[Magdalen] Down and Up We Go.

[Grace Cangialosi]

Well, in contrast to nearly everyone I know, my range has actually gotten a little higher over the past few years. I've always been a second soprano, generally eschewing anything above that f'.  But now I can usually hit an a' fairly consistently, if I need to. I still sing second in our choral group, though, whenever the sops divide.

> On Jan 5, 2015, at 12:01 PM, Judy Fleener <fleenerj at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I might happily reside in the tenor section of our choir.
> Judy
> 
>> On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 10:40 AM, Georgia DuBose <gdubose at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I am not a soprano any more. I should probably be singing alto, or
>> second soprano if our church had any music with a part for same.
>> 
>> Georgia+
>> 
>> On Sat, Jan 3, 2015 at 8:45 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford
>> <oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I know of a number of women whose voices have lowered as they aged. I
>> don't
>>> think it's any traumatic event, just what sometimes happens.
>>> 
>>> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
>>> *“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things
>> better
>>> for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting your
>> time
>>> on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente
>>> 
>>> On Sat, Jan 3, 2015 at 11:15 PM, Charles Wohlers <
>>> charles.wohlers at verizon.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I note that Joan Baez' voice has dropped quite a bit over the years. I
>>>> don't believe she smokes.
>>>> 
>>>> Chad Wohlers
>>>> Woodbury, VT USA
>>>> chadwohl at satucket.com
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message----- From: Cantor03--- via Magdalen
>>>> Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2015 10:41 PM
>>>> To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
>>>> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Down and Up We Go.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> I was watching some of yet another NCIS marathon (this one has been  on
>>>> USA Network all day).  I happened to catch in the opening credits the
>> name
>>>> "Marina Sirtis" who is the actress who played Counselor Diana Troi on
>>>> Star Trek TSG for so many years.  I realized that she was playing the
>> role
>>>> of the new head of the Israeli Security Mossad on the NCIS episode.
>>>> 
>>>> She is perfect for the part, being of Greek/English ancestry, but her
>>>> voice
>>>> has dropped a full octave from that of her Star Trek role.  I don't
>> think
>>>> she
>>>> was faking this new low tibre.
>>>> 
>>>> I struck me that most of us have vocal changes as we age, and often
>>>> that is up or down in timbre.  The downs I've found are often  cigarette
>>>> smokers.  Nearly all the profound basso speaking voices I  encountered
>>>> at the VAMC were heavy smokers from the teens on.  They were  amusingly
>>>> proud of their deep voices, not realizing this was from cigarettes and
>> the
>>>> attendant dangers of throat cancer.
>>>> 
>>>> I wonder if Sirtis' vocal change is not due to the same problem?
>>>> 
>>>> For many men, the natural vocal change is to raise up the timbre of  the
>>>> voice.  I can sense the same thing in my own vocal range.
>>>> 
>>>> We can choose not to smoke, but we cannot stay alive and choose not
>>>> to get older!
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> David Strang.
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Judy Fleener, ObJN
> Western Michigan