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The Comparison Trap

By Angela Myles Beeching Last week I spoke at the Classical Singer Convention and had a great time working with talented and motivated vocalists (YAY!). It was a wonderful experience

Jun 09 CS

Building a Solid Career Foundation

By Carol Kirkpatrick, author of ARIA READY, The Business of Singing I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.” -Stephen Covey If you

Jun 08 CS

Recapping My Convention/Competition Experience Part 1

Greetings! This post is a bit delayed–the past few days have been quite busy. This past weekend was amazing and I’m excited to give you the full version of my

Jun 02 CS

Results

Good Morning! I am currently sitting at breakfast at the hotel, finally able to give a longer update than I’ve been giving – yesterday was a bit of a whirlwind,

May 29 CS

Anticipation

I’m currently refreshing the Classical Singer website over and over again, waiting for the second round winners to be announced… the suspense is killing me… In the words of Violetta

May 29 CS

Singing in Boston

By JACOPERA. Follow their regular blog at www.jacopera.com. As I am writing this, I am currently en route to Boston for the CS Competition and Convention, and I am so

May 27 CS

You Don't Get What You Deserve, Only What You Negotiate

By Mark Stoddard, author of Marketing Singers, a business and marketing guidebook written specifically for singers. I know it is tough for singers to even think about negotiating because

May 25 CS

Sunday Dollar Bills!

By JACOPERA. Follow their regular blog at www.jacopera.com. Make that twenty dollar bills, y’all. The banknote that Harriet Tubman, a former slave in the American Civil War era, will

May 10 CS

5 Steps to a More Creative and More Productive YOU

By Angela Myles Beeching This week I worked with several musicians on the issue of handling distractions and getting work done. We were focusing on how to get to

May 06 CS

The Glass is Half Full

By Michelle Latour As singers, we learn very early to be extremely self-critical. In voice lessons, a good teacher diagnoses a technical problem and comes up with solutions to

May 04 CS

All the Ways to Make a Living with Your Voice

Singer Carin Gilfry discusses her varied and busy career as an opera singer, voice-over artist, composer, writer, and producer.

May 01 Maria Nockin

From the Editor : From Snowflake to Snowstorm

My older sister recently introduced me to what she calls the “The Snowflake Principle.” The first snowflakes that fall seem so insignificant. They melt almost soon as they touch the

May 01 Sara Thomas