Claudia Friedlander

@voiceteachernyc

Voice teacher, fitness expert, author, disruptor

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Claudia Friedlander@voiceteachernyc· 28d

are you watching closely

The opening shot of the film The Prestige: dozens of black top hats piling up in an outdoor autumn field.

Claudia Friedlander@voiceteachernyc· May 20

Quote with a fictional band that isn't Spinal Tap

Actor Sam Reid as the Vampire Lestat. A muscular, blond, shirtless vampire in tight red jeans vogues in front of a drum kit.

Claudia Friedlander@voiceteachernyc· Mar 10

Opera’s current business model *is* that it is being propped on life support. We got here not because no one cares about opera anymore, but because of poor stewardship on the part of its producing organizations and gatekeepers. And we ignore this at our peril. blog.liberatedvoice.studio/stewardship/

A photo of Met Opera General Manager Peter Gelb standing alone in a vast backstage space, looking around haplessly for clues.

Claudia Friedlander@voiceteachernyc· Mar 3

This is an image from a first-season episode of South Park. Two hunters yell IT'S COMING RIGHT FOR US! as justification for letting a forest animal (who was actually minding its own business) have it with both barrels.

Claudia Friedlander@voiceteachernyc· Sep 25

Empathy is a practice. The well-wishing mantras that appear throughout my blog post this week are drawn from my version of metta practice, also called loving-kindness meditation. You say or think the words, and notice what arises within you in response to them. blog.liberatedvoice.studio/empathy/

A text block containing a metta practice mantra: May we be free from danger. May we enjoy mental happiness and peace. May we enjoy physical happiness and wellbeing. May we live with ease.

Claudia Friedlander@voiceteachernyc· Sep 24

Any time you take a moment to try and imagine what someone else is going through, any time you find yourself resonating with someone else’s misfortune or someone else’s joy, you are cultivating empathy. blog.liberatedvoice.studio/empathy/ Empathy is a practice.

A photo of the writer performing The Safety Dance in the aisle of a grocery store.

Claudia Friedlander@voiceteachernyc· Sep 23

EMPATHY new blog post “Empathy” is a word that has lately been receiving rather casual treatment in public discourse, like we’re all in agreement about what it means… but perhaps we aren’t. blog.liberatedvoice.studio/empathy/

From The Life of Chuck. Tom Hiddleston and Annalise Basso dance against a blue starry background.

Claudia Friedlander@voiceteachernyc· Sep 10

A photo of the late Charlie Kirk, who died at the hands of a sniper. It is overlaid with a quote from Kirk: “I think it’s worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights.”

Claudia Friedlander@voiceteachernyc· Sep 10

The Liberated Voice is up and running! Reach out to schedule a complimentary consultation and find out how I can support your adventures in singing. youtu.be/PwQch_MBgwM

This is the thumbnail for the lead website video for The Liberated Voice, my teaching studio. A woman with spiky black hair, black rimmed glasses and a raven tattoo is pictured next to a caption that reads, "If everyone who wanted to sing actually did sing, our world would be a different place."

Claudia Friedlander@voiceteachernyc· Aug 27

When for-profits hire paid instrumentalists but engage volunteer choruses, they miss an opportunity to employ professional singers who need the work. I am also loathe to deprive volunteer choristers of meaningful opportunities, but pro singers need work. blog.liberatedvoice.studio/resistance-p...

Megastar crossover artist Andrea Bocelli performs at Madison Square Garden backed by a unionized orchestra and a volunteer chorus

Claudia Friedlander@voiceteachernyc· Aug 4

RESISTANCE, PART 1: GRAVITY blog.liberatedvoice.studio/resistance-p... Resistance training is a dance with gravity. Practiced mindfully, it can enhance the quality, power, range and expressive potential of all our movements. Photos are from Equinox's current Commit to Something marketing campaign.

This image appears as it does in an actual Equinox ad, with the text COMMIT TO SOMETHING overlaid. I do not know what we are actually looking at, but it appears to be a cis woman enduring numerous beauty treatments and plastic surgeries simultaneously while on an illuminated bed of nails.

Claudia Friedlander@voiceteachernyc· Jul 24

COMPLICITY new blog post My thoughts on Westworld, predation in Opera World, and how to combat the dehumanization behavior of the Black Hats in the Real World. blog.liberatedvoice.studio/complicity/

Cover art for a CD of Puccini's opera La Fanciulla del west. Plácido Domingo's face has been replaced with an image of Ed Harris as the bad guy in Westworld, and Carol Neblett's with Evan Rachel Wood as Dolores.

Claudia Friedlander@voiceteachernyc· Jun 18

What is tongue tension? If you are dealing with some tongue tension that is messing with your singing or speaking voice, the first step in alleviating that tension is understanding how it was created in the first place. youtube.com/shorts/KLgY8...

This is an anatomical illustration of a tongue that is in a state of retraction due to the activity of the hyoglossus muscle.

