I have known for a long time that I like to make people laugh. I didn’t think I was very good at it though. Just ask my wife. She has the unfortunate task of being my sounding board for jokes that haven’t fully matured. However, when watching an episode of Seinfeld’s new show Comedians in Cars Getting…
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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…
Read MoreLuggage. 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…
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Nathan Bird 