Dolora Zajick Professions : Soprano Born : March 24, 1952 Browse All Authors Top 8 quotes by Dolora Zajick Singers are experts at keeping things from dripping on their throats. Believe me, they're experts. Dolora Zajick singers experts believe Sometimes a musical imagination is as important as singing itself, you know, the voice, what you do vocally, the vowels. So there's a percussiveness that can sometimes be quite energizing and useful in singing as an expressive device. Dolora Zajick singing voice imagination The most important person is the audience and the composer. The rest of us - and even the composer is a servant to the audience. And of course, the audience is a servant to the higher art. Dolora Zajick composer important art Singing is connected to the body. So there's a - there's a depth in the body that's necessary to perform this kind of music. And a lot of that expression comes from a kinesthetic awareness. And it's - that's one thing that I think people identify with, and of course there's the moment that you're in. Dolora Zajick expression people thinking Singers actually used to begin singing at a much younger age than they do now. I would say for me, I started late. But it's not unusual. I discovered I had a voice. I wanted to be a pianist when I was seven, and circumstances didn't allow that I studied it. Dolora Zajick singing voice age I don't use my lips. I use my tongue to make - create the vowels. Dolora Zajick vowels tongue use I remember when I finally figured out how simple one aspect of singing was, and I looked at my voice teacher and I said, is that all it is? And he put his head on the piano keys, and he said, why do I do this to myself? Dolora Zajick keys simple teacher The best way to tell somebody how to figure out how to relax the tongue is to just say, well, notice where it is when you aren't doing anything. That's the relaxed tongue. It's not about putting it somewhere. It's about letting it be where it wants to go. Dolora Zajick relax want way Similar Authors Benita Valente soprano Faryl Smith soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf soprano Emma Albani soprano Leontyne Price soprano Luisa Tetrazzini soprano All Authors
