CS Staff

Resolutions month number eleven! Our three singers have one more month of reporting their lives to the entire Classical Singer community.

In response to several disturbing reports sent to us at Classical Singer, as well as numerous requests, we created the Voice Teacher Abuse Survey to examine in a broad and

Dear Editor: Would it be more cost effective to distribute the magazine electronically? I receive other “e-zines” and it’s a better use of information and natural resources. Let’s pass on

aThis is the season when singers have to deal with a certain kind of comment from a lot of well-meaning strangers … and even family and friends. Sometimes it can

Going For Broke Dear CS: Thanks for your editorial (“Fixing What’s Broke,” April, 01), which, like so much of what you’ve been presenting in Classical Singer in the past three

Get Happy! Dear CS: Your April editorial on unhappy singers touched a raw nerve in many of your readers, and I’m sure it will provoke much discussion. After having worked

Busoni: Doktor Faust Metropolitan Opera New York City, January 29, 2001 Opera lovers are notoriously “traditional.” By this, I mean that they tend to like only what they know, and

Naked, or Not? Dear CS: I enjoyed very much reading your January issue. It reminded me of Hans Christian Andersen’s story, “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” in which everybody praised the

Small labels are leading the field of vocal recordings.

Summer Program Participant Comments
CS asked singers for candid experiences at the summer programs. We received many responses from some programs, no response from others. The full text of comments, including explanations of problems from program directors as received, is on the website with this month’s issue at www.classicalsinger.com. Edited excerpts here were selected at random.

Every year, hundreds of singers from ages 16 to 60 spend amounts ranging from a few hundred to several thousand dollars to attend summer programs, sometimes at great personal sacrifice. These programs can have extraordinary intellectual, physical, social, psychological and career benefits — or conversely, they can have a devastatingly negative impact.

What do singers think is needed to form a more perfect union?