mean: Diction & Text Interpretation    

How diction impacts the color of the sound and how to release tension in the diction- alphabet exercise

Digging into the lyrics and considering how to convey the text with meaning