2016 – Page 7 – All Articles

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

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

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

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

The thoughts you have about your own voice and singing abilities can greatly impact your ability to take direction, make changes, and have the voice you want. Learn to focus and direct your thoughts in positive ways that will lead to success.

General and Artistic Director Esther Nelson talks about the Boston Lyric Opera’s Opera Annex and emerging artist initiatives. Nelson and the company’s Music Director David Angus also discuss casting.

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

Four winners from last year’s Classical Singer Competition in Chicago share how they discovered a love for classical music and career pursuits.

For the second year in a row Classical Singer co-hosted an international vocal competiton in Beijing, China. Read about this coming together of American universities and Chinese singers.

Baritone Andrew Garland didn’t really start singing until high school when fate brought him to the school choir. But his interest and love of music began much sooner in his pursuits as a self-proclaimed “instrumentalist.” And, in that sense, it was really no surprise that despite calling it “crazy,” Garland changed majors to vocal performance at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Now in the midst of a very busy career, this Boston native shares how he sets himself apart in the sea of baritones through his quality recitals, his spot-on coloratura, and his congenial and friendly attitude.

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

Once your music is learned and memorized, taking it to the next level comes down to your dramatic delivery. But what do you do with your hands? Learn the dos and don’ts here.