Watch Mary Saunders Barton coach three musical theatre singers live — reshaping high belt vowels, freeing pressure, and finding the moment before the lyric.

Sit in on a live masterclass as Mary coaches three young musical theatre singers through 'Made of Stone,' 'Pulled' and 'I Hate the Bus.' You'll see her attack a strained high B-flat by narrowing the vowel instead of forcing it, use a spoken line to the character on stage to launch a singer into the song, and pull a fearful belter back into head voice and then into the pocket between speech and loft. Along the way: dynamic variety in list songs, releasing the jaw, killing 'hit-and-run' attacks, and a student's own warm-up kit of straw phonation, onsets and legato. For teachers who learn by watching, and for singers working belt repertoire.