PROFESSIONAL VOCAL TRAINING

In this workshop we will discuss how your breath works. Correct breathing is the fuel that drives your voice – and learning how to use your breath to support your singing will increase your vocal power and range. Most of us use less than a third of our vocal capacity because we lack the tools to use our breath efficiently.  

Once your breath has delivered air to the vocal chords, the sound resonates throughout the body. In this workshop, we help you extend your vocal range and achieve an even tone quality throughout the vocal range using a variety of exercises. 

In this workshop, we explore body posture and alignment, because without a correctly aligned body, your voice cannot function to its full potential. We will also address many of the tension issues common to singers.    

The way we phrase a line of music conveys the meaning and mood of a song to the listeners. Phrasing is strongly influenced by where we pause to breathe as we sing the lyrics, which words we emphasize and how we use consonants and vowels to interpret each line we sing.  

Singing with emotion is probably one of the most valuable skills that a singer can develop. Discover how you can add emotion to a song in different ways: variations of dynamics and tone; speaking the words in contrasting ways; experimenting with tone colour by modifying resonance.  

Everyone gets nervous. We all know the feeling of our mouth going dry and our body tensing. Although you will not be able to fully ‘cure’ yourself of stage-fright, you can learn how to control and calm your nerves. Some amount of nervousness is necessary, because the body channels Adrenalin which enables you to perform effectively.    

Laura Ford (www.lauraford.be) is a musical performer and educator, based in Brussels. She is passionate about the role  music plays in people’s lives. An American soprano with a degree in Music Performance from the Biola Conservatory of Music in Los Angeles, California, Laura has spent the last 10 years performing in a variety of concerts, oratorios, musical theatre and stage productions. Laura is also an experienced educator and, every day, inspires people to explore music and find their voice.