The Journal of Aesthetic Education | Vol. 38 No. 1 | SVETLANA NIKITINA: Mind Ahead of the Tone: Integration of Technique and Imagination in Vocal Training at Tanglewood Summer Institute

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Volume 38 • Number 1

Spring 2004

Mind Ahead of the Tone: Integration of Technique and
Imagination in Vocal Training at Tanglewood Summer Institute

by Svetlana Nikitina

The use of the body and the mind at the same time is one of the most
fascinating things and magic things about music.

The purpose, indeed the sole purpose, of training for the profession
of singing is to improve the connection between the imagination and
the sounds that eventually issue from the singer’s mouth.

The utmost goal of art is achieving unity between form and content, the subjective idea and the medium, technique and imagination. Success and livelihood of dancers, actors, and musicians depends on their ability to translate mental ideas into bodily actions and, at its height, merge technical bodily and mental wisdom so seamlessly that we would forget the path that led to it.

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