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So you need recommendation letters for grad schools or Young Artist Programs? Read this first.

A stage director first, Tomer Zvulun has directed productions from Seattle Opera to the Metropolitan Opera and everywhere in between. Now with one year under his belt as artistic and general director of Atlanta Opera, Zvulun weighs in on his new role.

Get an insider’s view from music critics themselves about their thought process during a performance and while writing about it afterward.

Soprano Lise Lindstrom grew up in a musical family, and yet it took some time before her passion for classical music really took hold. But Lindstrom has never done things the usual way—for example, there are no big YAPs on her résumé. Instead, patience, timing, and the right people at the right moments coupled with lots of hard work and perseverance have been the keys to Lindstrom’s success. For the past 10 years, she has been singing Princess Turandot all over the world. But she used to wonder if her career would ever get off the ground.

Have you ever wondered why some singers who win competitions and land coveted Young Artist spots in their 20s fail to have long-term, successful careers? Faulty vocal technique, exposed when the larynx matures and ossifies, just might be the culprit. Learn how to troubleshoot your own vocal technique to ensure this doesn’t happen to you.

Cultivating a business and nurturing a child have a lot in common. Lessons learned from parenting can help you grow your business.

A few years ago after playing in the pit for the final dress rehearsal of Utah Opera’s The Flying Dutchman, my oboist friend told me that this was one production

Metropolitan Opera Cuts Nine Percent of Nonunion Staff On September 12, 2014, the Met laid off 22 administrative workers. The opera company made the first in a series of budget

By Carol Kirkpatrick, author of ARIA READY, The Business of Singing   First let me say that failure can be an important part of the process of success. Why?? Because

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