Being in uber-Scottish mode at the moment after my recent trip north of the border, I was somewhat taken by this entry in my recently acquired copy of Ed Foreman’s marvellous book “The Art of bel canto in the Italian Baroque” (page 61) in which Maffei (a 16th century physician as well as singer) who [...]
Entries from August 2007
August 22, 2007
Back To Abnormal
I’m just back after a week’s nostalgia trip to “Bonnie Scotland” where I soaked up the scenery and did some catching up with my clan. As an ex-pat living in the London area I still need to return once in a while and remind myself of my roots. However, although it is wonderful and necessary [...]
August 14, 2007
The Postman Delivers
It felt like Christmas the other morning as the postman delivered a pile of books to me in a large US postal sack (which impressed my son no end – the sack not the books!). I had recently placed an order with Pro Musica Press in Minneapolis – so a big thank you to Ed [...]
August 5, 2007
The Moment Of Truth
The act of singing depends ultimately on the correct emission of sound – the moment when the vocal cords vibrate – because as Garcia says “Once the cords become vibratile all control over them is lost”. As singers we need to focus much of our thinking on that moment of action. Garcia’s coup [...]
