Ep. 132 - Expanding Singers' Tone Color Palette - Francis Cathlina
“I ask them to sing with maximum efficiency, accessing their singer’s formant, and from there, we’ll ask for specific sounds. Sometimes conductors get stuck asking them to blend, to listen. When we do that, it’s like giving them an 8-pack of Crayola and asking them to color. Instead, we start the rehearsal with a 64-pack and then throughout the rehearsal we might pick out the light blue #2 to color that section of the music. They’re able to access the full breadth of their vocal powers in the rehearsal.”
Francis Cathlina, D.M.A. (he/him) is a Vietnamese-American conductor and educator…
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