With so many summer program options available, how can you possibly know which one is best for you? Ann Baltz brings you a step-by-step evaluation and guide to help you
Confucius said, “Choose a job you love and you will never work a day in your life.” For the majority of singers, this is precisely why we do what we
Dean Southern, a singer and voice professor who started out as a pianist shares insights on the how-to’s of effective practicing. Find out how to make the most of those
In helping people prepare for the real thing, the mock (practice) job interview is the recommended tool. The trick is to do the mock interview, though, with someone who
“You are your greatest asset. Put your time, effort and money into training, grooming, and encouraging your greatest asset.” Tom Hopkins It’s not often that we have the pleasure
“Change has a considerable psychological impact on the human mind. To the fearful it is threatening because it means that things may get worse. To the hopeful it is encouraging
As a singer turned artist manager, I have grown comfortable experiencing auditions from the other side of the table. Here are some tips. The audition starts within a one-block
“A lot of the students have gotten the message that the song is as much about the text as the music. But sometimes they interpret the text by itself, not
“Every artist was first an amateur.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson I have been adjudicating many auditions like the Metropolitan Opera and San Francisco Auditions plus many others for
Perhaps singers should heed Abraham Lincoln’s famous quotation, “You can please some of the people some of the time . . . but you can never please all of the
In a recent article on two new books about Fred Astaire (NY Review of Books, “They’re the Top“), Arlene Croce closes with this summary of his extraordinary career, writing that
I vividly remember my early practice sessions as a young singer. I started my musical endeavors with flute in fourth grade and piano the following year. I did not discover
