Artist Spotlights

Rainelle Krause: Setting Up a Life You Love

Coloratura Rainelle Krause shares her experience of her early years as a singer while building her career. She is forthcoming about her breaking point and finding a marketable authenticity in her art—and how aerial work helped her balance, literally and figuratively, her career as a singer.

Mar 17 Tara Melvin

Sangeeta Kaur: Merging Genres to Center Herself

Soprano Sangeeta Kaur tells CS how she merged experiences in opera and other genres, and the wisdom and welcome she found across communities to create successful new music as a classical crossover artist.

Mar 09 Lisa Sain Odom

Whistling Hens: Reacting to the Landscape

Soprano Jennifer Piazza-Pick and clarinetist Natalie Groom formed a duo, Whistling Hens, which commissions women composers for their ensemble. Learn more about how they formed, their process, and the rewarding, exciting work of these two women in chamber music.

Mar 09 Tish Oney

Amplifying Female Voices: Linda Kernohan

One of the most exciting opportunities we have as performers is to perform music by living composers. This excitement is amplified when it comes to music by often underrepresented composers. Read on to learn about composer Linda Kernohan.

Feb 06 Alec Arnett

Finding a New Voice: Heidi Skok on Her Path from Lyric Soprano to Contralto

Heidi Skok began her career in professional opera with the lightest soprano roles and has been able to establish herself in a second career as a contralto, more than 25 years later. Skok’s vocal odyssey has been harrowing in many ways, making it doubly heartwarming to witness the serenity and wisdom that are now hers to share with any young artist fortunate enough to study with her.

Jan 17 Roger Pines

An Intimate Creation: Co-creators Nathan Gunn and Beth Morrison on “In Our Daughter’s Eyes”

Nathan Gunn and Beth Morrison share their insights on "In Our Daughter's Eyes", the opening production at this year's PROTOTYPE Festival.

Jan 07 Peter Thoresen

Eve Gigliotti: “I didn’t really have a Plan B”

American mezzo Eve Gigliotti recounts the experiences, struggles, and opportunities that helped launch her professional career. Read on to learn more about this celebrated singer.

Dec 27 Brian Manternach

CS Vocal Competition Winner: Julia Tooker

Introducing Julia Tooker, first place in High School II Musical Theatre and third place in High School II Classical. Read on to learn about her thoughts on singing and what she is planning on next.

Nov 16 CS Music Staff

CS Vocal Competition Winners : Classical Young Artist/Emerging Pro

$14,000 of cash prizes and $4.2 million in scholarships were awarded at the 2022 CS Vocal Competition. Meet the winners in this online series. Here are the Classical Young Artist/Emerging Pro Division.

Oct 27 CS Music Staff

Two Years on T : Transgender Baritone Lucas Bouk

Baritone Lucas Bouk shares his experience on transitioning, retraining his voice during and post-transition, and a more inclusive future for opera.

Oct 19 Danielle Buonaiuto

Soprano Nicole Cabell Continues to Shine On and Off Stage

Nicole Cabell shares her experiences as a singer vaulted to international fame through competition success. Now, as a voice teacher, she encourages her students to find the most fulfilling path forward for their musical career while balancing performing work.

Oct 04 Dr. Maria Briggs

Jennifer Rowley

American soprano Jennifer Rowley embraces a dual career as an international opera star and a voice teacher, with passion and commitment to both her audience and the next generation of singers.

Sep 29 Eugenia Forteza