Dear Susan and Vocalisters:
I have used the exercise you describe for many years with my
students. I spent a week in Conrad Osborn's studio during the summer
of 1979 observing his lessons. I had been introduced to Osborne and
his teaching methods during my study with Eduard Forman, the editor
of Pro Music Press, while I was singing with Minnesota Opera in
Minneapolis.
I was very impressed with his success, especially his fo the teaching
the Broadway show people that came to him for corrective help and
reconstructive vocal therapy. But I was most amazed that he was
using the same exercise that I had more or less created from all of
my previous training and observations. A lot of this exercise came
from tapes of lessons given by Alan Lindquist which Berton Coffin
played for me during my year of study with him.
The exercise soundslike a simple "bring the top down" one but the key
to it is the constant returning to the low chest voice to maintain
the experience and feeling of that full vocal sound, raw as it may be.
--
Lloyd W. Hanson
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