Kaylee Borchert -- Lesson 9/26

 In my lesson this week we discussed our next song goals in terms of what we want to work on. We also discussed my performance on 

It was also a morning lesson so we started just with some simple lip buzz exercises. Followed with our traditional ming-la exercise that I do every lesson as well as a vee vey vah voh voo exercise. These are to help with placement of my voice especially in my higher register, and it is also for my breath management! As I am working on keeping a continuous flow of breath and constant air support. 

We then went over Das verlassene megdlein one more time working on the few issues I had in my performance. 

Then we worked on The Sun Whose Rays, or Yum Yum's song! We spent time talking about the text and understanding what it meant and the interpretation of this song during this time period. We then sang it on Lou followed by using a "sing-song" voice and working the phrasing of the text. Then we did it on vowels followed by singing it through! All of these methods I am supposed to use before my next lesson to really work the song as we are preparing it for my next performance.

This weeks focus was really on understanding the text and phrasing which is so important in being a performance major as you need to be able to not just sing a song but deliver it. Really tell the story!!