Here’s a letter I wrote published in today’s Opinion section of The Age, Wednesday 23/05/2012. It’s about the popular TV show The Voice and its possible link with our social values regarding to mastery of singing/ music.
In a brief excerpt of his lecture at the Kennedy Centre, Kurt Elling offers advice to aspiring singers on the steps necessary to finding their own unique ‘sound’ as singers and musicians. Elling is a brilliant example of what happens when you persevere with this illustrious challenge, which simultaneously demands the endless refinement of vocal…