Ep. 4: Professor Richard Wistreich

*All podcasts formerly on SoundCloud have now been redirected to Anchor.* Happy New Year everyone! We're starting 2019 with a two-part series on singing in the 21st century. In this episode, we're exploring vocality from pedagogical, philosophical and physiological perspectives. and what some of the implications are for singing today such as amplification in opera houses and the way one places the voice to create different sonorities. To help us understand this most mysterious of art forms, I'm talking to Professor Richard Wistreich, who is currently the Director of Research at the world-famous Royal College of Music in London. Professor Wistreich is a scholar and teacher, who enjoyed great success as a professional singer, particularly, within the early music movement and in contemporary music. He now maintains an illustrious academic career, having held teaching and directorial positions at some of the world's leading universities and conservatoires. Interview recorded on 18 December 2018 at the Royal College of Music, London. SoundCloud - @talkingclassicalpodcast Twitter - twitter.com/tc_podcasts Facebook - bit.ly/2CvJ7rD Blog - talkingclassicalpodcast.wordpress.com