Luciano Pavarotti once said you should “always remember your first lesson.” He must have had a terrific teacher, because I didn’t get what I now consider to be “First Principals” until well after college, many teachers after that first lesson.
For instance, it wasn’t until I was already singing professionally that a teacher told me the voice should be loose. And it wasn’t until I worked with Ellen Repp in NYC that I learned what support really should be, and what an open sound really is. Sure, lots of people talk about “support” and an “open sound” but without defining how it works, or getting the student to actually DO it.
So, this blog is to be a rumination and discussion about those first principals. Let’s talk!