I was reading an interview today with Joshua Bell. He was answering Jeff Kaliss from San Francisco Classical Voice about what he wears during a performance. In his answer about clothes was this phrase, "At the service of the music". I know he was talking about not limiting his range of motion with his body, but that phrase could be applied to everything that we do when we are preparing any piece of music.
As a singer I am looking at the piece of music and running a checklist of what sound placement in my body and head I need, the style of the music,phrase length, and many other things. (honestly its'a lot like a pilots pre flight check...including the crash and burn if you are not all set before you launch!)
If you have everything as it should be however, there is a connection inside your body that I always think of as the place for my heart and soul. It sometimes leaps with joy, like seeing a loved one after years, or the first look at your new baby's face, then sometimes it just quietly babbles like a running brook, or is still as a mirror.
What could be more rewarding ?
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