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TOI, TOI, TOI in Taos

CS reports on a summer program’s inaugural year in beautiful New Mexico. Find out what the program has to offer, what went well the first time out, and what improvements participants can expect in 2009.

Jan 01 Eric Barry

A Spanish Summer

Spanish art song and lyric drama (known as zarzuela) is gaining increasing popularity in the States. If you’re interested in this genre, check out this summer program offered through Saint Louis University in beautiful Madrid.

Jan 01 Judith Kellock

Arts Administration Internship : A Behind-the-Scenes Summer Program

If you’re one of the many singers considering working in arts administration, you might want to add interning with an opera company to your list of possible summer plans. One singer-turned-administrator discusses possible internship destinations, as well as the how-tos of getting there.

Jan 01 Rebecca Feldhaus

Get Your Audition Package Together in a CoOPERAtive Enviornment

If you’re looking to do nothing more this summer than work intensely on your audition package, look no further than this program on the Westminster Choir College campus in Princeton, New Jersey.

Jan 01 Jennie Litster

Recent Winners of the Met National Council Auditions Tell All

What does it take to achieve success in the Met Auditions? How should singers prepare and what should they expect? Last year’s five winners talk about their experiences and what impact winning the competition has had on their careers.

Jan 01 Brian Manternach

Ask Erda : The Year of Living Audaciously

Erda invites you to join her in the year of dreaming big. Then she gives you five steps to make those dreams become a reality, one day at a time.

Jan 01 Cindy Sadler

The Singer’s Autobiography : Get Your Information- and Your Inspiration- from the Horse's Mouth

Aspiring singers are always looking for clues on how to achieve success, so it’s natural to seek and find a community of other aspiring singers for support. In many instances, however, such relationships are a bit like the blind leading the blind. For gaining a deep understanding of what the singer’s life entails, you can’t find a better source than first-hand information from singers who are doing it, or have done it—and the most detailed accounts are in successful singers’ autobiographies. Here are some tidbits from three autobiographies by singers whose careers span the past 80 years.

Jan 01 Lisa Houston

Continuing Education : One More Conversation about the Feldenkrais Method with Master Teacher Maxine Davis

CS wraps up its four-part series on the Feldenkrais Method with a continued discussion about how this technique can help you learn to release unnecessary tension in your singing and discover a new way of doing things.

Jan 01 Jill Anna Ponasik

The Singer’s Addiction : Part Five: Learn to Forgive Yourself

Building on the continuing discussion of recognition, mourning, grief, and letting go, Adria Firestone discusses the healing, forgiveness, and gratitude that can come after a singer decides to leave the stage.

Jan 01 Adria Firestone

Editor’s Note : A Banner Year

A Google search on New Year’s resolutions instantly reveals a host of websites listing the most common goals. The lists look remarkably similar with essentially the same resolutions worded just

Jan 01 Sara Thomas

Center Stage : Kenneth Kamal Scott, Tenor

Kenneth Kamal Scott Tenor Brooklyn, N.Y. Please tell our readers about your career highlights so far. Soloist with Boston Symphony Orchestra with John Williams conducting, starring role on Broadway for

Jan 01 CS Staff

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