The call came from a singer desperate to attend a prestigious Conservatory of Music. "My parents have eight children and can't help. The Conservatory told me they will only give me a $1,000 scholarship. Where can I get the rest of the money? Please do an article on scholarships!" (I suggested a state school rather than taking on a crushing $100,000+ debt which might take decades to repay as he had started too late to obtain financial aid.) While this article is coming out too late to help him, CS hopes it will help others. It will be permanently on file on our website.
If you stuck a pin in a timeline demarcating the 78-year history of the Curtis Institute of Music, right about the point coinciding with the summer of 1976, you might
CS continues the series examining the top ten vocal programs in the US as listed by U.S. News and World Report
Is teaching voice simply a rite of passage or is it a wrong career move? What is the real truth about performing professionally while teaching at a university? Can you do it successfully? And what happens to the students of these teachers?
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
A few letters received at the CS offices and CS forum posts.
