Dear Editor: Keep up the great work! You provide a great service for all of us singers! Thank you!
— Thomas Fallon, Arlington, MA
Dear Editor: Is there any possible way for you to publish the Summer Program issue any earlier than April? It is frustrating to look at a program in your listing and discover the application deadline was in November.
— Eleanor A. Ranney, Santa Fe, NM
We have to walk a fine line there because by November, which is when we have to get the January issue ready for the printer, many of the programs still do not have their programs decided. If you’ll notice, in the January 2005 issue, many programs did not update their info and have 2004 dates listed. Were we to publish a November issue, we’d have to gather material in September and the companies really wouldn’t have their info together. I suggest you (and teachers, for their students) save the January issue and use this issue for the coming year to get an idea of when deadlines are probably going to be again. —Editor
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Dear Editor: As an emerging professional and a full-time student, I appreciate your magazine. It’s so full of encouragement. I wish I had more time to read it cover to cover!
— Katharine Willens, Sebastopol, CA
Dear Editor: Your monthly magazine is a wonder! I would have died for something like this when I was a young singer. Professionally I would ask that you list voice instructor openings on a college level as I am contemplating teaching again after all these years. Although I earned a MA in Performance in ’75, it does me very little good. Again, you still need contacts to acquire such a position. That’s not discussed in your issues, and it should be. In addition to being talented, educated, experienced, and a professional student, one must have contacts as well!
— Angela Eisenberg, Bloomfield, CT
We actually have a new section that has opened in the Opportunities Section called TEACHING POSITIONS. You will find listings for college positions there as we find them. Actually, we’ve had many articles about networking and contacts. The same principles of building a career apply to finding a job as a university teacher. You have to have great materials, great preparation, network like crazy, market yourself and in addition to a singing audition, you get to teach a class and have countless interviews and dinner meetings. Sounds easy, yes? No! We will bring you an article on this soon! —Editor
Dear Editor: Your magazine has been a great help on information about auditions, health, and “known” singers. I wish you could give more audition and competition information in the Southern CA area (LA, Pasadena, Orange County, San Diego, Santa Barbara). I enjoy reading your magazine! By the way, can you publish an article about famous coloratura singers like Joan Sutherland, Edita Gruberova, Rita Streich? How about what makes a coloratura soprano “tick” and when to move on from a light coloratura then to dramatic coloratura. P.S. Inform me which issue this is going to come out. Thanks a lot!
— Name Withheld, Irvine, CA
Dear Editor: Please continue to have articles like international taxes, pay to sing programs, good/bad teachers, and reviews of the positive/negative things about 100 music schools. I would also like to know more about working abroad. I look forward to returning to the convention!
— Name Withheld, Woodbury, MN
Dear Editor: Thank you especially for your interviews with the great singers, who really know vocal technique; e.g., Regina Resnik’s interview. My studies with Anthony Frisell in N.Y.C. have followed what she and other of your interviews with the “greats” have described, and that is very reassuring!
— Betty Jean Rieders, Rushland, PA
I hope singers everywhere read your letter. That’s why we are asking famous singers about their technique! We want you to know if you are on the same track. They are giving out invaluable information and if your voice lessons aren’t along the same general lines, it might be worth thinking about. —Editor
2005 Summer Program Addendum
Below is a program to add to your list of possibilities for the summer. To download a complete chart, please go to www.classicalsinger.com/summerprog
Program Name: La Musica Lirica
Dates: 7/19-7/16/05
Location: Novafeltria, Italy
Cost: $3200
Brygida Bziukiewicz and Kathryn Hartgrove
Tel: 414-803-3402
Program Phone: 815-347-0509,
Fax: 815-338-7873
Website: www.lamusicalirica.com
Email1: kathrynhartgrove@yahoo.com
Email2: brygidabz@aol.com
# of Singers: 60,
# of Teachers: 21
Address: La Musica Lirica, 2030 Joseph St.
City: Woodstock, IL, 60098
Acting lessons, Art Song, Baroque, Coaching, Interpretation, Italian, Masterclasses, Opera (complete), Performance, Recitals, Role preparation, Staging, Scene Study, Voice training
