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Speak Up to Sing Out
“To the girls, to the women, to the mothers, to the daughters who hear the music bubbling within, please speak up. We need to hear your voices.” These words were the backbone of composer Hildur Guðnadóttir’s acceptance speech at the 2020 Oscars—she being the fourth…
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Time Flies when Time Lies
Lies about time. Maybe you have told a few? “I’ll never have this prepared in time.” “I couldn’t find any time to practice this week!” “It takes me so long to learn music.” or the people-pleaser’s signature self-sabotage: “Sure I’ll do it, I have plenty…
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Meeting Limiting Beliefs with Pliability
When coaching a voice student through self-doubt, I often allude to “limiting beliefs.” I’m borrowing this phrase from a larger zeitgeist—a quick Google will show you how prolific this concept is. The semantics of “limiting beliefs” reveals both the poison and the antidote. Limiting quantifies…
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Welcome to The Vocal Precisionist
Hi! I’m Sarah, a singer and voice teacher. I’m forever curious about vocal technique and view singing as both a microcosm of life, and a reflection of our whole self. My hope is to make vocal technique more accessible, in part by making these connections.…
