With so much choice on the singing exam lists, how do you choose which songs to pick for which student? Find out how I picked songs for three students, and why two worked, but one really didn’t!
It’s been on hell of a year, but I have learnt so much about myself, my music and about teaching. Here are seven things I’ve learnt from the forced move to online teaching.
There’s a distinct lack of female composers represented in the singing exam repertoire. Find out about two who are included and three who should be!
21st Century fad? Weird pseudeo religious nonsense? Useful life skill? Mindfulness can be a bit of a mystery!
Wonder no longer. Read on to find out what this mindfulness thing is and how it can help your singing.
A long awaited update, but is the new ABRSM syllabus as good as anticipated? It’s a mixed bag.
I’ll be honest. I don’t like trying to find traditional songs! Ever since I read the ABRSM advice and heard about the poor examiner who had ten renditions of ‘Ten Green Bottles’ on one day, I am super keen to find something different or unusual for my students to sing. Read more…
It’s September. That means for all us music teachers, like the children we teach, it’s back to school and back to work. In the UK, as well as abroad, a new term means we once again face the question: do I enter my pupils for an exam this term? Sometimes, Read more…
As we have been discussing in previous posts, the use of movement in a performance is always tied to the information you’re trying to communicate to your audience. So far, we’ve talked about the big movements – walking around and changing levels. In this post, we’ll take a look at a Read more…
As we talked about on Tuesday, movement isn’t normally part of a singer’s repertoire, but it becomes vitaly important in musical theatre. However, once you’ve worked out why you’re moving, it’s time to work out where to go. Geography of the Stage In this post, I’m going to give a quick run-down Read more…
If you’re preparing for an LCM Musical Theatre Performance exam, you might have noticed this rather ominous line in the syllabus: …dance and movement are encouraged and expected, and credit will be given for appropriate dance and other movement which is in context and is integral to, and enhances the Read more…