Membership Expired Matt Pocock
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True that, Eliza – though I’ve had a shift in my thinking over the last couple of weeks: surely we earn our money better by training people to be singing teachers, not singers? So many classical teachers teach in that monkey-see, monkey-do type way – “No, sing like this!” – without any care for the cause-and-effect logic of anatomy. We have an opportunity to give people the ability to not only sing well, but also to give them the skills to start charging £25/hour for their understanding of the voice! So for me, I love teaching the hardcore anatomy even to beginners – especially if you can inspire them with the wonder of it all 🙂
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Kat, thanks for that awesome post 🙂 I’ll make sure to have a look at that website this weekend! What does IVA have to say about registration changes – i.e. moving from chest to head? Neither Estill or CVI (Complete Vocal Institute, Cathrine Sadolin) has any time for register changes, saying it’s all part of the same set-up. I still teach chest and head voice, mostly for want of a better explanation. Does IVA have one?
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Wow Kat, sounds like your body of knowledge is going to be really great for this group 🙂 A couple of questions – first, what’s IVA?
Second, how do you find the Alexander technique in teaching? I’ve heard it’s great for posture – but I don’t focus too much on posture beyond the basic corrective stuff so I’d love to hear how it is when you get in-depth!
Also, the ‘science-versus-feeling’ debate could probably go on all day – but I find Estill is stonkingly good for allowing you to be specific when it comes to diagnosing difficulties in the voice (although it’s a bit light on abdominal support!)
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I went on an Estill course a few months ago, and it completely turned my head around about teaching – once you know what all the bits are and what they do, it becomes so much easier to listen out for things and make alterations, would highly recommend going on one of their courses!
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Oh cool Laura, I’ve not met an SLS person before – how is it to teach? I’ve got a couple of books from SLS people and I’ve never been very impressed by it – but well up for being convinced 🙂
