A Weekend of Fun for a Tenor; the Singing's Deceptive: How to Go From Remedial Music to the Sound of Music
Sunday Herald › February 23, 2004
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'I want you to team up in pairs and I want to hear a lot of panting." The location at which I was given this instruction was a romantic country house in the Scottish Borders where I was a weekend guest. Before conclusions are jumped at, I should point out that the activity which necessitated panting was a singing lesson.
The lady issuing the instruction was Sally Burchell, a mezzo soprano of some note who has forsaken the international opera stage and concert hall to run music courses at Fairlaw House near Auchencrow, a few miles north of the English border.See the full content of this document
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A Weekend of Fun for a Tenor; the Singing's Deceptive: How to Go From Remedial Music to the Sound of Music
Fairlaw House defies classification. It is neither hotel nor B&B. It is a small Georgian B-listed country house where guests go to dine, retreat to comfortable period bedrooms, amble in the mature gardens, sally forth to play golf or be a tourist, or partake of a singing lesson from the resident diva.
Sally Burchell also defies classification. She is an opera singer, a voice coach, a devoted...See the full content of this document
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