Month: March 2017

Sacrificing Our Artistic Young

Sacrificing Our Artistic Young

TV Talent Show: Sacrificing Our Artistic Young It happened again last night! The Australian season of the TV Talent show started with the first teaser advertisement for “The Voice Australia (Season 6).” Wow. Is it that time already? I must admit that TV Talent shows remind me of an ancient pagan ritual during which we…

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The ‘not-so’ Impossible Dream

The ‘not-so’ Impossible Dream

Can anyone learn to sing? I cannot tell you how many times in my twenty-year teaching career that I have been asked this question: can anyone learn to sing? It will come as no surprise, given my vocation (and passion) as a singing voice specialist, that I unequivocally believe it is the birthright of every human…

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