There are many exercises out there for singers. Breathing exercises can come in many forms, techniques, and ways to approach them. That’s good because you don’t want to just be working the same muscles every time. Nor do you just want to learn ONE way of...
When you are a musician in the Catholic church, especially in the digital age we live in now, it’s not hard to find cantor resources. Often, though, it is difficult to navigate the plethora of cantor resources out there and decide what is worth it and not, what...
The art of Descanting Descants are beautiful light melodic phrases floating above the familiar melodies of any song, Psalm, or Alleluia. They are meant to be sung above the soprano line as a beautiful countermelody. In my parish, we often sing the soprano and the...
It’s no joke that YouTube can be used for many, many things, including preparing for Mass on Sunday. I have spent some time researching the most helpful YouTube Channels that any cantor could find useful (with a few variants, of course!) There are some channels...
Warmups that Are Actually Fun There are a million and one warm-ups you can do on a daily basis, and there are many fun warm-ups you can make-up if you want. But why spend the time creating one when you can just pick from a list of proven awesome ones? I have used...
Having Clear Diction Matters, and Here’s How You Can Get Better Having clear diction is important because simply put, people want to know what you are singing about. If your message is unclear or muddled, getting the gist of what you are singing is extremely...