by Michael Mayer | Dec 4, 2013 | Q&A, Registers, Resonance Line Up
Hi Mr Mayer! here is a question that puzzles me: I find Lilli Lehmann’s profile very helpful for myself. (I am referring to the picture page 44 in the Dover edition of “How to sing”) Like many singers, I have a tendency to think any pitch too low,...
by Michael Mayer | Oct 10, 2013 | Uncategorized
I’m starting a new research project that I hope to compile into a book. The basic premise is to collect as many questions about vocal issues as possible and try to figure out any recurring themes. From this collection of questions I’ll take the top ten and...
by Michael Mayer | Sep 11, 2013 | 9/11
It has been a while since I’ve put something new up on the blog. My time and energy has been devoted to singing projects. But I want to get started back posting information here more consistently. Since today is 9/11/13 I thought I would re-post my remembrance...
by Michael Mayer | Apr 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
I received this email the other day and I think he has made a valid argument. Your article on Jonas Kaufman was truly ridiculous. I’ve also a degree in voice, I’ve been studying singing 20 years, and have students. I think anyone who harps on about the...
by Michael Mayer | Mar 18, 2013 | Uncategorized
Recently I subbed for my church choir. I had been the Tenor section leader/soloist for a few years but resigned two and a half years ago. I had a similar position in Greenwich, Connecticut when I lived in New York. Classical Singers will be familiar with these...
by Michael Mayer | Jan 21, 2013 | Uncategorized
Today in the US we observe the life’s work of Martin Luther King, Jr. He is easily recognized as the most influential leader of the civil rights movement. But from high school, around the time the Government created the MLK holiday, I have had great respect for...
