Comments on: Jordin Sparks Sings Herself Into a Vocal Hemorrhage http://www.nancyoutloud.com/2008/04/jordin-sparks-sings-herself-into-a-vocal-hemorrhage/ Music, Singing and the Creative Life of a Middle-Aged Diva Sat, 07 Aug 2010 16:01:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: elaine lucia http://www.nancyoutloud.com/2008/04/jordin-sparks-sings-herself-into-a-vocal-hemorrhage/comment-page-1/#comment-13 elaine lucia Thu, 01 May 2008 21:14:56 +0000 http://www.nancyoutloud.com/?p=20#comment-13 <p>I suffered a vocal hemorrhage when I was 19 and studying opera at Eastman School of Music. I was terrified, as it had taken an incredible amount of hard work, auditions and total luck to even get into the school. My voice teacher, Musaka Toribara, made me stop singing AND TALKING for two weeks. I carried around a little note pad and had to communicate only through writing. Imagine being at a music conservatory and not being able to TALK, let alone sing! </p> <p>My teacher attributed the hemorrhage to overwork, oversinging, not enough sleep, and the rigors of college life, holding down a job, and I'm sure I wasn't very healthy at that time either. </p> <p>After two weeks I resumed my opera training, slowly easing back into my practice and performing routine.</p> <p>A VERY VERY IMPORTANT LESSON WAS LEARNED: NEVER, and I mean NEVER EVER, sing without WARMING UP YOUR VOICE FIRST!!!! </p> <p>I hope Jordin Sparks has a good voice TEACHER (not a "coach") who will teach her the fundamentals of good singing technique.</p> I suffered a vocal hemorrhage when I was 19 and studying opera at Eastman School of Music. I was terrified, as it had taken an incredible amount of hard work, auditions and total luck to even get into the school. My voice teacher, Musaka Toribara, made me stop singing AND TALKING for two weeks. I carried around a little note pad and had to communicate only through writing. Imagine being at a music conservatory and not being able to TALK, let alone sing!

My teacher attributed the hemorrhage to overwork, oversinging, not enough sleep, and the rigors of college life, holding down a job, and I’m sure I wasn’t very healthy at that time either.

After two weeks I resumed my opera training, slowly easing back into my practice and performing routine.

A VERY VERY IMPORTANT LESSON WAS LEARNED: NEVER, and I mean NEVER EVER, sing without WARMING UP YOUR VOICE FIRST!!!!

I hope Jordin Sparks has a good voice TEACHER (not a “coach”) who will teach her the fundamentals of good singing technique.

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