I wanted to thank you all for your support and generosity whilst I raised money for Music Therapy Works in May. By remaining silent for just longer than a weekend, I raised £90 for the charity. I hope this money will benefit those who really need music in their life. A personal lament over my voice loss: Losing … Continue reading Thank you, Charity & Voice Loss
Hey everyone, Today is World Voice Day 2016. What are you doing to celebrate and love your voice? I'm singing along to a great playlist of various music, whilst using it as inspiration to plan our wedding soundtrack 🙂 I hope you're all having an amazing day! #loveyourvoice See you soon, Kate x
So after witnessing a handful of pre-performance/audition/exam confidence crises this week, I thought I'd share this cringeworthy video with you as a bit of inspiration. All of us singers have to work hard and practice regularly to improve our voices. It doesn't matter what level we're at or what our natural ability is: Not every … Continue reading Confidence Crises
This is another fabulous yet tricky tongue twister inspired entirely by one of my students describing their visit there recently. I recall going there once as a very young child and thinking the roller coaster looked enormous: Browsing at photos online now, I realise just how small I must have been! This tongue twister is … Continue reading Silly Thursday Tongue Twisting // “Southport Pleasure Beach”
Kate is a Certified CoreSinging® Teacher. CoreSinging®: A new Vocal Performance Pedagogy, featuring a fusion of performance, technique and therapy in an exciting new approach. It is combined with a powerful self-development program for teachers and singers. We offer special small group courses and private tuition for voice professionals who wish to be at the forefront of vocal teaching and performing.Featuring support … Continue reading CoreSinging®
I don't know how many times I have seen Voice Science likened to Sport Science suggesting that singing is similar to sport. Interestingly, it actually is a good likeness and therefore, people need to sit up and take note: We do not expect an athlete to perform well without warming up their muscles first, so why do some people expect the … Continue reading Vocal Health // 4 Good Reasons You Should Warm-Up Your Voice
"Life is a lot like jazz... It's best when you improvise." G. Gershwin Improvise verb : Create and perform spontaneously without preparation.
Those of you who are regular students of mine will know that I've been twisting this one in lessons for years! It's a brilliant and silly warm up to ensure that there is a clear distinction between /f/ or /v/ and /θ/ or /ð/ (in case you don't know, these symbols represent the 'th' sounds … Continue reading Silly Thursday Tongue Twisting // “Your Father, Darth Vader”
Mucous can get in the way of our lovely singing voices if we become ill. This is because our body over-produces the slimy substance and we can get bunged up hindering our ability to form words normally. Did you know, however, that mucous is actually helping us to stay healthy the rest of the time? … Continue reading Vocal Health // Mucous
"The lovely thing about singers is: they think of songs to sing!" Really work on not muddling up the 'th' and 's' sounds... This isn't an easy one, so start slow. Only speed up when you've got it right! Share your attempts using the hashtags #STTT #SillyThursdayTongueTwisting Happy twisting! 😛X
Kate Cubley Vocal Coach 