Karen,
Great post too, but you seem to think William Shakespeare (the vocal teacher) is doing ok? Maybe I've misread, but by God, I had a teacher at the RCM who favoured his 'method' and that's why I began teaching singing. So no poor swine could ever be taught as badly again!!!!
I ended up (and I've said this on here before) completely, and I mean completely! voiceless after three months of his rotten technique!!! I'd been singing without blemish or problem for 14 years previously!! Nothing much else to say, but I hope no one's following his spurious book (which you find in junk shops: I use the word advisedly!) if they are, they need help!!
All the best,
Ian: Nearly wrecked himself by codswallop Royal College of Music teaching!
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