"That the ocarina is a highly vocalized instrument very responsive to changes in the vocal chords or wind,'' the fellow said.
Donato Cabrera, the assistant conductor, gave the singers their cues and sang the part of the chorus or vocalized a significant instrumental solo.
In her work, which includes collaborations with Björk and the Kronos Quartet, Tagaq uses breath and, more recently, vocalized shrieks and moans.
Moreover, in conversational speech, the "n't" of a contraction is barely vocalized.
DiDonato vocalized down a fifth, from G to middle C — "oo-ee, oo-ee, oo-ee, oo-ee, oo-ee" — and repeated the descent on progressively higher notes, up to the next G.
At family holidays, he vocalized his love for Jewish tradition and culture, leading the chorus on prayers and imparting bits of wisdom from his years as a devout observer of the Jewish faith.
One sound he emits — an "uh uh" — very clearly means "no," while the other, more commonly vocalized noise expressed as "mahh" — often requires investigation.
At Tuesday's opening-night show Joni Mitchell's "Help Me" was taken further into the jazz realm, as Ms. McGovern vocalized the instrumental riffs.
In some nests, the chicks seemed to have been affected most; they vocalized less and did not beg as aggressively to be fed.
Mr. Brown vocalized through his instrument, and Mr. Abrams was playing much harder than he had when he was all alone.
Mr. Brownlee won a deserved ovation for his beautifully vocalized and expressive singing of a concert aria, "Misero! o sogno... Aura che intorni spiri," and a melting account of "Un' aura amorosa" from "Così Fan Tutte".
