Manhattan School of Music faculty Mark Oswald's Voice Lesson

Baritone: John Michael Moore http://mucony.com
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[MrCafiero]

Wow, he takes an already great talent and voice and does nothing, but praise it and give himself the credit. RIDICULOUS!!

[awwwyesse]

Do you sing at the Metropolitan opera? Because both these guys do. Sorry to tell you, but this is the way to sing at the top level. The only one full of b.s. is you.

[hamb4]

@wiseguy847 Well Mr Know it all, let's here you. and tell the to Jesse Norman. I'm waiting to hear you well trained voice.

[MisterPapageno]

It sounds to me that the sound is too barked and I feel no expression in the piece. Good student but not good enough singer.

[dennisdeemii]

@MrCafiero I noticed that too. Not much teaching going on here.

[iamsingin]

Oswald is one of the top teachers in the world.  It is almost unfortunate that these very brief videos are available so that people with insufficient data feel obliged to remark positively or negatively... Working with him has been one of the highlights of my career.

[rovingdesertfox]

@wiseguy847 Over opening the mouth.....didn't seem to bother Mr. Ramey at all though, did it?

[wiseguy847]

@DoctorofVoice @DoctorofVoice yes I couldn't agree more. There is not the least bit of zygomatic lift in his cheeks. The over opening of his mouth leads to a more strident sound, which to the untrained singer (and in proximity) sounds impressive, but anyone who knows anything would know that over opening merely closes the throat by creating a very small back space. With pharyngeal vowel training there is no need to sing anything but pure vowels!!

[hubcity1981]

Ummmm... yeah I just love Oswald singing those 3 Ab's at 2:21 not even trying. Amazing!

[dasteufelhund]

The hand gestures....seemed artificial...practiced in...?

[DoctorofVoice]

Oh, that poor singer. What a voice that doesn't understand that the mouth doesn't have to be open more than a half an inch. And the "teacher's" demonstrations were fraught with so much tension his tongue retracted, meaning he closed his throat to accomplish the pitch--not a good thing. Modifications were logical and physics-wise sound, at least in words if not in demonstration. The singer had no facial muscle activity and that would make even Italian ah difficult, let alone sing a French one!