Auditions & Career

The "5 Whys" Technique and Your Next Lesson

Tired of discouraging, confidence-sapping practice sessions? The “5 Whys” technique could help turn things around. Every child seems to go through a phase in toddlerhood where they respond to everything

Mar 26 Auditions Plus

Perfectionism and Performance Anxiety: A Singer’s Tale

By Angela Peterson Winter Perfectionism is often lauded or admired in the high-achieving, high-functioning society in which we live, but the truth is, its effects can be devastating, especially for

Mar 05 Auditions Plus

Success: Where is it and What is it?

How do you define success? Is your career only going to be a success if you make it onto the stages of A-level opera houses or top tier theatres? Do

Feb 06 Auditions Plus

A Way to Find Singing Jobs: Make Them!

By Eric Stoddard In life people can be divided into 3 groups: Finders, Minders, and Grinders. Finders are those who naturally like to talk about starting something new, finding new

Feb 02 Auditions Plus

Collect and Reset Yourself

By Carol Kirkpatrick, author of ARIA READY, The Business of Singing Has there ever been a time when toward the end of an especially challenging day, you felt compelled to

Jan 12 Auditions Plus

University Vocal Programs: The Marketing Conundrum

By Mark Stoddard, author of Marketing Singers, a business and marketing guidebook written specifically for singers. I received a letter from singer and blogger Kristen Seikaly with some great questions

Dec 09 Auditions Plus

Why Winners Win

By Mark Stoddard, author of Marketing Singers, a business and marketing guidebook written specifically for singers. Many books have been published on the many studies on the lives of

Nov 19 Auditions Plus

Musical Style: What Is It, and How Do You Get It?

By Carol Kirkpatrick, author of ARIA READY, The Business of Singing When someone in our industry talks about musical style, just what do they mean? It is easy to

Nov 18 Auditions Plus

Ready to Audition?

By Carol Kirkpatrick, author of ARIA READY, The Business of Singing Watch your thoughts; they lead to attitudes. Watch your attitudes, they lead to words. Watch your words; they

Nov 07 Auditions Plus

Powerful Principles for Singers

By Jonathan Blalock, Encompass Arts In the ten years since working as a professional singer, I’ve noticed certain themes that continually emerge with my colleagues and in my own

Oct 27 Auditions Plus

The Value of Constructive Criticism

By Claudia Friedlander I invite you all to look back on your careers and education and ask yourselves this question: What is the most valuable piece of feedback

Oct 23 Auditions Plus

What is Acting All About?

By Carol Kirkpatrick, author of ARIA READY, The Business of Singing “Acting is not about being someone different. It’s finding the similarity in what is apparently different, then finding

Oct 22 Auditions Plus