In this episode we discuss Donna’s pedagogic approach which is based on the work of Cornelius L. Reid the late noted vocal pedagogue and author of six books on singing, among them the trilogy The Free Voice, Bel Canto: Principles and Practices and, Voice: Psyche and Soma 

The method, in essence, is based on the fact that the muscles that bring the vocal folds into tension are involuntary, thus the entire mechanism must be treated as such. 

The principle is that the vocal mechanism is regulated and controlled by changes in the environmental conditions to which it is being exposed. This means there has to be a setup of the right conditions for the voice to react in the correct way so, in fact, you can only ever work indirectly on the voice.

Todays episode is all about the functionality of the singing instrument, something we as singers should want to know all about!

 

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Books Mentioned:

• Indirect Procedures by Pedro de Alcantara https://amzn.eu/d/frkAwSf

• The Free voice by Cornelius Reid https://amzn.eu/d/bPRcuVl

• Bel Canto by Cornelius L. Reid https://amzn.eu/d/fCNZOBS

• Voice: Psyche and Soma by Cornelius L. Reid https://amzn.eu/d/8LxfL5n