Private Instruction Log

Private Instructor

Week: 4-10 Hours: 4.2

4-17 4
4-24 4
5-1 4
5-8 4
5-15 4
5-22 4
5-29 4
6-5 4

Goals: Connect to breath- deep from the diaphragm

Allow breath to do the work: create space and relax jaw, neck, and tongue muscles
Don’t use tongue to create a false sense of space and tallness: we need actual healthy
space and nice round vowels

Successes: Maintaining good breath support through longer phrases

1. Keeping all notes supported and grounded, with focus on not going flat or sharp onsustained
notes
3. Making conscious and text based decisions on when to use different dynamics: having a
healthy and supported louder sound, and a strong soft one

Repertoire
1. “Care Selve” from Atalanta composed by George Frideric Handel
2. “Blue Hair” from Joey is a Punk Rocker by Joe Iconis (1981-)
3. “I Shall Not Live in Vain” text by Emily Dickinson, music composed by Jake Heggie (1961-)
4. “Vaga luna, che inargenti” by Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835)