UNC assistant professor mixes love of singing, staying fit
UNC assistant professor mixes love of singing, staying fit
Sometimes you had to search in vain for a breath, and other times the passages were so difficult, they made him think of his voice as an instrument, such as the French horn.
Baroque was a niche, just like jazz, and he was good at it.
Chester was singing in a jazz group when Simon Carrington, known for his work in the King's Singers and choir conducting, heard his knack for baroque in that concert and recruited him to go to Yale, where he got his master's in Bach.
Singing, just like playing an instrument, is physical enough to crack that music geek stereotype, but there were still instructors who followed the old-school ways and didn't want their students straining their bodies.
Yet all that performing meant traveling, and the road takes its toll on baroque singers just as the many rock musicians who have written about their hard travels.
[...] that's helped him get some opera roles, especially in close calls, when someone just as talented wants to sing the same part he does.
[...] I also think, in reality, people want to see good-looking people on stage, especially when they're supposed to be in love.
[...] he also wants to teach musicians how to get fit and stay that way on the road.