Singing Tool for Blind

Singing Tool for Blind

Top of Mind with Julie Rose

American Faith & COVID, Amazon Tribes, Ratatouille Musical

Episode: American Faith & COVID, Amazon Tribes, Ratatouille Musical

  • Feb 2, 2021 9:00 pm
  • 11:23 mins

Andrea Boccelli–one of the world’s most famous tenors–is also blind. And though you wouldn’t know it to hear him, visual impairment is a disadvantage in classical singing. Vocal coach Cheri Montgomery, who is also a senior lecturer at Vanderbilt University, has developed a tool to help blind singers quickly learn the quirks of pronunciation and diction that come with singing opera and other classical music.