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This June issue is about “Your Visual Image,” and we are focusing on the résumé, photos and website this year—the visual package—with singers on different levels. We hope you all

The request for this article started with reading the Classical Singer forums where Brooke Lieb was recommended to a singer struggling with hoarseness. Skeptical Editor CJ Williamson was in New York, had a few sessions and came out a believer. We asked Lori Gunnell to research Alexander and let other skeptics and newbies in on the secret.

Your website may be the most important tool your career can have next to your demo CD! Consider the possibilities of more work, bigger audiences, more fans, more students, and greater sales of your recordings

How do you put together a résumé to grab an opera company’s attention when your credits are mostly from school? What goes on when your career goes up? How much should you tell or leave off if you are older? Here’s practical advice from another expert who has been doing workshops all over the country on this very topic.

We’ve received many, many requests over the years for this kind of detailed help, and Connie Barnett is just the person to give it. Here you will find three singers at very different crossroads in their careers: re-entry, Baroque career trying to find that niche market, dramatic soprano trying to jump from “D” houses to “A” houses. No matter what your career choice, you’ll be able to find your next step here. Thanks to Davida Phillips, Ms. Barnett’s first case study, for this article. She was brave enough to ask for help, give us the idea for the article and then let CS use her visual materials as a case study.

With an international career, Pavarotti as a mentor and friend, a supportive tenor for a husband, two children and singing contracts for several years to come, Cynthia Lawrence seems to have it all. But she has worked hard to get where she is.

Where does vocal wobble come from? Once you've got it, is it possible to get rid of it? CS magazine has been observing lessons for several weeks as one of the most effective teachers we've seen is helping singers recover from this vocal ailment.

In our February cover story, Alison England told CS readers about her tour across America with Community Concerts and hinted at problems in being paid. Shortly afterwards, CS began publishing notices of the demise of Trawick Artists Management—the parent company of Community Concerts. In April, Robert Sims spoke of his relationship with Community Concerts. Singers are still being hired by Community Concerts. Before you sign on the dotted line, you need to read this.

In response to readers’ requests for technique information from top artists, Miss Plowright gave a wonderful voice lesson to CJ Williamson and then talked about what she had just done in general terms. This is what she has learned from working with her own voice and that of her students.

You asked, he answered! Hyperthyroidism, beta-blockers, excess mucous, persistent hoarseness, ephedra, The Pill, IVF

From raising money to attend a summer program to finding a permanent career sponsor, singers are in constant need of money. Here’s how to find all you need.

Honest talk on singers and preparation from the conductor who has seen it all.