A Voice Teacher's Chrestomathy

A Voice Teacher's Chrestomathy

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A Voice Teacher's Chrestomathy
A Voice Teacher's Chrestomathy
Making a beginning....

Making a beginning....

How I learned to stop caring about how lessons start.

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Justin Petersen
Aug 06, 2022
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What is in the moment where the pleasantries of the day end and the start of singing begins in a lesson?

When I was in undergraduate at Simpson College, my beloved teacher and mentor Anne Larson would announce this moment with a rather musical, “Let’s SING!” It was her way of separating the moment of chat from the moment of sound and awareness. At one p…

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