Tag Archives: sing

The Vocal Mechanism and MRI

Posted on August 31, 2018 by Lady Fair

Long time no see. That’s because I’ve been growing my student base as well as working on a novel (you can learn more about that on my other blog).I am going to attempt to be more regular and share more … Continue reading →

Posted in Practice Techniques, Teaching Chorus, Teaching Voice, Vocal Resources | Tagged broadway, cords, health, healthy, images, larynx, mechanism, mri, opera, pharynx, resources, rock, sing, singing, soft palate, song, style, tips, velum, video, vocal, vocalist, voice | Leave a comment

“NoteSpeed” game for Solfege!

Posted on July 11, 2018 by Lady Fair

I recently bought the amazing game called NoteSpeed. My students like it, and I enjoy it too! But I thought it would be great if there were a solfege version (there isn’t) so I decided to make one for myself! … Continue reading →

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Holiday Solfege Bingo!

Posted on December 17, 2017 by Lady Fair

In this 5×5 bingo game students are given a short phrase from a popular Christmas or Hannukah tune (both sacred and secular included) and the starting “do”, along with the key signature. Use this fun bingo game to test your … Continue reading →

Posted in Lesson Plans & Ideas, sight-singing, Teaching Chorus, Teaching Voice, Uncategorized | Tagged activity, angels, Bethlehem, bingo, buy, chanukah, cheap, chorus, Christmas, do, Dreidel, drill, exam, flash card, free, Frosty, fun, game, hannukah, holiday, jesus, joy, key signature, lesson, mi, music, Nativity, plan, pop, practice, print, printable, re, religious, review, sacred, Santa, secular, Silent NIght, sing, singing, solfege, time, Tree, winter | Leave a comment

How to tell when your child isn’t practicing.

Posted on November 13, 2017 by Lady Fair

Excellent article that applies to all instruments, and not only to the piano. (And it’s not too long, either!) Click Here to read it! Not much needs to be added to the article, but I do want to make the … Continue reading →

Posted in Tips for Parents, Uncategorized | Tagged assign, clarinet, educate, help, how to tell, instruct, lesson, method, music, perform, piano, play, practice, recital, reguse, sing, study, teacher, tips, violin | Leave a comment

Recital Tips (gifts!)

Posted on October 20, 2017 by Lady Fair

As far as teaching careers are concerned, mine has been relatively short. I taught a few lessons as a teenager, but have only been consistently teaching for approximately 6 years. Here is what I have learned: Make a simple program … Continue reading →

Posted in Teaching Piano, Teaching Private Lessons, Teaching Voice | Tagged buttons, cello, certificates, Christmas, clarinet, flute, gifts, hannukah, help, holiday, lessons, music, perform, performance, piano, play, private, recital, sax, sing, solo, song, students, tips, tricks, venue, violin, voice, winter | Leave a comment

3.5 Rules for Picking Christmas Music

Posted on October 20, 2017 by Lady Fair

It’s that time of year, when music teachers all over America (and I assume other places too!) begin picking Christmas music with their students. I enjoy this particularly because it is like hitting the reset button for the students: they … Continue reading →

Posted in Teaching Piano, Teaching Private Lessons, Teaching Voice | Tagged channukah, choose, Christmas, clarinet, concert, duet, ensemble, hannukah, help, holida, holiday, lesson, music, perform, performance, piano, pick, picking, play, program, recital, seasonal, select, sing, solo, trio, violin | Leave a comment

Vocal Technique Tips

Posted on August 25, 2017 by Lady Fair

I found this article the other day, which goes over some interesting vocal techniques and links for other tips. DISCLAIMER: I have not read through all of the tips on this website and so cannot confirm their validity or safety. … Continue reading →

Posted in Teaching Chorus, Teaching Voice | Tagged article, class, classroom, help, how-to, learn, links, scale, school, sing, song, teach, technique, tips, tricks, twitter, vocal, voice, warm-up, website | Leave a comment

Kids’ Broadway Songbook

Posted on May 12, 2017 by Lady Fair

I love this book! I discovered it at the studio in a stack of books they had for sale, and I love it! This is a wonderful resource for any vocal teacher who is looking for songs with an appropriate … Continue reading →

Posted in Teaching Private Lessons, Teaching Voice | Tagged annie, anthology, appropriate, books, born to entertain, broadway, castle on a cloud, gypsy, help, kids, let me entertain you, level, matilde, method, peter pan, sing, singer, song, teach, tomorrow, vocal, voice, wendy, what, when I grow up, young | Leave a comment

SOVT, Vocal Development, and…Straws??

Posted on May 10, 2017 by Lady Fair

Hello everyone! I recently had a student with an emergency situation: she woke up with no voice! This is a little girl (11) who might as well have been born on the stage — she sings all the time! And … Continue reading →

Posted in Teaching Chorus, Teaching Private Lessons, Vocal Resources | Tagged alto, bass clef, children, exercises, fleming, help, kid, opera, renee, semi occluded, sick, sing, soprano, sovt, steam, straw, student, tenor, tired, vocal, vocal tract, voice | Leave a comment

Article: Singing Changes Your Brain

Posted on April 1, 2015 by Lady Fair

Hello all! I apologize for the long time between posts. I have several tabs open in my browser, just waiting to be shared and added to my lists, but the complications of moving, having to put down my lovebird Buddy, … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Informational, Teaching Chorus | Tagged anxiety, brain, calm, changes, choir, choral, chorus, class, conversation, cortisol, depression, discussion, education, emotion, endorphin, energize, guide, health, hormone, lesson, loneliness, lonely, music, oxytocin, pleasure, reading, regularly, relief, relieves, sing, stress, student, tranquil, trust, worksheet | Leave a comment