DISCOVER YOUR REAL POTENTIAL
Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer from the Baroque period. If nothing else, you may recognize his work from the opening scene of Disney’s ‘Fantasia.’ What were his influences, and how did he come to be lauded as one of the best composers of all time?
The importance of warming-up
Vocal warm-ups are one of the key essentials to protecting yourself from injuries, such as vocal nodules (nodes) or polyps. Just like an athlete wouldn’t begin a game without stretching first, you shouldn’t sing without properly preparing your body for the stress that singing can put on your voice.
5 Steps for successfully warming up your voice from the National Theatre:
Vocal Warm-Up #1: Start off slow:
BREATHING
Vocal Warm-Up #2: Check those resonators
RESONANCE
Vocal Warm-Up #3: Focus your sound and open your voice
OPENING UP THE VOICE
Vocal Warm-Up #4: Test your articulators
ARTICULATION
Vocal Warm-Up #5: Putting it all together
Speak some of your most troublesome lines of texts to someone else in the room, or to a mirror if you’re by yourself. What’s the use of warming up if you don’t apply it to the text you have to sing or speak?
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In the third act of “Swan Lake”, the Black Swan pulls off a seemingly endless series of turns, bobbing up and down on one pointed foot and spinning around and around and around … thirty-two times. How is this move — which is called a fouetté — even possible? Arleen Sugano unravels the physics of this famous ballet move.
Enjoy Leo Nucci singing the great baritone aria from Verdi’s Il Trovatore.