Interesting programme.
1.Rachel Carstairs, was concerned about putting ornaments in the WRONG place, who teaches students thus rubbish, there is no right or wrong place it should be just where individual singer feels it.
2, The idea of a student having to work and practise a song[ in this case twa corbies] intensively for 2 weeks for an audition is in my opinion not a good one, practice is necessary, but it should be about singing for the joy of singing, practising because the student wants to practise to get better,not because they have to pass an audition it should not be about training intensively for an audition, that could possibly have the effect of causing the singer to not want to sing the song again for a while.Songs like Twa Corbies deserve a more gradual familarity maybe six monthts or a year of gradual singing for the singer to get to know the song intimately and hopefully give it the respect it deserves. I do not like the idea of a singer being forced to sing a song of a specific duration for the sake of it, the reason a singer should sing a song is because the song turns them regardless of its l;ength its length.
I enjoyed the programme and enjoyed Rachel Carstairs singing. she has great potential and is very good. Thanks for putting this up for us to listen to.