RE: [Finale] singers

[Crystal Premo]

I was required to learn to read music with high proficiency in a high school 
choir class.  I think it was reinforced because I took music theory then, 
too, and had to practice it as a written skill.  It takes practice, though, 
when you don't play an instrument.  I took enough piano for it to stick.  I 
have had some students who don't play who certainly read well enough.

I think a lot of the singers I encounter are actors who sing, and have never 
taken music in any other context.

Crystal Premo
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From: Chuck Israels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 10:31:22 -0800
On Nov 28, 2004, at 9:40 AM, Crystal Premo wrote:
These are good points.
However, I've been trying to get my voice students to read music for the 
last twenty years, and I'd be so surprised to find a singer who does 
anything but follow the lyrics.

Unfortunately this is too often true, but when you encounter well trained, 
intelligent, and literate singers, you are often in the company of some of 
the most able musicians you can find.  I am lucky enough to be married to 
one and to have a daughter with similar training and ability.  There have 
been moments when they have put my musicianship to shame.

Chuck

Chuck Israels
230 North Garden Terrace
Bellingham, WA 98225-5836
phone (360) 671-3402
fax (360) 676-6055
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