Singing Lesson & Voice Training Blog|
Jul 30
2010
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The Christina Rovics Vocal Studio presented A Classical Program on July 28, 2010 at the Danbury Music Centre comprising seven students of Christina Rovics with Howard Rovics accompanying at the piano and synthesizer. It was an unusually long program (almost 2 hours) simply because we wanted to allow everyone a chance to sing as much as they wanted just as long as they were thoroughly prepared. It was really not intended to be a public event, but rather a chance to hear each other and enjoy the master composers that we had been studying all year. Most of the music was either Baroque or Romantic. The evening included a premiere of a new suite of piano pieces by a local composer, Stephen Becroft who had been studying composition with Howard, a nice reminder that in every era, when it came to the classics, people composed the music in all of its detail, precisely notating their intentions.
The two youngest singers were Mira Zylali (age 10), singing a Handel aria and a Stravinsky vocalise and Maria LoStocco (age 13), who sang two early Italian arias. Their young voices project a purity of tone that is best achieved by transposing their songs upward to place the voice where they resonate best, quite high and effortless. They are both eager performers who won us over immediately.
It’s the rare high school senior who knows exactly what she wants to major in in college and then finds the program that fits her aspirations. 
An eight year old actor in need of vocal training was brought to Christina at the request of his theatrical director. A few months ago his singing ability was not nearly as good as his ability to act. Pitch matching seemed to be his main problem. His natural love of performing, his eagerness to succeed, and his love for music were obvious. After doing some research on strategies that have proven successful in learning to overcome a pitch-matching problem, Christina began to work with the child.