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If at First You Don’t Succeed : The Art of Reauditioning

How many times should you “try, try again” when it comes to auditioning for the same company? Find out how those who hire feel about hearing singers more than once, including when reauditioning is not only acceptable but welcomed.

Oct 01 Kathy Kuczka

How to Build Your Audience Base

In part two of this five-part series on starting your own opera company, Thiers lays out how to use social media to create an e-mail list that will generate your audience.

Oct 01 Genevieve Thiers

The Bipolar Classical Singer

In this first installment of a two-part series, we take an in-depth look at a sensitive subject that impacts many singers. Read about the signs and symptoms of bipolar disorder and how it specifically affects singers.

Oct 01 Theresa Rodriguez

It’s All in Your Head : Mental Preparation Makes a Big Difference for Auditions

Singers share what they do and don’t think about before and during an audition, including how they manage nerves when things don’t go as planned.

Oct 01 Greg Waxberg

The Entrepreneurial Career : Cook the (Date) Books

Setting up a production schedule not only makes for good performances, it also teaches you some useful skills.

Oct 01 Amanda Keil

From The Editor : Winning The Lottery

I recently enjoyed listening to world-famous pianist Emanuel Ax on the NPR news quiz show “Wait . . . Wait Don’t Tell Me,” live from the Koussevitzky Music Shed at

Oct 01 Sara Thomas

Bulletin Board : News, Tidbits, Musings, and more

Boston Gets New Opera Company Gil Rose, the artistic director of the now defunct Opera Boston, is the general and artistic director of brand new Odyssey Opera, according to the

Oct 01 Maria Nockin

Don't Avoid the Hills

One of my all-time favorite movies is “The Princess Bride”. In this classic fairy tale saga one of the antagonists, Vizzini, declares to the captured Princess, “Life is pain, Princess.”

Sep 30 Alex Stoddard

Mental Prep for Your Audition

Perhaps singers should heed Abraham Lincoln’s famous quotation, “You can please some of the people some of the time . . . but you can never please all of the

Sep 26 CS

Inattentive Practice vs. Deliberate Practice. Which Do You Use?

“Practice doesn’t make perfect, practice makes permanent.” Larry Gelwix When I was a student at University, I was always amazed at how most musicians practiced. Walking through the practice

Sep 24 Carol Kirkpatrick

Practice, Practice, Practice: The Know-How to Make it Happen

I vividly remember my early practice sessions as a young singer. I started my musical endeavors with flute in fourth grade and piano the following year. I did not discover

Sep 18 Dr. Michelle Latour

Tools for Selling Yourself

“You have to do a thousand things one percent better, not just do one thing a thousand percent better. It’s doing the little things well, being on time for meetings,

Sep 16 Carol Kirkpatrick