Monday, September 25, 2017

Gospel Clips for Chamber "Breathe on Me"

Hello everyone,

A little gospel inspiration for you this fine evening!
So many ways to Gospel sing! Enjoy!

Mahalia Jackson - "How I Got Over"


Tremaine Hawkins, "Highway"


By Grace (Sweden) - "Souled Out"

More from By Grace

Detroit Mass Choir, "The Storm is Passing Over"

Aretha Franklin and James Cleveland, "Precious Memories"

Elvis Presley, "How Great Thou Art"

Take 6, "Mary"

I'll close out with Take 6, "If We Ever Needed the Lord Before"

WEEK 2!

Hello everyone,
My - what a fabulous Choir Posse we have this year - I look forward to making music with you.

Here's a little follow-up re: vocal anatomy.
Here's a video of SATB singing - vocal folds (aka, "cords")  The comments for this video are particularly puerile and witless; ignore them



Basic vocal anatomy

Opera singer - vocal folds of a soprano in action!


Good explanation of vocal cords and associated anatomy / function


The divine Ms. Cecelia Bartoli, supreme Queen of glottal articulation!



Inspiration for our sopranos: Diana Damrau, Queen of the Night!


Inspiration for our tenors and basses!


Placido Domingo for the tenors!


Fischer-Dieskau for the baritones!

Altos, I have not forgotten you - take a listen - This is Hilary Summers, who is more properly classified as a dramatic contralto.


Here is Hilary Summers singing the famous "Habanera" from Bizet's opera, "Carmen."

ONGOING RESOURCE:
Dr. Lloyd W. Hanson - one of the best vocal pedagogues ANYWHERE.
Here is his blog.