Claudia Friedlander@voiceteachernyc· May 31

The best day of the week is farmers market day

Many crates of freshly picked strawberries

Claudia Friedlander@voiceteachernyc· May 29

This is an image that is all text on a colorful background. The text reads:
Under American capitalism, institutions created with a mission of service often end up focusing on self-preservation, while the quality of the service they were created to provide diminishes.

MySpace was a music platform that became a porn ad platform. Our democracy, founded on the idea of liberty and justice for all, is now being stripped for parts by billionaires. Health insurance companies profit a lot more from denying care than providing it.

If you are a service provider, continually seek balance. If your
high-quality service is not supporting you and your business financially, make adjustments that do not diminish the quality
of your service. You can do it. It may require work and imagination,
but it is very well worth it.

Claudia Friedlander@voiceteachernyc· May 16

Salt Lake City has some new official flags! The Utah state legislature recently prohibited the display of most flags. The list of the only flags still allowed includes the flags of local cities. So the city of Salt Lake created some new official flags. Malicious compliance ftw!

One of Salt Lake City's new official flags. This picture is "The Sego Belonging Flag, representing the City's LGBTQIA residents and broader acceptance of this community" and includes an LGBTQ rainbow, as well as transgender and anti-racism stripes.

Claudia Friedlander@voiceteachernyc· May 13

If you feel uncomfortable pressure in your throat while singing, you are probably generating the degree of breath pressure required to override some manner of supraglottal resistance, not supplying the degree of breath pressure required for healthy phonation. blog.liberatedvoice.studio/breath/

A bearded man squints and yells, as flames stream out of his wide-open mouth.

Claudia Friedlander@voiceteachernyc· May 6

It's not just the MAGAs. I only ever see a couple of Dems campaigning on a baseline quality of life for all Americans. They're afraid they won't win elections if they do. So our country continues to run on the underpaid labor of the working poor, while those unable to work continue to languish.

$This is a text meme that reads, "Not to be a drooling socialist cuck, but if a full day's labour can't purchase three square meals, 24 hour's worth of rent and utilities, a fraction of a month's clothing budget, and a reasonable portion to be saved for when you can no longer comfortably work, what the fuck are we doing shit for"$

Claudia Friedlander@voiceteachernyc· Apr 30

please please sit down @schumer.senate.gov and make room for actual leadership

A black and white cartoon panel depicting an urban apocalypse. The caption reads, "Quick! Somebody get Chuck Schumer to write a strongly worded letter!"

Claudia Friedlander@voiceteachernyc· Apr 23

Whenever Trump says "it's not a big deal," you have append, "to me personally." Like how whenever Triumph the Insult Comic Dog says that something is good, he then appends, "for me to poop on!"

Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, a puppet dog who usually has a cigar in his mouth, has placed the cigar on some papers he is reporting on from his desk.

Claudia Friedlander@voiceteachernyc· Apr 21

Happening now: Town Hall with @nadler.house.gov and @bradhoylmansigal.bsky.social

Large auditorium in the Society for Ethical Culture in NYC, awaiting a town hall with my congressman and state representative

Claudia Friedlander@voiceteachernyc· Mar 22

Same situation here in NYC

A smiling woman in a green sweater and a black cap holds a sign that reads UNPLUG ELON

NYC Tesla Takedown rally in front of the Tesla showroom

Claudia Friedlander@voiceteachernyc· Mar 22

#teslatakedown

A cardboard protest sign that reads UNPLUG ELON

Claudia Friedlander@voiceteachernyc· Mar 21

A familiar painting depicting the Boston Tea Party has been reimagined so that rather than tea being tossed into the harbor, it’s a shipment of Tesla vehicles being sunk.

Claudia Friedlander@voiceteachernyc· Mar 14

Tesla Model 3 crushed by an Olmec statue By Mexican sculptor @chavismarmol.bsky.social

A blue Tesla Model 3 has been crushed by an Olmec statue. A man with long black braids leans against the hood of the car with his arms crossed, staring down the camera.

Claudia Friedlander@voiceteachernyc· Mar 14

The egg-decorating kits now line the shelves at my pharmacy, and this one is the perfect metaphor for where we are right now. Wasting food that is more expensive than it should be, dressing it up like hippy, for a weird ritual designed to bring all the kiddies home to Daddy the Father.

This is a box of dyes for decorating Easter eggs. This one will make them look like 60s tie-dye t-shirts.

Claudia Friedlander@voiceteachernyc· Mar 13

#teslatakedown

This is a photo of a large Tesla dealership. The employees have posted a sign in the window that reads, "We Hate Him Too."

Claudia Friedlander@voiceteachernyc· Mar 1

Dr. Seuss, circa 1941

This 1941 comic panel by Dr. Seuss shows two men conjoined by their long beards, standing on a sideshow stage. One wears a jacked emblazoned with the words "America First" and the other is wearing a t-shirt with a Nazi swastica. There is text that reads, "And on this platform, folks, those most perplexing people… the Lads with the Siamese Beard! Unrelated by blood, they are joined in a manner that mystifies the mightiest minds in the land!"

Claudia Friedlander@voiceteachernyc· Jan 25

Imagine watching Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and when the Child Catcher comes on, going "That's what I want to be when I grow up!"