Teacher

Blair Boone-Migura's Studio - Private Voice Lessons & Coachings:

As an honorary graduate of distinction at Westminster Choir College's exemplary Master of Vocal Pedagogy degree program in Princeton under Dr. Christopher Arneson, and a long-time student of over twenty years of vocal pedagogue and French & German song specialist Mary Trueman (1915-2008), Blair Boone-Migura's pedagogical approach is based largely on the focus of the relationship between posture and breathing, on the clean approximation of the vocal folds through staccati exercises, on timbres, vowel integrity and modification through vowel permutations (messa di voce), on resonance sensation through "ng" exercises, and on close examination of song texts through explication de texte (a method of literary criticism involving a detailed analysis of poetic text).

Governing Principles for Developing the Power, Quality, Range, and Control of the Singer’s Instrument

The speaking voice and the singing voice

The importance of Posture in singing

Breathing guidelines

Principles for Support In singing

Phonation – cultivating a healthy tone

Registration - vowels must represent the changing factors in an otherwise stable environment

Extending the range

Resonance

Articulation - the tip of the tongue, the teeth, and the lips!

Basic understanding of metre, rhythm, and diction in the poetry of various songs

“Explication de texte” – critical examination of song text including a detailed analysis and look at the emotional response in poetry

Location: Midtown Manhattan and Honolulu, Hawai'i studio locations.

Questions? Please e-mail ASPSNY@gmail.com for more information.

Blair Boone-Migura

B.M. (Honors) Voice Performance, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

M.A. French Language & Literature, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

Master of Vocal Pedagogy, (Honors) Westminster Choir College, Princeton, NJ

Private Voice Teacher

Full Member of National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS)

New York Singing Teachers' Association (NYSTA)

Teacher of French Diction & Vocal Repertoire

President, Founder, and Executive Director - The Art Song Preservation Society