"Photosynthesis" - by Aglaia Lessard - Ambient Music for Your Morning
As a voice teacher, my primary goal in working with singers of all ages and abilities is to ensure good breath control and resonance. From this basis, ease of projection begins, range expands, and enunciation can begin to be addressed.
Taking time with our warm-ups increases confidence and releases tension. Students are then able to pursue a variety of vocal goals, depending on the trajectory they choose to take.
Each genre offers its own challenges. Singers are exposed to new words and languages, access registers previously thought unattainable, read the shape and character of vocal lines, and learn to convey nuances they've heard in recordings.
Since the nature of each voice is highly personal, singing together in a private lesson and discussing previous experience helps in choosing individual materials and finding an age- and ability-appropriate path forward.