In 2017 I was invited to start working as a lecturer at the Lithuanian Academy of Theatre and Music. This has turned out to be one of the most challenging, awarding and interesting periods of not only my "art life", but in my work life in general.
To be able to answer questions from students - or to answer all the unasked questions - I have had to revisit, restudy, reread and improve on quite a lot of my own knowledge of vocal theory and physiology from my own years of studies and singing. Hopefully, this has been of some help to my students, and it has also had a huge impact on my own singing.
There is no doubt that I knew too little of vocal theory (through no fault of my own teachers), and there is no doubt that improving the knowledge about how the body is built, and how it affects the singing, about traditional vocal theory and vocal schools can greatly improve the way students are able to understand and approach their own singing, voice, body and problems.
I do not adhere to the theory that singing should be "intuitive". Like any art, it should not be bogged down and restricted by theory, but theory applied correctly is liberating. At the age of 20, some students are studying advanced mathematics or physics. There is no reason vocal students should not be able to study and understand the functions of the larynx and the diaphragm :)
This blog will be my attempt to collect information - and maybe write myself - about these aspects, as well as about interpretation, musicianship and other things. I will try to post videos of singers, masterclasses, lectures about singing of physiology, link to articles, books and further. I will try to give the posts a pedagogical angle, not only post a concert because it is "good".
The internet is FULL of all information - about singing as well. Not all of it is good, though, and on this field, as on all fields, it is easy to be led astray and get lost. My selection of information will of course be subjective, but I will try to present information that I find artistically and scientifically solid, in hope that the blog over time might become a useful source for inspiration and information
20.10.27
Stein
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