You’re a vocal athlete, so you should train like one.

Lebron James and other elite performers exercise and condition their muscles every day.

Similarly, we encourage a daily vocal work out so that your singing muscles get stronger and can take on the challenging and ever-evolving musical theater market demands.

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SOPRANO, MEZZO, & ALTO

Easy Warm Ups

5 Note Repeating Trills
Lip Trill Raspberry Octave
Humming and Chewing
Humming and Falling
Vee
Ng slide into E Oo E
Fricative and Nasal Fest
Fun with Fricatives
Raspberry / Lip Trill Ascending
Raspberry L-T Hyper Slides
Straw Slides
Hip hop hip
Energize Your Bod!
Jaw Isolations
Tongue Isolations
Lip Isolations
Ng 1-5-1
Show ae oh advanced

Vowel Primers

Ni Thee
Fe Foh Octave
Shooee
Shooee with Slide
Tha They-Tha Tho
La Be Da May Ni P.O. Tu
Show Ae Oh Basic
Staccato Basic
Staccato EEs
Ah Ooo Arpeggios
Vowel Colors
Seagull Sillies

Legit/Head Voice

Ooo Ahhh
Ah Staccato & Legato
Me Oh
She Hey Octave Half
Shoo Tha (for Altos)
Shoo Thoo (for Sopranos)
Think Merrily Life is But a Dream
Hung-ah Soft Palate
La Hoo La
Bouncy OO’s (Coloratura)
Up and Down Arpeggio
Opera Vowels

Speech, Mix, & Belt

Twangy Mix Belt
Advanced Riffs
Back Off - Damn Cat Speech
May I Go - May I Come In
Nasty Nyaes (or Glaes)
Way Wah Wah Baby Cry
Fun with Meow
I Know I Know
Kid Sounds
Hey Taxi
It’s in the Basement

Putting It All Together

EE Arpeggio Glides
Italian Vowels
Twang Farm
Oo-Yoo-Ah Register Blend
Vowel Fun
Lean To
Low-High Larynx
The Whole 9 for Agility
 

Tenor, Baritone, & Bass

Easy Warm Ups

Lip Trill 5 Note Repeat
Fricative Buzz
Lip Trill 8 note descending
Hum into Y-Buzz
Ng Slide Into E Oo E
Standing Waves
Fricative and Nasal Fest
Fun with Fricatives
Raspberry / Lip Trill
Raspberry / LT Hyper Slides
Vee (fricative variations)
Jaw Isolations
Tongue Isolations
Lip Isolations
Humming and Chewing
Humming and Falling
Ng 1-5-1
Two Quiet - One Loud - Two Quiet (Trills to OH)

Vowel Primers

Bouncy OOs
Nee Nee Turns
Staccato Basic
Staccato EEs
Yah Mee
Land Ho! 1-3-5-8-5-3-1
Seagull Sillies
Show Ae Oh
Wee wee wee wee (Falsetto to Full)

Legit & Head Voice

Tho Tho Octave (Bari)
Tho Tho Octave (Tenor)
Thee Ahh Octave
Falsetto Drop
Nee Oo Octave
Heys and Sheys
Ah Staccato and Legato
EE exhales with OH scale
Meenie meenie

Twang & Speech

Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo
Babalee!
California Surfer Dude
Go Go Go Octave
Twang Farm
Way Wah Wah Baby Cry
Hey Taxi

Putting It All Together

Weep Weep Weep
Hey Hey Hey
Italian Vowels - One Note
Mi Re La Mi
Oo-Yoo-Ah Register Blend
Shey Ah Shoh (Bari)
Shey Ah Shoh (Tenor)
Two 5’s and a 9
Plosive Power
No No’s!