Dombroski- 10/26 VRH and Lesson

I really enjoyed Maddie’s performance of “Nothing Stops Another Day.” I could tell what all the words were, and she did a good job of conveying the message. There was a sort of subtext that she had going on, and I could see that- especially in the beginning. I also thought a lot on out what we talked about belting. There were many phrases that she belted, and it sounded healthy. There was one note where it was high and she belted it and her mouth was so open, it was a great moment! I also could tell towards the end when she flipped more into head voice, which I think was appropriate for the ending. Overall she did a great job. 

This week in my lesson we spent time on Majenka’s aria and Desire in Spring. In Majenka’s aria, there are a lot of accents, so we worked on actually making those notes accented. This is so hard! To help make it easier, we sob-talked some of the words and that transferred over to my singing. I need to get better at doing the accents and adding decrescendos over each note so I’ll keep working on that. I also started clenching my abdominals towards the ends of long phrases again, so we did half phrases and I took a lot of breaths to help me feel healthy singing the entire time. In Desire of Spring, we kept the theme of breathing going. I did a few phrases singing sitting down leaned over to breathe more globally instead of just the front. This helped me feel exactly where I breathing more than I feel when I sit. Cindy also says this relaxes the middle of my tongue as well, although I need to get better at actually understanding what that feels like. 

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