Singers who are overcome by nerves know the career prognosis will be bleak if something doesn't change. Fortunately, for them, there are beta-blockers. And there is Don Greene.
Singers are faced with fulfilling contracts in locations listed as high-risk for SARS, traveling in closed enviornments, and mingling with collegues who have come straight from high-risk areas. It's important to be well-informed about SARS.
If you'd like to add spice to your next recital, Pablo Zinger has fresh ideas for you. In this issue featuring coaches, we chose a coach who is an expert on Spanish repertoire and diction.
Stage Fog Effects Substantiated After hearing about a recent lawsuit brought against San Francisco Opera, many singers were wondering about the lawsuit’s claims that SFO’s stage fog caused significant medical
Dear Editor: My husband (a voice teacher at several community colleges) and I both loved Annette Nauraine’s article, “How to Be a Good Student.” May we post it publicly where
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.
