Thanks so much for your kind appreciation!! I will definitely try to do more videos like this!!

Thanks for the amazing feedback!! We will!

Thanks to you!

Rowena Ashby don’t give up! You will likely sing many auditions that won’t lead to successful results...but we all must go through that process, and what you can take from those is the learning part of the journey!

Thank you, Lisette. The hard work starts here, I suppose! x

Thank you so very much for the support!! I appreciate it with all my heart!

Silvija Radjen thank you! I have given a few and enjoy them!

Juan Carlos Heredia Alvarado gracias cariño!

Ivana Butler Very good question.

Ivana Butler it takes years of practice to master this but the best advice I can give is to maintain your alignment and lift in the upper torso at all times, while keeping the lower part of your torso down and planted. It should feel as if you are trying to create an extra inch of space between the bottom of your ribcage and the tip of your pelvis. It’s just a sensation, not a literal pulling apart, but this focus helps keep the body from collapsing. But as you maintain this lift, try not to arch the back and bring the chest forward; it should feel more like your spine is straightened. So no butt sticking out or boobs sticking out! Just the lift going through the center of the body. As you inhale let the ribs lift and expand, let the belly expand, and as you exhale, try to keep this feeling of expansion as long as possible. This is a basic feeling and act of “support.” The opposite would be collapse. The main focus of energy when you’re singing should be on the torso, belly, hips, back, and ribs, until it becomes habit that they are always engaged. The belly doesn’t need to be sucked in, but it should feel zipped up. Now, as you sing higher or with more air, such as when you sing forte, it helps to think of letting the belly come out just a bit, so that it doesn’t collapse inward but stays fighting for you! Once the torso action becomes solidified, you start to focus your main energy on your soft palate and resonance potential. Find vowels that work for you in different registers, play with narrower ones in your passaggio, and find out which ones allow your voice to have the most colors. Let the jaw naturally open and close as you go up in registers or sing open vowels, but don’t use it to articulate. Do that with your breath. It is hard to explain in detail in writing, but a teacher should be able to demonstrate this and make this core engagement the focus of your training, especially if you are in the habit of using your vocal musculature. I don’t want you to feel “relaxed,” I want you to feel the energy shift to where it is supposed to go, the torso and belly. If your focus of energy is on the torso’s engagement and the lift in the soft palate, the tension will decrease tremendously in your face and neck and you’ll have more control, but it takes practicing this and building the strength. Because it is not easy to do! But in the end your stamina will increase and the fatigue will decrease!

Lisette Oropesa this answer is great!! Thank you!

@@LisetteOropesaSoprano I apologize for replying so late! But thank you so much! I have been and will continue to practice solidifying my support and being conscious of my lifted palate and letting the breath and support do the work!

Mariana Peluffo thank you so much I am glad you find them helpful and enjoyable. I would love to come to Argentina!!

Thanks so much! Very kind of you!

Camila SZ hahaha thanks!

Merci a vous!!

Yes!

Yes, think of these vowels being made with your tongue, not your jaw. Lift the soft palate to find the dome in these. Hope that helps!

I appreciate your saying that! Best of luck in your vocal studies and I hope you absorb all you can. :)

Lisette Oropesa Thank you so much！！So sweet～ I will work hard！！

Un saludo a tí!!

Ha! Thanks for noticing!! :)

Elena Botton tienes que buscar una vocal que te sirba! Talvez [e] o [ã] esas me ayudan mucho. No trates de cantar los agudos con fuerza...siempre con el appoggio, y sospendidos con el aire

Gracias Lisette!! 😊

Timothy Cameron great question! Quite a bit, actually...it is a bit different from straight theatre of course, and in general I think singers get very little acting training, compared to how much we have to study the music. Nowadays we kind of have to learn on the job! Every director wants something completely different too, so it helps to come with an open mind but also a good set of your own ideas. Just in case there is not a good hand to guide you, or you don’t have a lot of rehearsal time to build layers.

doGreatartistsgrowontrees? You ain’t just whistlin dixie!! I am surprised I don’t ever get questions about illness/colds/flu/laryngitis. But I get toooons of questions about health!