Posted by: Elem Eley on: March 24, 2011
The first of six segments, providing the complete Italienisches Liederbuch of Hugo Wolf, has been uploaded to YouTube. I am joined by my excellent colleagues and friends, soprano Faith Esham and pianist J.J. Penna, in this recent recital at the Schubert Geburtshaus in magical Vienna–the very place where Wolf flourished, along with Mozart, Schubert, Brahms, Mahler, Strauss [...]
Posted by: Elem Eley on: March 7, 2011
My friend, Daniel Shigo, writes/compiles an extensive, inspirational and helpful blog called VoiceTalk. I recently read Daniel’s article on “The Focus Vowel,” which relates to methods of my own teacher, Margaret Harshaw. He is quite accurate in his comments about her teaching. We would usually vocalize in the order of [i,u,a] to find both core [...]
