Personalized Online Coaching with French Conservatory alum, Grand-Prize winner, and Sought-after Performing Artist Krissan Manikan - Tan

The Student and Tutor focused on vocal technique to strengthen the student's head voice and mix register. They practiced foundational breath support using abdominal engagement, refined tongue position for controlled airflow, and performed lip trills and vocalized scales. The session emphasized healthy vocal production, aiming to eliminate strain and improve range, with a recommendation for the Student to prepare songs for future practice.

Student and Tutor engaged in vocal warm-ups, practicing lip trills and scales with a focus on abdominal engagement and breath control. They then extensively analyzed and performed three songs from the musical "Six," discussing character portrayal, historical context, and specific musicality for Anna of Cleves, Katherine Howard, and Catherine Parr. For their next session, they plan to specifically work on breath capacity and control using the song "Midnight Sun."

The Student and Tutor engaged in a singing practice session, working through a diverse repertoire of pop songs by artists like Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter, and ABBA, as well as musical theater pieces. They practiced existing songs and introduced new ones for future learning, with specific homework assigned to expand the Student's performance character and vocal range.

The session focused on vocal training, specifically practicing and completing the song "This is Me" from The Greatest Showman. The Student engaged in warm-up exercises emphasizing lip relaxation and abdominal breath support, followed by a full performance of the song. Future song selections were briefly discussed for upcoming lessons.

The Student and Tutor explored various seventh chords, including dominant, major, minor, half-diminished, fully diminished, minor-major, augmented major, and augmented seventh chords. The Student practiced identifying, constructing, and playing these chords, and they discussed the formulas and typical musical contexts for each. For the next session, they plan to work on inversions of seventh chords.

The student and tutor explored music theory, covering chord inversions and various musical intervals. The student practiced identifying and naming different types of intervals, including perfect, major, minor, augmented, and diminished intervals. They also discussed the application of these concepts to upcoming musical performances.