The Diction Police

Diction Tip #5

Since the podcast will be coming out every two weeks, on the off-weeks we post Diction Tips--very short tutorials focusing on a specific topic in Lyric Diction.

Diction Tip #5 with German tenor Mirko Roschkowski is a clip from our conversation in "Halt" from Die schöne Müllerin, about how we use the term "glottal" and how to go about implementing it!

For more Diction Tips visit the videos section of our Facebook page or you can find all of our Diction Lessons, Diction Tips and Tongue Twisters for Singers at www.dictionpolice.com!

Episode 81-SDU tutorial (audio version)

Episode 81 (from The Diction Police: Special Diction Unit) covers the text to "Villanelle" from Berlioz' Les nuits d'été. Dr. François Germain leads us through the text, focusing on some deceptive pronunciations and liaisons as well as vocalic harmonisation. 

This is the audio version of the podcast. For the full video tutorial, click here.

We are in the midst of revamping our website, to include text readings as well as subscription capabilities, plus a blog page where you can find all of our Diction Lessons and Tongue Twisters for Singers series all in one place! Keep watching here or at the Facebook page for that to go live--our goal is for September 10, 2016! As always, feel free to contact me here, on Facebook or directly at info@dictionpolice.com

Episode 81-SDU Video Tutorial

Episode 81 (from The Diction Police: Special Diction Unit) covers the text to "Villanelle" from Berlioz' Les nuits d'été. Dr. François Germain leads us through the text, focusing on some deceptive pronunciations and liaisons as well as vocalic harmonisation. No need to go looking for the text, because you can follow along with the text, IPA, and conversation on the video!

We are in the midst of revamping our website, to include text readings as well as subscription capabilities, plus a blog page where you can find all of our Diction Lessons and Tongue Twisters for Singers series all in one place! Keep watching here or at the Facebook page for that to go live--our goal is for September 10, 2016! As always, feel free to contact me here, on Facebook or directly at info@dictionpolice.com

Diction Tip #4

Since the podcast will be coming out every two weeks, on the off-weeks we post Diction Tips--very short tutorials focusing on a specific topic in Lyric Diction.

Diction Tip #4 with vocal coach Dr. François Germain is about the [ɛ̃] in French Diction.

For more Diction Tips visit the videos section of our Facebook page, and if you missed our Diction Police: By the Book webinars on French Lyric Diction, all four episodes will be available on our YouTube channel!

Episode 80-SDU Tutorial (audio version)

We're back from summer vacation with all-new episodes! This week's episode is from The Diction Police's Special Diction Unit--this is the audio version, for people who want to listen on-the-go.

This week we focus on "Who is Sylvia" from Gerald Finzi's Let Us Garlands Bring. The text comes from Shakespeare's Two Gentlemen of Verona, and we concentrate in the open I [ɪ], as well as the differences and similarities between [ə], [ɜ], and [ʌ], as in the phrase "the dull earth". For the full video Tutorial of this episode, click here.

We are in the midst of revamping our website, to include text readings as well as subscription capabilities, plus a blog page where you can find all of our Diction Lessons and Tongue Twisters for Singers series all in one place! Keep watching here or at the Facebook page for that to go live. As always, feel free to contact me here, on Facebook or directly at info@dictionpolice.com

Episode 80-SDU Video Tutorial

We're back from summer vacation with all-new episodes! This week's episode is from The Diction Police's Special Diction Unit--no need to go looking for the text, because you can follow along with the text, IPA, and conversation on the video!

This week we focus on "Who is Sylvia" from Gerald Finzi's Let Us Garlands Bring. The text comes from Shakespeare's Two Gentlemen of Verona, and we concentrate in the open I [ɪ], as well as the differences and similarities between [ə], [ɜ], and [ʌ], as in the phrase "the dull earth". For the audio version of this episode, click here.

We are in the midst of revamping our website, to include text readings as well as subscription capabilities, plus a blog page where you can find all of our Diction Lessons and Tongue Twisters for Singers series all in one place! Keep watching here or at the Facebook page for that to go live. As always, feel free to contact me here, on Facebook or directly at info@dictionpolice.com

Episode 79-SDU Tutorial (audio version)

This week's episode is from The Diction Police's Special Diction Unit! This is the audio version of the SDU Video Tutorial, for people who want to listen on-the-go.

Mirko Roschkowski leads us through the text to "Morgengruß" from Schubert's Die schöne Müllerin, with readings at normal and slow speeds, as well as our usual Diction Police-style interview and wrap-up. The full IPA transcript, with poetic and word-for-word translation is available for individual sale here. For the full video tutorial of this episode, click here.

This will be our last episode before the summer break--we'll be back with all new episodes on Saturday, August 20, 2016. In the meantime, if you missed our Webinar series (The Diction Police: By the Book) on French Lyric Diction, you can watch all 4 episodes on our YouTube channel! Or be sure to like us on Facebook for weekly Diction Lessons and Tongue Twisters for Singers!

With comments or questions, please feel free to contact us here, at the Facebook page or directly at info@dictionpolice.com

Episode 79-SDU Video Tutorial

This week's episode is from The Diction Police's Special Diction Unit! No need to go looking for the text, because you can follow along with the text, IPA, and conversation on the video!

Mirko Roschkowski leads us through the text to "Morgengruß" from Schubert's Die schöne Müllerin, with readings at normal and slow speeds, as well as our usual Diction Police-style interview and wrap-up. The full IPA transcript, with poetic and word-for-word translation is available for individual sale here. For an audio version of this episode, click here.

This will be our last episode before the summer break--we'll be back with all new episodes on Saturday, August 20, 2016. In the meantime, if you missed our Webinar series (The Diction Police: By the Book) on French Lyric Diction, you can watch all 4 episodes on our YouTube channel! Or be sure to like us on Facebook for weekly Diction Lessons and Tongue Twisters for Singers!

With comments or questions, please feel free to contact us here, at the Facebook page or directly at info@dictionpolice.com

Diction Tip #3

Since the podcast will be coming out every two weeks, on the off-weeks we will be posting Diction Tips--very short tutorials focusing on a specific topic in Lyric Diction.

Diction Tip #3 with tenor Mirko Roschkowski is about the final R in German.

For more Diction Tips visit the videos section of our Facebook page, and if you missed our Diction Police: By the Book webinars on French Lyric Diction, all four episodes will be available on our YouTube channel!

Episode 78-SDU Tutorial (audio version)

This week's episode is from The Diction Police's Special Diction Unit! This is the audio version of the SDU video tutorial, for people who want to listen while they are out and about.

François Germain leads us through the text to "Avant de quitter", Valentin's aria from Gounod's Faust, with readings at normal and slow speeds, as well as our usual Diction Police-style interview and wrap-up. The full IPA transcript, with poetic and word-for-word translation is available for individual sale here. For the full video tutorial, click here.

Also, don't forget The Diction Police: By the Book webinar series on French Diction continues today (June 11), Wednesday (June 15) and Saturday (June 18) at 11am EDT on Google+ Hangouts--see the FB page for details. We hope you can join us live! The Webinar videos will also be available on our YouTube channel--watch Episode 1 in the series now!

With comments or questions, please feel free to contact us here, at the Facebook page or directly at info@dictionpolice.com