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What should I sound like? What vocal technique works best for me? If you struggle to understand vocal technique these questions always arise, yet the answers remain the same: You and

Can a college opera program give one all the necessary skills needed for a successful opera career in today’s opera industry? We all know what it’s like to want it

Meet vocalists who haven’t quit their day job—and don’t plan to anytime soon—and learn how they balance performance life with practicality in another profession. 

The life of a working singer can seem glamorous from the outside. Get an honest perspective from a singer who is working hard to maintain the many complexities of this field.

Rather than forcing yourself to be something you think auditioners want to see, show them exactly who you really are.  

Dorothy Danner built an impressively vast and diverse career without any advanced degrees, learning instead from private teachers, directors, and working on professional stages. Regardless of her lack of classroom hours, she has taught at some of the most prestigious performing schools in the U.S., and her advice to young singers offers an invaluable perspective. Discover how this Broadway dancer and actress became an operatic stage director whose credits span from Once Upon a Mattress to Die Fledermaus. 

Perfect pitch, relative pitch, & how to improve your sense of pitch with ear training What is “perfect pitch”? Perfect pitch, or “absolute pitch,” is the ability to identify or

The roller coaster ride of GRAMMY nominated soprano Arianna Zukerman’s life has been dramatic, even by operatic standards. After growing up in an extraordinary musical family (She is the daughter

CS Music has partnered with Jessica Fishenfeld to spotlight her creative efforts to make opera more accessible for a new generation of music lovers. This light-hearted series gives you a

The So You Want to Sing series, sponsored by the National Association of Teachers of Singing and published by Rowman & Littlefield, is almost complete. Series editor Matthew Hoch is

San Francisco Opera’s La Boheme, photo by Cory Weaver   Since Harvey Weinstein’s exposé in 2017, the #MeToo movement has become a major social force that condemned and exposed sexual

The cold season is here! Colds, viral infections of the upper respiratory tract, seem to be an unavoidable part of winter. As a singer, colds can be more than a