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Confidence

By: Nathan Bird March 10, 2015March 10, 2015

I hear it again and again, students of mine want to “build confidence” with their singing voice. The following was taken from a message to a student who’d recently sent me a self-assessment of her level of preparedness for a role. “One note about “confidence” while singing…If confidence is the measure of how good we…

Packing for a Journey?

By: Nathan Bird January 16, 2015January 16, 2015

UncategorizedApollo Male Chorus, Arnold Schoenberg, Auschwitz, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, concentration camps, Sean Vogt2 Comments

Luggage. A room full of suitcases, bags, parcels as diverse in size, shape and color as you can imagine. I was grateful for the glass wall between us and the probably musty jumble of containers. It was the luggage of those traveling into the concentration camps of Auschwitz-Birkenau. How would I pack if I was being…

The NorrSound Tenors

By: Nathan Bird November 25, 2014December 9, 2024

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The NorrSound Tenors trio was first conceived in the mind of Dave Hoehl in 2014, then the music director at Wooddale Church. When I had attended Wooddale, I’d sung several times with the choir and toured Ukraine as a soloist with their Wooddale Chorale Tour in 2008. When Dave reached out; wondering if I’d “put together a…