CJ Williamson

The first day I came to New York, I didn’t run to see Lincoln Center, I headed straight for Carnegie Hall. It was the thrill of my life to actually

You can be chosen to sing at Carnegie Hall. A group that performs at Carnegie (Weill Hall) regularly is The New York Festival of Song, Inc. (NYFOS). Take a look the website www.nyfos.org for some very innovative recital programming! It was founded in 1988 by its co-artistic directors, Michael Barrett and Steven Blier, and is dedicated to the re-invention of the recital format. CS interviewed Steven Blier via e-mail.

Those of you who are receiving the e-mails we send out monthly will know that we asked you to send in your questions for an interview with Joseph Volpe, general

In the July, 2002 issue of Classical Singer, we published an article called "What Went Wrong with the Marjorie Lawrence Competition". Opera Music Theater Int'l, the company who sponsored the competition, wrote Classical Singer a letter of rebuttal on that article.

Every year thousands of singers enter competitions. Some enter for the experience of performing. Others enter hoping to win money; hoping for that sparkling “FIRST PLACE” on their resume that

Dear Editor: Are there any jobs for singers in fabulous vocal shape, gorgeous looking or over 50? CS becomes less and less useful as all auditions and other jobs are

You have three glorious months of summer ahead to prepare for the new season! Classical Singer will be publishing all three months for the first time this year. We figured

John Fisk— young singer doing the New York Auditions Circuit LAST MONTH’S RESOLUTIONS: 1. Learn music, both for a new role and for cover assignments at my Young Artist Program.

Supertitles for Vocal Recitals Dear Editor: I am writing regarding the Bulletin Board posting entitled “Recitals with Supertitles” in the April 2002 issue of Classical Singer. On January 18, 2002,

John Fisk— young singer doing the New York auditions circuit LAST MONTH’S RESOLUTIONS: 1. For the coming month, I am going to sit in on at least three lessons with

Recently, Warner Classics sent me mezzo soprano Susan Graham’s latest release: French Operatta Arias. It’s a beautiful album and it’s been wonderful to watch Susan’s career take off and see

Our three singers made good progress this month with their 2002 resolutions.