After years of pursuing a career as an opera singer and struggling to make a full time living with the art, Lyndia Johnson took a full time day job at a bank while trying to grapple with what her future held for her. Find out how she transformed herself from bank manager to one of the most sought after vocal coaches around.
We also chat about vocal cross training for singers, the importance of being a multi genre vocal coach, what it means to be talented versus skilled, and some of her favorite books on vocal pedagogy.
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- Richard Miller – The Structure of Singing
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SINGING LESSONS:
- Make sure your studio is multi dimensional. Don’t just train pop. Don’t just train opera. Don’t just train musical theater. Have the facility to train them all and keep them all authentic in their chosen art form. Give them the facility to pivot into different styles.
- The voice is a flexible instrument. It can do a myriad of things.
- Gone are the days of the studios that are teaching one pedagogical approach. That is becoming antiquated and ultimately those coaches will find they won’t have much business.
- This virus and this plague that we’re in will pass. This is a wonderful time to read, to continue to educate yourselves as singers and pedagogues and to use this time wisely.
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Special thanks to Lyndia for joining us this week!