Please forgive me if I'm beating the "asthmatic singer" thing to
shreds here, but it appears there are a number of us on the list who
are in the same boat...
I'm lucky enough to live near National Jewish Medical & Research
Center (a well-known respiratory research hospital, one of the best in
the country, I'm told), and they recruit a lot in this area for study
volunteers. They are preparing to test a new version of Aerobid (no
CFCs, smaller particles that would theoretically go deeper into the
lungs), and I am scheduled for a preliminary intake appointment
tomorrow morning to see if I would be eligible to be one of the
"guinea pigs".
But something occurred to me just now. I have a major gig to sing in
about three weeks and have never used Aerobid before (it's been
Maxair, Flovent and Accolate up till now). Do any of you have
experience with Aerobid, and do you know of any effects it might have
on the singing instrument?
Most of the gig will be done as the alto part of a quartet (mostly
accompanied, but with a couple of a cappella pieces), but I do have
one solo (Mozart's Laudate Dominum) for sure, possibly two (the other
possibility is a Handel piece with a top note a step higher than the
Mozart) and will be the soprano on the longest of the a cappella
pieces. This will the first-ever presentation (in its entirety) of a
new Mass (in Latin) by my composer friend and will be recorded, so
I've got to be in the best voice possible!
If I'm accepted for the Aerobid study, do you anticipate any conflicts
between it and the music?
Thanks,
Robin
mezzo[?]-in-training
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