How do you define success? Is your career only going to be a success if you make it onto the stages of A-level opera houses or top tier theatres? Do
By Eric Stoddard In life people can be divided into 3 groups: Finders, Minders, and Grinders. Finders are those who naturally like to talk about starting something new, finding new
By Carol Kirkpatrick, author of ARIA READY, The Business of Singing Has there ever been a time when toward the end of an especially challenging day, you felt compelled to
By Mark Stoddard, author of Marketing Singers, a business and marketing guidebook written specifically for singers. I received a letter from singer and blogger Kristen Seikaly with some great questions
By Mark Stoddard, author of Marketing Singers, a business and marketing guidebook written specifically for singers. Many books have been published on the many studies on the lives of
By Carol Kirkpatrick, author of ARIA READY, The Business of Singing When someone in our industry talks about musical style, just what do they mean? It is easy to
By Carol Kirkpatrick, author of ARIA READY, The Business of Singing Watch your thoughts; they lead to attitudes. Watch your attitudes, they lead to words. Watch your words; they
By Jonathan Blalock, Encompass Arts In the ten years since working as a professional singer, I’ve noticed certain themes that continually emerge with my colleagues and in my own
By Claudia Friedlander I invite you all to look back on your careers and education and ask yourselves this question: What is the most valuable piece of feedback
By Carol Kirkpatrick, author of ARIA READY, The Business of Singing “Acting is not about being someone different. It’s finding the similarity in what is apparently different, then finding
By Carol Kirkpatrick, author of ARIA READY, The Business of Singing It’s so easy to get caught up in the excitement of being back in school or stepping out
By Jacqueline Horner-Kwiatek, member of the vocal quartet Anonymous 4; soloist specializing in both early and new music; private voice teacher. As someone who wears many hats; performer, teacher,
