Studio Practice - Dr. Brian Manternach

In the first two blogs this semester, we've covered the first R in "The Four Rs of Effective Practice," which has two parts....

In the last blog , I presented the first definition of “resolve.” When used as a noun, its definition includes, “firmness of purpose or inte...

Welcome to the new school year! Here we go... Let me state something obvious: If you want to improve your skills, you have to practice. It d...

If you asked random people on the street what "soft" means, they would probably describe things like pillows, stuffed animals, or ...

A key component of developing singing skills is receiving and implementing useful feedback. As I have blogged about previously , there are t...

OK, one more installment on this theme...  As I mentioned in Sing the Process, Part I , performances are snapshots in time, reflecting all w...

In Part I of the "Sing the Process" blog , I discussed differences between the performing arts and other forms of visual art. Spec...