March 1999 – All Articles

Depression can affect every aspect of our lives. What can we do?

Coping with the ups and downs of singing

Singers' views and opinions that were collected via
email and the Classical Singer online poll

The music was everything to Ed,” says Janice Toliver of her brother, bass-baritone Edward Russell White, Jr. “If music was involved, he wanted to be in the middle of it.”

Emotional health doesn’t mean feeling happy all the time. Here Susan Gregory explains the basic principles of one therapeutic modality, Gestalt therapy.

These two conditions, while featuring some of the same symptoms, are significantly different. To help you distinguish one from the other, we present here the contrasting signs and symptoms, in lists, for your convenience.

Please note that we offer this information as a starting point ONLY. If you or someone you care about is showing signs of major depression or any other mental illness, consult a doctor as soon as possible.

Oratorio and symphonic solo work account for a significant percentage of singing jobs. Manager Jean Seidel passes along some helpful information on the two different genres,and what singers should bear in mind when crossing over.

It may not be something we want to talk about in polite company, but jealousy is a fact. Most of us have felt it at one time or another. What is jealousy, and why do singers see it so often?

A well-known teacher shares her struggles and triumphs with severe, hereditary depression, and how it has impacted her teaching.

Van Gogh had it. Schumann had it. The artistic community has always had a disproportionate number of mentally ill and mentally distressed people. While illness has been acknowledged as common

Musician’s Strike Dear CS: I am very upset to find out that the American singer’s union, AGMA, has no help to offer singers when a strike is threatened by the

Raising the subject of mental health within the vocal music community has been the equivalent of lancing a long-hidden, festering boil. It is one of the last, and perhaps the