Daniel Shigo
The Garcia Method

Contact Info:
garciamethod@nyc.rr.com
212-874-7578

Styles Taught
Classical, Theater

Biography

Mr. Shigo is the Editor of VoicePrints, the Bulletin of The New York Singing Teachers Assocation, and also serves on its Board of Directors. He has a long association with the New York City Opera and has also appeared with the Metropolitan Opera, New York Philharmonic and Spoleto Festival Orchestra.

Having a keen interest in vocal technique, Mr. Shigo has lectured on Historic Singing Methods for New York City Opera's Pre-Performance Lecture Series and Westminster Choir College's Voice Pedagogy classes. He is preparing a manuscript for publication dealing with the American exponents of the Garcia/Lamperti Singing Schools, many of whom were early NYSTA members and founders.

Learning to sing means learning to think! -Margaret Harshaw

My studio teaching is informed by the teachings and legacy of Pauline Viardot-Garcia and her brother Manuel Garcia (the Christopher Columbus of the Voice), current findings in Voice Science as well as the revolutionary perspective of Dr. Afred Tomatis (the Christopher Columbus of the Ear), who was the first to prove that the larynx can only emit those frequencies which the ear can accurately analyze.