Dear Karena,
Thank you for your report on Ruth Ann Swenson. That made some of the pain go
away!
Jocelyn
>From: Karena Aslanian <cantare@p...>
>Reply-To: vocalist-temporary@egroups.com
>To: vocalist-temporary@egroups.com
>Subject: Re: [vocalist-temporary] Rth Ann Swenson
>Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 17:17:18 -0700
>
>Hi Jocelyn and everyone -
>
>Yes, I did make it to see the Ruth Ann Swenson master class! First, she is
>so funny and sweet and down to earth!! From her photos, I was expecting
>this
>serene, slender, swan-like creature to emerge onto the stage, and then,
>this
>cute, chunky, totally down-home New York girl comes bouncing onto the stage
>with a huge smile on her face!
>
>She had a really nice rapport with the students, and it was great to see
>some of them improve markedly in that small half hour space of time. Most
>of the students sang coloratura arias, appropriately, and she was really
>fun
>and sweet about getting the improvements out of them she was looking for.
>She seemed nervous at first about the one male student who participated,
>but
>she seemed to feel more comfortable by touching him a lot and then when he
>said how excited he was to hug her, that broke the ice and she joked about
>how "that's all men want." After that it was even more fun and jovial, and
>she was just impressive all around.
>
>I can't really say she gave any amazing insights or great wisdom about
>singing - mostly just stuff anybody on this list might talk about or remark
>upon - but she was able to zero in on problems in people's techniques and
>draw out an almost immediate response. It was great to see.
>
>I also saw Susan Graham give a recital last weekend, if anyone is
>interested
>in hearing about that, let me know!
>
>Karena Aslanian
>San Francisco, California
>
>---- Original Message -----
>From: "Jocelyn Gooch" <jocelyngooch@h...>
> > My transmission blew up on the freeway a couple of days before Ruth Ann
> > Swenson was to give a Master Class on April 14 at San Francisco
> > Conservatory. I was therefore unable to attend. Did any of you attend or
> > hear about it? Please e-mail me or the list with any tid-bits of
> > information. I had been looking forward to it for MONTHS!
> >
> > GRRRR!
> >
> > Jocelyn Thulin-Gooch
> > Lyric Soprano
> > Alameda, California
> >
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