Sep 1, 2021
Tara interviews Valerie Gabail, an amazing classical French singer and teacher. Valerie shares her musical journey from child to adult, with giving us a glimpse into what it was like to have a vocal injury and how she moved through it into recovery and beyond.
Valerie was influenced to love music as a child through her father, who brought so many styles of music into their home.
In high school, Valerie had a jazz group music teacher who encouraged her to keep training because “she had a voice.”
She performed classically through the years in a lot of places and some of her favorites were the Paris Opera and Taormina in Sicily.
One gentleman, Howard Crook took Valerie under his wings and was one of her early voice teachers that really helped her in many ways of encouragement. “I want to be as important for other people—encouragement, supporting them…”
Here is the method and its main features and history:
https://vocalwisdom.com/swedishitalian-school/
The teacher she works with is David Jones https://www.voiceteacher.com/biography.html
“Being aware of the anatomy and how the instrument functions is so important.”
Valerie gives some great tips to keep your voice from getting injured:
One of the bigger issues that Valerie sees in her students is this:
Here are some tips for long term singing from Valerie:
Her website is:
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