Today was my first day working with Oliver and so we discovered his range and tone quality as it moves from lower to higher registers. We talked about singing posture, breathing, vowels, consonants, and what it means to sing with good diction. We sang through warm-ups specifically, "mah, meh, mee, moh, moo", hissing - to elongate and steady the exhalation, a slow "ya, ya, ya, ya" descending arpeggio to encourage breath support and tall vowels, short "hip hip ho ho ho" with hands on hips to encourage breath support and pitch precision (thinking the pitch before singing it!) We began two solos today: "Brahms' Lullaby" to work for legato (smooth and connected) singing and "I'm Gonna Mail Myself To You" which has a fast melody with lots of text, which will help us work on diction and consonants.