The courses will be taught by Rondi Charleston of Rondi Charleston Studios and singers Michele Patzakis and Nandani Sinha of LA Opera. It essentially is like being an Olympic athlete.” “It takes years and years of that development of your instrument. “The only instrument an opera singer has is their body,” Brightman said. Stacy Brightman, PhD, vice president of LA Opera Connects, which oversees community engagement and education, said the course will use the same kinds of breathing and visualization exercises done by opera singers, who are known for respiratory endurance. “It’s really meant to be an adjunct to whatever formal treatment they’re getting and a fun way to work on lung capacity without it being so clinical.” “The whole idea is that singers do a lot of the same breath exercises that we do in pulmonary rehab, and then some,” said Ellen Wilson, PT, executive director of therapy services for UCLA Health. The pilot program is open to a limited number of qualifying patients who are receiving pulmonary rehabilitation at UCLA after undergoing intubation for COVID-19 or who are suffering from long-haul COVID.

The company’s singers will lead a free, six-week Zoom course, starting May 21, with exercises and activities designed to support breath control and mindfulness.

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