Looking at myself

Looking at myself

It was like I was looking back at myself as a 12 year old student. I had that low, sultry chest voice. (I still do) but a voice teacher took me away from that chest connection and taught me a head voice. I will be forever grateful to that teacher for doing that for...
I had the responsibility

I had the responsibility

I was responsible for my own voice and how it functioned. Every singer is responsible for their own actions for their voice. In order to be responsible, I had to trust myself. Looking back on my initial journey as a soprano, I didn’t trust myself to know that I...
Thank you for firing me

Thank you for firing me

Hi my dear loves! Some time ago, I was singing a soprano lead in a high-leveled regional opera house. It was hard for me, I never really felt that part. It was a girl that I really couldn’t relate to and didn’t at the time have the acting chops to...
“There is something wrong with her voice”

“There is something wrong with her voice”

“There is something wrong with that child’s voice.” My parents heard that a lot when I was a young kid in elementary school. I possessed a very low and rather gravel-like sound for a young child. The voice really didn’t fit my body and my...
It’s never too late to work on your voice

It’s never too late to work on your voice

Hey voice users around the world! Have you ever felt like it’s just too late for you to figure out how to really use your voice? Have you ever felt like time has just passed you by and you can’t make the clock go back so you can rectify what you think you...