| From: Karen Mercedes To: VOCALIST <vocalist> Subject: Re: List of Greatest Voice Teachers Send reply to: VOCALIST <vocalist>
On Thu, 27 Jan 2000, Jessica wrote:
> The subject of "excellent" voice teachers came up the other day when a > lister asked about Ted Puffer and Beverly Johnson, both of whom, in > subsequent posts, were described as renowned, well known teachers. This made > me curious as to what teachers are generally considered the creme de la > creme. Who are the most top-notch teachers out there? I know everyone will > say their teacher in whatever town they're in is a wonderful teacher, and > they probably are, but that's not what I'm fishing for here. If a list was > to be compiled of the 10 or 20 people considered to be the greatest current > voice teachers (those still alive), who would be on it? Where do they teach > (studios, cities, etc)? Who do they, or have they taught? Are their names > well known in classical music / opera circles and why?
I don't know about "greatest", but one name that comes up again and again among top professional singers is Raymond Buckingham. I know Neil Shicoff, Jerry Hadley, and Julia Migenes all studied with him at one time or another.
KM ===== There is delight in singing, tho' none hear Beside the singer. - Walter Savage Landor ----- MY WEB PAGE: http://www.radix.net/~dalila/index.html MY NEIL SHICOFF PAGE: http://www.radix.net/~dalila/shicoff/shicoff.html
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