As a new year begins, many singers are reflecting on where they’ve been and where they’d love their voice to take them next. If you’re setting your singing goals for 2026, I’d like to share some inspiration from the past year, highlighting the blog posts and studio tips that resonated most strongly with our community in 2025.

These stories and strategies reflect what singers are really working on: confidence, consistency, and translating practice-room progress into meaningful performances.

Top Singing Blogs of 2025

Most Read

Celine performing on our studio concert

Singers reflect on how the studio concert makes them better performers

This blog resonated strongly because it speaks to a truth many singers discover over time: real growth happens when we sing for something, not just practise something. Studio concerts invite singers to bring their skills into a live context: managing nerves, staying present, and communicating with an audience. The singers’ reflections remind us that performance itself is one of our most valuable teachers.

Educational Favourite

Why you need to work up to singing the songs you love

Many singers recognised themselves in this post. It explores a common frustration — wanting to sing favourite repertoire before the voice is technically ready. By showing why gradual preparation leads to healthier technique, stronger confidence, and more freedom in singing, this blog reinforces the value of patience, sequencing, and trusting the learning process.

Inspirational Highlight

How four singers found new passion and prowess in our French Song Workshop

This blog highlights what can happen when singers step into focused, stylistically specific work. Through French repertoire, these singers uncovered new vocal colours, refined their expression, and reconnected with curiosity and enjoyment in their practice. It’s a beautiful example of how exploring unfamiliar repertoire can open unexpected doors in both artistry and motivation.

Belinda, Anne, Tina, and Celeste during our French Workshop

Stand-Out Singing Tips from 2025

Tip 1: Support your sound while learning new music

When learning a new melody, use a lip buzz, tongue trill, or fricative consonant (such as Z or V).
This encourages active, conscious abdominal support, as taught in Accent Method Breathing, helping you find balanced airflow and pressure before adding text and full voice.

Tip 2: Practise under mild pressure

In the practice room, we’re usually calm. In performance, heart rate rises and retrieving lyrics can feel unnerving.

Try this:

• Warm up as usual
• Record your song, giving yourself one attempt only, no stopping

This simple exercise shifts your internal state closer to a performance mindset and builds resilience under pressure.

Tip 3: Locate feeling in the body

During practice, we often imagine emotion but focus heavily on technique.

Ask yourself:

• Where are the feelings?
• How does my body move — especially the tiny, subtle movements?

Clearing your mental “desktop” and working on small, specific aspects helps integrate emotion physically, not just intellectually.

Further Reading for Motivated Singers

If you’d like to explore these ideas more deeply, here are three excellent resources on practice, mindset, and artistic growth:

• Artistic growth during repetitive practice
  
• Why memorization is a skill — not a talent
  
• Boost your chances of achieving goals by changing one word
  

As you set your singing goals for 2026, I hope these reflections, blogs, and practical tips help guide your focus, whether that’s building technique, preparing for performance, or reconnecting with the joy of singing.

Is singing on your 2026 wish list? Take the first step to making your dream a reality, book an introductory singing lesson with Kathleen Connell. Or to find out more, call 0402 409 106.

Kathleen Connell is an expert vocal coach who helps singers develop confidence, skill, and a genuine love for their voice.