Autor: Monika Kopp

I wanted to share two of my favorite statements by Cornelius Reid. There is so much unfortunate teaching about breathing, support and so on. The feeling of support is something that will happen, when the voice is able to operate freely, not something, that we can create artificially.
Weiterlesen „Cornelius Reid on breathing“

‚Functional‘ is a very popular catchphrase in vocal pedagogy these days. I hardly use this word anymore and employ terms like ‚Cornelius Reid’s work‘ instead, even though he founded ‚functional vocal training‘. Too often functional becomes synonymous with mechanical, which would be the opposite of what Reid wanted.
Weiterlesen „Functional Voice Training“

Cornelius Reid sprach von einer ‚organischen Logik‘ beim Singen. Eine solche wird sich dem Sänger aber nur erschließen können, wenn er wieder ein Gespür dafür bekommt, was die Stimme wirklich braucht, um frei zu funktionieren.
Weiterlesen „Reid, Goethe und die Natur“