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From:  Oberon603@a...
Oberon603@a...
Date:  Fri Mar 9, 2001  4:16 am
Subject:  Re: [vocalist] Countertenor Taboo (was: silence of the lambs (errr... list))


In a message dated 3/8/2001 1:46:00 PM Eastern Standard Time,
dalila@R... writes:
dalila@R... writes:
>>In God's name, why not?  Aren't countertenors vocalists too?  Perhaps it's
because we no longer have our resident countertenor, Jay Wilcox, to wave
the flag for his fach.<<

Yeah, why not? I take lessons, & endure rigorous training like anyone of any
other voice type. The CT voice is a real voice type. Were not like the CT's
of yesteryear.
i.e. vibratoless, small in volume, & not capable of shading & coloring our
voices.

While some of us still sing lute songs, the majority of the CT's that are
coming up now specialize in opera; & like Karen said, there are quite a few
of us that are doing a dam good job at it. Why should we not be included in
discussions on this list. If that's the case I'm out!!

Kenneth Ealy
countertenor

"The voice mechanism works best when you hold it gently in your hands and let
it go. In other words, expecting things from it and pushing it into places
it doesn't naturally want to be makes for disaster."    Bejun Mehta

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheCountertenors
Founder/Moderator of TheCountertenors. A discussion group for countertenors,
singers (especially baroque), and our devoted fans.





  Replies Name/Email Yahoo! ID Date Size
10050 Re: Countertenor Taboo (was: silence of the lambs Reg Boyle   Fri  3/9/2001   2 KB
10053 Re: Countertenor Taboo (was: silence of the lambs stjames   Fri  3/9/2001   2 KB
10056 Re: Countertenor Taboo (was: silence of the lambs Oberon603@a...   Fri  3/9/2001   3 KB
10062 Countertenor Taboo (was: silence of the lambs (er Tako Oda   Fri  3/9/2001   2 KB
10063 Re: Countertenor Taboo (was: silence of the lambs David Grogan   Fri  3/9/2001   3 KB
10065 Countertenor Taboo (was: silence of the lambs (er Tako Oda   Fri  3/9/2001   2 KB
10092 Re: Countertenor Taboo Reg Boyle   Sat  3/10/2001   3 KB
10097 Re: Countertenor Taboo (was: silence of the lambs Oberon603@a...   Sat  3/10/2001   3 KB

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