Word: jerico
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...something over a year ago when I first heard The Voice. I went down to Greenwich Village to hear Langston Hughes' musical panorama Jerico-Jim Crow, performed in a building that does double duty as a church and a synagogue...
...School, he turned into a strong, deep bass, and sang informally here and there--at a hospital or an illegal after-hours club. "After graduation four years ago, I had some scattered chorus and bit parts in summer stock and off-Broadway until I got a big role in Jerico-Jim. My voice range had moved up a bit, and I was a baritone there. It's still not stabilized. Right now my usable range goes from a bass' low E to a tenor's high C. Who knows?--maybe I'll wind up a dramatic tenor...
Indeed it is perfectly true that finding the right voice teacher can be like finding the right spouse; one may have to court many candidates before the one-and-only turns up. "Finally, about the time I opened in Jerico-Jim a little over a year ago, I did find exactly the right teacher, Clair Gelda. She told me, 'You must be careful not to push to the point of losing the wonderful velvet on your voice.'" This "velvet," which is readily apparent in the restrained opening of "Feeling Good" in Roar of the Greasepaint, should not be confused with...
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