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Conversation in day—to—day, giving you strength to firm up the diaphragm. you strength to firm up the diaphragm-— you strength to firm up the dia-ahram. �* ,, ., . diaphragm. and you notice the difference? — oh, yeah. i mean, i always walk out better after the class than i do at the beginning. in charge of musical direction is jane metcalf, who helped start the group 12 years ago. a former opera singer herself, she knows how to get the best from each voice. when you've had to develop your voice as an opera singer, you learn how to use certain muscles and certain ways of singing and p...

Are very different. i don't really have a tremor, so people say, are you sure you have parkinson's? you're not trembling. forjulie and paul, singing has helped reduce the impact of their symptoms, with the vocal and breathing exercises particularly beneficial. people with parkinson's often get very soft—voiced, so we do exercises that work on the diaphragm and enable us to push out the sounds that we make. that's really the main thing, so it's useful in general conversation, day—to—day. it gives you strength to firm up the diaphragm. and you've noticed the difference? oh, yeah. i mean, i...

Will Liverman is an opera star at the Metropolitan Opera who grew up in Virginia Beach and has been recently nominated for two Grammys.

>> we may be together if fates allow. it gave the audience the kind of permission to be sad. >> christmas. >> you never know when you're going to lose something or lose someone or everything is going to change. but we have today. we have this christmas right now. there's another one coming, but who knows? >> "joyeux noel" is based on a true story that occurred during world war i in 1914 during christmas when german troops, scottish troops, french troops, lay down their arms and listened to these beautiful christmas hymns. [ singing in foreign language ] >> this german opera singer sings hymns ...

♪ christmas ♪ >> you never know when you're going to lose something or lose someone or everything is going to change. but we have today. we have this christmas right now. there's another one coming, but who knows? >> "joyeux noel" is based on a true story that occurred during world war i in 1914 during christmas when german troops, scottish troops, french troops, lay down their arms and listened to these beautiful christmas hymns. [ singing in foreign language ] >> this german opera singer sings hymns in latin that they all know. ♪ >> music is something that transcends so much. and throu...