Alexandra Silber's Blog, page 29
May 22, 2017
Ask Al: Vocal Health Part 2: MAINTENANCE
Dear Al,
Yay! Healthy vocal cords! Once you get the hang of protecting your vocal health, and actively preventing disease, how do you go about maintaining that quality of health day to day?
Thank you!
Max
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Dear Max,
Such a terrific question!
Norman Hogikyan and his colleagues at the University of Michigan Health System state quite rightly that "Your voice is your ambassador to the outside world. It portrays your personality and emotions. People make assessments about you based on your voice...
Yay! Healthy vocal cords! Once you get the hang of protecting your vocal health, and actively preventing disease, how do you go about maintaining that quality of health day to day? Thank you!
Max
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Dear Max,
Such a terrific question!
Norman Hogikyan and his colleagues at the University of Michigan Health System state quite rightly that "Your voice is your ambassador to the outside world. It portrays your personality and emotions. People make assessments about you based on your voice...
May 19, 2017
"The Stillness of the Office" from After Anatevka in Concert
Jessica Fontana and Ellie Fishman"The Stillness of the Office" from AFTER ANATEVKA IN CONCERT at Symphony Space, 2017 based on and read by AFTER ANATEVKA by ALEXANDRA SILBER from Pegasus BooksMusic by Juilanne Wick Davis, lyrics by Maggie-Kate Coleman
Performed by Jessica Fontana (Hodel) and Ellie Fishman (Irina)
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Chapter 37: Gone
Hodel used to find The Gentleman’s office quite peaceful in its near silence—the imposing regulation clock with its harsh utilitarian angles,...
May 16, 2017
Adult-ing: Part 5
21. Limit your exposure to toxic, unhelpful and un-supportive people.
In Robert Greene’s The 48 Law of Power, Law #10 states “Avoid the unhappy and unlucky:”
There is are, of course, caveats, but first read Greene’s word:
In Robert Greene’s The 48 Law of Power, Law #10 states “Avoid the unhappy and unlucky:”
There is are, of course, caveats, but first read Greene’s word:
“You can die from someone else's misery—emotional states are as infectious as diseases. You may feel you are helping the drowning man but you are only precipitating your own disaster. The unfortunate sometimes draw misfortune on th...
May 12, 2017
Ask Al: Vocal Health Part 1: PROTECTION
Dear Al, I am a young singer studying vocal performance. I am constantly having vocal issues navigating everything from allergies to phlegm, to hoarseness and dryness, and of course, the subsequent tension and unhealthy compositions that come with it!
How do you keep your voice safe?
Sincerely,
Natalia
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Dear Natalia,
A fantastic question! And a wonderful opportunity for me to record my top tips!
Below is as comprehensive a list of remedies, exercises and solutions I have come up with, but fir...
May 9, 2017
TodaTix Campaign
I am so excited to announce that I (
me?!
) am one of the faces of the fresh new TodayTix campaign.It was an unspeakable honor to be included in this ground-breaking new platform, a digital theater-loving company that wants theater to be accessible to everyone! TodayTix t is a brand I know and really love (and actually use in real life, by the way!)
This new campaign is focused on diversity, affordable culture, accessibility, bringing new energy and new theater-goers into theaters across t...
May 4, 2017
"The Waiting World" from After Anatevka in Concert
Enjoy this incredibly beautiful battle cry from the AFTER ANATEVKA concert at Symphony Space in March. I am so grateful to all of the friends that participated in this incredible evening. To have close friends write music based on my creation, then performed by dear friends Santino and Ryan to embody it with such vigor is a dream beyond imagining.Enjoy.
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"The Waiting World" by Eric Price and Will Reynolds
Based on Alexandra Silber's AFTER ANATEVKA from Pegasus Books
Performed by Santino Fontana...
April 30, 2017
I've Been: Jan - April 2017
- Participating so meaningfully in my constitutional right to protest. I've joined marches with and for women, science, the arts, alongside my friends and colleagues at the ACLU, Planned Parenthood and Actor’s Equity.- Ringing the gong!(A tradition at my acting agency where you ring a giant gong when you "book" a job!)
- Singing with my "DooDoo" and little sissy Samantha Massell at 54 Below (living out our BEST DUET LIFE GOALS!)
- Doing a beautiful reading of a new musical
- Visiting my ho...
April 28, 2017
'I Am the People, the Mob' by Carl Sandburg
I am the people—the mob—the crowd—the mass.
Do you know that all the great work of the world is done through me?
I am the workingman, the inventor, the maker of the world’s food and clothes.
I am the audience that witnesses history.
The Napoleons come from me and the Lincolns.
They die. And then I send forth more Napoleons and Lincolns.
I am the seed ground. I am a prairie that will stand for much plowing. Terrible storms pass over me. I forget. The best of me is sucked out and wasted. I forget. E...
Do you know that all the great work of the world is done through me?
I am the workingman, the inventor, the maker of the world’s food and clothes.
I am the audience that witnesses history.
The Napoleons come from me and the Lincolns.
They die. And then I send forth more Napoleons and Lincolns.
I am the seed ground. I am a prairie that will stand for much plowing. Terrible storms pass over me. I forget. The best of me is sucked out and wasted. I forget. E...
