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Since the podcast will be coming out every two weeks, on the off-weeks we post Diction Tips--very short tutorials focusing on a specific topic in Lyric Diction.

Diction Tip #4 with vocal coach Dr. François Germain is about the [ɛ̃] in French Diction.

For more Diction Tips visit the videos section of our Facebook page, and if you missed our Diction Police: By the Book webinars on French Lyric Diction, all four episodes will be available on our YouTube channel!

This week we focus on "Who is Sylvia" from Gerald Finzi's Let Us Garlands Bring. The text comes from Shakespeare's Two Gentlemen of Verona, and we concentrate in the open I [ɪ], as well as the differences and similarities between [ə], [ɜ], and [ʌ], as in the phrase "the dull earth".

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This week's episode is from The Diction Police's Special Diction Unit! This is the audio version of the SDU Video Tutorial, for people who want to listen on-the-go.

Mirko Roschkowski leads us through the text to "Morgengruß" from Schubert's Die schöne Müllerin, with readings at normal and slow speeds, as well as our usual Diction Police-style interview and wrap-up. The full IPA transcript, with poetic and word-for-word translation is available for individual sale here. For the full video tutorial of this episode, click here.

This will be our last episode before the summer break--we'll be back with all new episodes on Saturday, August 20, 2016. In the meantime, if you missed our Webinar series (The Diction Police: By the Book) on French Lyric Diction, you can watch all 4 episodes on our YouTube channel! Or be sure to like us on Facebook for weekly Diction Lessons and Tongue Twisters for Singers!

With comments or questions, please feel free to contact us here, at the Facebook page or directly at [email protected]

Since the podcast will be coming out every two weeks, on the off-weeks we will be posting Diction Tips--very short tutorials focusing on a specific topic in Lyric Diction.

Diction Tip #3 with tenor Mirko Roschkowski is about the final R in German.

For more Diction Tips visit the videos section of our Facebook page, and if you missed our Diction Police: By the Book webinars on French Lyric Diction, all four episodes will be available on our YouTube channel!

This week's episode is from The Diction Police's Special Diction Unit! This is the audio version of the SDU video tutorial, for people who want to listen while they are out and about.

François Germain leads us through the text to "Avant de quitter", Valentin's aria from Gounod's Faust, with readings at normal and slow speeds, as well as our usual Diction Police-style interview and wrap-up. The full IPA transcript, with poetic and word-for-word translation is available for individual sale here. For the full video tutorial, click here.

Also, don't forget The Diction Police: By the Book webinar series on French Diction continues today (June 11), Wednesday (June 15) and Saturday (June 18) at 11am EDT on Google+ Hangouts--see the FB page for details. We hope you can join us live! The Webinar videos will also be available on our YouTube channel--watch Episode 1 in the series now!

With comments or questions, please feel free to contact us here, at the Facebook page or directly at [email protected]

This week's episode is from The Diction Police's Special Diction Unit No need to go looking for the text, because you can follow along with the text, IPA, and conversation on the video!

François Germain leads us through the text to "Avant de quitter", Valentin's aria from Gounod's Faust, with readings at normal and slow speeds, as well as our usual Diction Police-style interview and wrap-up. The full IPA transcript, with poetic and word-for-word translation is available for individual sale here. For an audio version of this episode, click here.

Also, don't forget The Diction Police: By the Book webinar series on French Diction continues today (June 11), Wednesday (June 15) and Saturday (June 18) at 11am EDT on Google+ Hangouts--see the FB page for details. We hope you can join us live! The Webinar videos will also be available on our YouTube channel--watch Episode 1 in the series now!

With comments or questions, please feel free to contact us here, at the Facebook page or directly at [email protected]

Since the podcast comes out every two weeks, on the off-weeks we post Diction Tips--very short tutorials on a specific topic in Lyric Diction.

Diction Tip #2 with Simone di Felice is all about the assimilation of the letter N to the consonant that follows it.

For more Diction Tips, go to our YouTube channel or visit the videos section of our Facebook page! Be sure to check out our new Tongue Twisters for Singers series, too, for more ways to exercise your articulators!

This week's episode is from The Diction Police's Special Diction Unit! This is the audio version of the SDU Video Tutorial, for people who want to listen while they are out and about.

Simone di Felice leads us through the text to Conti's Il mio bel foco... Quella fiamma che m'accende, with readings at normal and slow speeds, as well as our usual Diction Police-style interview and wrap-up. The full IPA transcript, with poetic and word-for-word translations is available (in English, French, and German) for individual sale here! For the video version of this episode, click here.

Also, don't forget that François Germain is at the Classical Singer convention in Boston right now--stop by The Diction Police table to say hello or to sign up to sing at his master class tomorrow (May 28, 2016) at 11am.

With comments or questions, please feel free to contact us here, at the Facebook page or directly at [email protected]

This week's episode is from The Diction Police's Special Diction Unit No need to go looking for the text, because you can follow along with the text, IPA, and conversation on the video!

Simone di Felice leads us through the text to Conti's Il mio bel foco... Quella fiamma che m'accende, with readings at normal and slow speeds, as well as our usual Diction Police-style interview and wrap-up. The full IPA transcript, with poetic and word-for-word translations is available (in English, French, and German) for individual sale here. For an audio version of this episode, click here.

Also, don't forget that François Germain is at the Classical Singer convention in Boston right now--stop by The Diction Police table to say hello or to sign up to sing at his master class tomorrow (May 28, 2016) at 11am.

With comments or questions, please feel free to contact us here, at the Facebook page or directly at [email protected]

Since the podcast will be coming out every two weeks, on the off-weeks we will be posting Diction Tips--very short tutorials focusing on a specific topic in Lyric Diction.

Diction Tip #1 is all about the pronunciation of the word "donc" in French. 

For more Diction Tips, go to our YouTube channel or visit the videos section of our Facebook page!