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Stephen Sondheim’s Follies is running on Broadway with a cast of fabulous performers. The ‘star’ of the show is supposed to be Bernadette Peters. That’s the way the producers planned it anyway. This show is a lesson in maintaining your vocal technique. The story is about a 30-year reunion of Follies performers when the old theater is about to be torn down and turned into a...

Talking with a student yesterday during her lesson about using breath release to keep the voice healthy, I had to mention Audra McDonald as a great example. Here’s what I mean: when you sing a word that begins with a vowel, such as “I”, which you do quite often, the tendency is to start the “I” in the throat. When you do so, you get a harsh attack on the “IR...

Vocal freedom – it’s what every singer wants for your self and for your art. A free voice can easily respond to the music, changes is emotion and point of view and dynamics. A performer with a voice that soars out to the audience through an open instrument is engaging to watch and a thrill to hear. But how to you achieve vocal freedom? At Sing Like You Speak™ we believe in a logical...

On June 11 and 12, 2011 the New York Singing Teachers Association presents a course in Comparative Pedagogy through their Professional Development Program. I, Sally Morgan, am honored to have been asked to be one of 6 presenters. Over the course of two days, six master teachers present teaching demonstrations after case histories of students have been discussed. Concrete links are made between va...

To Breathe or Not To Breathe. Is that a question or a battle between old school voice training and cutting edge contemporary vocal technique? It may be both. Sing Like You Speak™ (cutting edge contemporary vocal technique) offers an exercise to make diaphragmatic breathing a habit. It’s called the candle exercise. A new student asked me if the candle was supposed to flicker but never go o...

Summertime! For me summer as a kid was swimming and water skiing with lots of time for practicing singing. It was the best! Do you have a young singer in your family? One who is dying to learn to sing, to become a star? I have the perfect program for you. It’s inexpensive, educational, cutting edge vocal technique training that is accessible to everyone. SingLikeYouSpeak.com offers 3 option...