"Singing is an adjustment between mind and movement."
___ Giovanni B. Lamperti
In Karen's studio, technical studies join with movement lessons to heighten kinesthetic awareness and develop more efficiency in vocal exercises. Introducing curiosity, healthy inquiry, and a playful non-judgemental attitude into our studies strengthens our ability to make finer distinctions within ourselves:
Am I really doing what I intend to do?
How could my singing feel and sound better?
How could the tone and colors be more appropriate
to the feeling and expression of the song?
What do I do differently to sing Bach as compared to
Donizetti, Machaut, or Mahler?
Karen tailors each lesson to the specific needs of the individual and to the particular language and repertory. For example, movement lessons may be used to explore the relationship between posture and breathing,
clarify the independence and shaping of the speech articulators, and
how our imagination and thinking informs resonance and tone color.
Feldenkrais Functional Integration