“Un-Mute” Your Heart, Your Soul: Your Voice
Week of April 22, 2023
Many of us were discouraged from telling our stories along the way. Whether it was being dissuaded from taking on that fine arts degree in college, or being told not to “ruin” the music on the radio by singing along at the top of our lungs when we were “tweens.” For the voice inside of you that was quieted against its will, we set the stage for you to “Un-Mute” Your Heart, Your Soul: Your Voice.
We’ve come up with five ways to make your “un-mute” a blissful and peace-steeped experience:
- Prepare physically and mentally with daily Breathing and Relaxing Exercises.
- Overcome the pressure of yesterday’s results and tomorrow’s expectations with The Art of Warming Up: Being Here, Now, vocally.
- Find the words and sounds that best enable you to tell your story with Repertoire Selection*.
- Craft your story, in sound, with Vocal Style**.
- Tell your story with an End of the Week Vocal Performance!***
*If it sounds fancy, don’t worry: it isn’t! Repertoire Selection is about picking that song that notoriously sets you free … and yes, we mean strongly considering your favorite karaoke, shower, and/or highway cruising jam as a study piece. We offer to brainstorm ideas with you one-on-one, to learn your selection with you, and to help you to better understand and express yourself through that selection.
**Some folks are soft-spoken but wish they were more outgoing; others long to be more intimate, sensitive, dynamic. Any virtue you’d want to assume in your life, we can help you assume vocally with the full belief that if you can conquer it in your voice, you can conquer it in your life.
Un-Muted! Our Hearts…Our Souls…Our Voices…in Concert!
Thursday PM
*** Don’t worry!! The performance is not by any means “mandatory,” rather, it’s a special treat and a supportive stage to be able to share your personal findings with your fellow seekers should you choose to do so.
Soprano Sharon Spinetti sang the leading roles with major opera houses both in the U.S. and Internationally in a career that spanned over 25 years.
Upon her return to New York, she started a voice and piano studio and created the Song-Girls brand (www.song-girls.com). Sharon has written and produced two musicals and is currently putting the finishing touches on her pilot for “That Song-Girls Show!” which combines animation, live action and original music in a weekly streaming series. Sharon looks forward to returning to RLP and celebrating 2023 together “Un-Muting.”