Post on readings. Chapter 16: A Productive Warm-Up from  Vocal Technique by Julia Davids and chapter 6 Structuring lessons and practice from Teaching Singing to Children and Young Adults  by Jenevora Williams. 

Ah-ha moments/ Comments

1) In Ch. 16 there is a section on the warm up sequence. It states that the sequence is almost as important as the exercises themselves. This is something that I have never heard before. I knew that you should cover different concepts of singing but didn't know that the order mattered. 

2) I really liked in chapter 6 in the book by Williams that they explained every concept with a theory first then had a section on how to practice this with your singers. This is very useful for making your warm ups so you know why you are doing certain exercises.

Questions

1) How long should your warm ups be? How much of your rehearsal time should you be taking up for your warm up?

2) The list of techniques for improving your memorisation skills listed in the book by Williams is a great list to teach your students. Would these techniques be good for all ages?