In a message dated 11/15/2002 2:05:37 AM Eastern Standard Time,
buzzcen@a... writes:
> The husband cited above is the market place for today's music and most of
> musical theater. For voice teachers to teach in such a manner that a
> person
> is almost guaranteed of not finding substantial income or opportunity is
> unethical and severely misguided. The ethical teacher is able to teach
> coordinations that lend themselves to multiple genres which are in demand,
> yet also promotes vocal health. One should only pursue an
> operatic/classical
> approach if they truly desire to and have the innate quality in the
> instrument to have a chance. Statistically, one has a better chance of
> being
> a professional baseball player than making a living in classical vocal
> music.
>
>
in addition to concern for the singer's potential career, it is also
unethical to teach a student a method of singing that is contrary to the
student's artistic vision. it is disgusting when a classically trained
teacher will instruct a female student to sing in what the classical world
refers to as 'female head voice', if that student wants to sing pop music (i
mean stuff by pink, madonna, christina aguilera, etc. not the stuff the local
orchestra plays at the summer concert). the pop music i have referred to,
is music sung largely in chest voice (or, 'speaking voice' as i prefer to
call it). to teach a female student to sing this music in 'head voice', is
not only wrong, it's wicked wrong.
mike
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