Founded in 1986 by Metropolitan Opera’s Joan Dornemann, IVAI continues to train and inspire the next generation of singers. Read what changes are in store for this longtime program as it revamps its locations while staying focused on its primary goal: giving singers what they need to succeed.
Choosing a summer program can be overwhelming. With so many programs and limited funds, how do you know how and where to spend your money? Thoroughly assessing your own skills and the offerings of prospective programs is key. Find out how to break it all down here.
Sometimes getting the education you need requires thinking outside the American college experience box. Read about how one singer traveled abroad to get the language skills she needed by combining an Italian university experience and a summer program.
The year 2015 marks two remarkable milestones for the legendary Sherrill Milnes. This month the baritone celebrates his 80th birthday, and in December it will be 50 years since he made his Metropolitan Opera debut. Since then, he has sung nearly all of the major baritone roles on stages the world over. Always committed to teaching and education, he continues to draw on his vast experience to fill a void for the next generation of singers through his VOICExperience Foundation. Read about Milnes’ life and career, what he considers the “golden age,” and his newest endeavor: the Savannah VOICE Festival.
After a recent petition decrying YAP audition fees made the rounds on social media, Cindy Sadler decided to enter the discussion to better understand the issue from both the singer and administrator viewpoints. Hear from both sides of the table in this first in a series of articles further examining the sticky issue of audition fees.
When you have two toddler-aged children at home, if the house gets very quiet for very long, you usually know mischief is afoot. Recently, after a moment of such silence,
By Alex Stoddard Do you want to be happy? Of course you do you, that’s a silly question. A better question is what’s your secret or key to being
By Angela Myles Beeching Yep, it’s that time of year again: the season of overspending and overeating–a frenzy of shopping, travel, relatives, frantic work deadlines, played out against a
By Carol Kirkpatrick, author of ARIA READY, The Business of Singing What criteria might you use to determine if it’s time to change career directions? This is only occasionally
By Angela Peterson Winter Almost every singer I know has a packed schedule in December: choir concerts, church gigs, Messiah performances, parties . . . not to mention personal
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 Susan Brownfield Acid reflux or GERD (Gastrointestinal Esophageal Reflux Disease), as it’s sometimes referred to, is an uncomfortable and sometimes painful condition. It’s also a condition that is often
