Alex Stoddard

http://alstod.blogspot.com

Alex Stoddard is the President and CEO of CS Music and Classical Singer magazine. Since 2003 Alex has been involved heavily with CS in advertising sales, the CS Vocal Competition, the CS Convention, and the development of the website www.csmusic.net. Alex graduated with a B.A. from Brigham Young University and a M.S. from Utah State University. He currently lives in Lehi, UT with his wife Becky and their 6 children and is a high school basketball coach on the side.

Music Should Mean Something : Advice from George Shirley

Music should mean something. Sound should mean something. Know what and why you are singing and your sound will come from somewhere amazing. Venerated tenor and voice teacher George Shirley has

Apr 15 Alex Stoddard

From Dreams to Reality: Colin Aikins and the CS Vocal Competition

Many have experienced the joy that comes from belting it out in an empty house, but few have the dedication it takes to turn it into something more. Colin Aikins

Apr 26 Alex Stoddard

Hope and Healing at the Competition

Teddy Roosevelt once said, “It is not the critic who counts . . . the credit belongs to the man who is in the arena, whose face is marred by

Feb 05 Alex Stoddard

What will YOUR story be?

With the CS Music Vocal Competition beginning this week, I thought it’d be an appropriate time to share some of the many success stories we’ve heard from participants. The unique

Jan 12 Alex Stoddard

Act and Not Be Acted Upon

Be prepared to act, and not be acted upon. That was my message to a group of singers and teachers at Tulane University last Friday as we took an hour

Sep 06 Alex Stoddard

The Wonder of Technology, Nature, and Music

I’m sitting on a train traveling from Oslo to Bergen, Norway. And I’m able to communicate with anyone in the world. Amazing. More amazing, however, is the scenery out the

Aug 07 Alex Stoddard

Music Should Mean Something – Advice from George Shirley

Music should mean something. Sound should mean something. Know what and why you are singing and your sound will come from somewhere amazing. Venerated tenor and voice teacher George Shirley has

Aug 05 Alex Stoddard

Don't Avoid the Hills

One of my all-time favorite movies is “The Princess Bride”. In this classic fairy tale saga one of the antagonists, Vizzini, declares to the captured Princess, “Life is pain, Princess.”

Sep 30 Alex Stoddard

The Hope of Achieving Greatness

There’s something exciting about September 1. The unofficial beginning of Fall. A new school year. The end of summer heat. The nostalgia of our glorious (or not-so-glorious) high school

Sep 09 Alex Stoddard

When Life Taps You on the Shoulder

10,000 hours. That’s a lot of hours. 1,428 days of school. 2,500 football games. 20,000 episodes of The Big Bang Theory. Like I said, a lot hours.

Aug 14 Alex Stoddard

How Do You Define "Success"?

Earlier this month I ran in the Hobbler Half Marathon through picturesque Hobble Creek Canyon in Springville, UT. 800 or so of my closest running friends and I glided down

Jul 26 Alex Stoddard

Don't Leave it in the Shower . . .

Yup, you read that title right. Don’t leave it in the shower. Don’t leave what? Your next great idea that is going to change the world! Nolan

Jul 11 Alex Stoddard