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Subject: Re: List of Greatest Voice Teachers
From: Jessica
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Dear JRL,
Eloquently stated and a fine point with which I agree wholeheartedly. Thus,
I retract, though still curious who the most "famous" teachers are, even if
not the "greatest". Perhaps that should have been the name of the post.

Best,
Jessica


on 1/28/00 6:10 AM, Dr. Jean-Ronald LaFond at lafond-at-ufl.edu wrote:
(snips)
>We could
> name the most famous teachers probably, and perhaps those who have taught
> the most famous students. But do they in fact make the "Greatest voice
> teachers." A great voice teacher in my mind is one who can take a badly
> abused instrument (the singer and his voice) and help direct the singer to
> use the instrument with efficiency, care, integrity, musical ideology,
> passion

> For me, except for Lloyd Hanson, whom I've never seen teach but whose posts
> convince me he is a great teacher, I would not venture to name anyone else
> out of respect for those magnificent souls out there who give gold to their
> young students and are usually never acknowledged for their great gifts.


From: jessicadw-at-earthlink.net January 27, 2000 6:55 PM
>If a list was
>to be compiled of the 10 or 20 people considered to be the greatest current
>voice teachers, who would be on it? Where do they teach?
>Who do they, or have they taught?