Thursday, October 7, 2021

Layton Loucks - VRH - 10/7/21

 Kaylyn B.

  • Excellent resonance

    • Very effortless in transitioning between registers

  • Very good German


Nick W.

  • Very good French from what I can tell.

  • Resonance is very well placed

    • There were a few times at the beginning that sounded a little throaty

      • Fixed very quickly 


Miranda M.

  • There is a little breathiness coming through on some notes

    • The held notes are far less breathy and have some very nice resonance

  • Upward figures sounded a little unsupported


Allison O.

  • Very nice and clear diction

  • Right at the beginning of the first higher passage sounded light it caught her off guard and came out a little unsupported

  • Well done on the style. Very spot on.


Camryn R.

  • Very speech-like 

    • It fits the style of the work for the most part

  • Sounds a little breathy in the held notes 

    • Sounds like the voice is caught in the throat a little bit in those held notes as well

    • This seems to be contributing to a slight loss of breath in some notes


Caden W.

  • Slightly sounding a little far back in the voice 

    • While there is some very good resonance, it will be even more with a slightly more forward sound

  • Needs more of a “forte” body in the piano sections of the second piece.

    • It is so close. It just needs a little more support in these sections

  • Very, Very good tone quality all in all

    • These are some nitpicky details


Megan R.

  • Sounding just a bit too far back.

    • Some more forward placement would go a long way

    • The high notes are slightly weak because of a lack of support 


Anna S.

  • A little bit of a breathy sound coming through

  • Tone is so nice though. 

  • While the tone is very, very nice, the resonance is not quite there to carry the voice to the audience as well.


Annika S.

  • The sound is quite breathy. A bit more forward placement would help quite a lot

  • Right at the beginning of one of the phrases there was some excellent resonance but it cut back a bit as the phrase continued


Tori T.

  • Resonance in the high register is spectacular

    • Slightly less so in the middle register


Hope W.

  • Very great tone on the speech-like passages at the beginning

  • The emotion of the song is really influencing the tone. 

    • With the emotion of what seemed like happy memories there was some more forward resonance. 

  • Some excellent resonance in the middle section


Kayla W.

  • Sounding a little far back in the voice. this prevents the resonance from cutting through the piano to reach the audience.

  • On some held notes the resonance is much better and allows us to hear the voice more clearly.


Tanner P.

  • Very, very good resonance

  • A little unsupported on the highest notes

    • Be willing to let the voice switch to head voice on the high notes

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