Cindy answers a young singer’s question about how to put your best foot forward and come across like a professional. Do you have a question for Cindy? E-mail it to erda@classicalsinger.com.
For a voice student, attending a university often means taking a pedagogy class and learning anatomy. Whether you’re currently enrolled, teaching the class, or studying the material on your own, Dr. Jahn provides helpful hints for remembering the names and functions of the anatomical parts that makes up your voice.
Deciding when and how to leave the stage is a painful and difficult journey, with no road maps along the way. Most singers just don’t talk about it, and so CS has decided to begin the dialogue. In the first of a series of articles, one singer who enjoyed a long career shares how she knew it was time to end her professional career, and tells us about all the heartache that went along with that decision.
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I recently learned that Motto magazine named my alma mater’s maxim one of the top 10 best college mottos in the country. I used to drive past the words, etched
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Conductor Joseph Rescigno certainly knows about longevity, not only for his own lengthy career with Florentine Opera, but also in watching others’ careers last or fade. Rescigno shares his beliefs about the secrets to a long career, his feelings about the new Young Artist Program at the Florentine, and his optimism about the current opera scene in the United States.
Most singers will have several teachers over the course of their professional lives. Changing teachers is a big decision, a decision that can take a lot of finesse and personal courage. You may have social issues when you leave a studio, feelings of guilt about changing loyalties, and growing pains from discovering new vocal or personal horizons. Ultimately, a singer’s commitment must be to artistic and vocal growth, and the teacher is only a vehicle for what the student is ready to achieve.
Singers at this year’s Classical Singer Convention couldn’t stop talking about 2008 Stage Director of the Year James Marvel’s amazing one-hour class on all you need to know about auditioning. Marvel shares those insights here, including why auditioning is like dating, the mistakes he sees singers make most often in auditions, and how auditioning can be fun.
Philip Shepard, an American singer who successfully transplanted himself in Europe, has written a book—available as a paperback and an ebook—for singers who are considering auditioning and working in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. In this installment of our tech column, he IMs with our reporter about ebooks, Europe, and his book.
