I agree with Sharon - while I knew all this stuff before, the presentation of it really codified things for me. And no one had ever explained releases as well as Miller did - even my beloved fabulous teacher in MD. All anyone ever said to me was "Your releases could be better," and no one ever said HOW. It wasn't till Miller said, "release into the new breath," and I was able to actually do it in the warm-ups every day that I said, "DUH! Like THIS!" It has changed my singing and my teaching. I found it very worthwhile.
Christine Thomas, Mezzo Soprano
"I love to sing-a, about the moon-a and the June-a and the spring-a!" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon Szymanski" <szy@n...> To: <vocalist-temporary@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 10:15 AM Subject: RE: [vocalist] Richard Miller
> > > > I'm curious, what did you learn that was so mind-blowing seeing that he > has > several books out there and a column in NATS every month? I'm not > implicating anyone, but I always find it dismaying that teachers are > blown > away by this stuff when the information has been out there for sometime. > > > > Still, here's the thing: many of us on this list have much of the knowledge he imparts (we're an inquisitive bunch, or we wouldn't be here!) but MANY singers and teachers DON"T! I had many very nice and even fine teachers in my life, but had to teach myself how to breathe when I was in my 40's! To these people, his workshop is undoubtedly a revelation, and a much-needed one, and seeing things demonstrated in real life rather than just reading it is of great benefit. Yep, this is a bit dismaying, but sadly is true nonetheless.> > >
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