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A new book provides a greater context for neglected French vocal literature.

Blocking, choreography, entrances, exits, lines, and timing are crucial for any musically staged production. But how do you prepare for unexpected missteps? Learning how to go off script is an important skill that will not only benefit you but also your colleagues.

Making time for daily physical activity can be a challenge, especially when you’re in the throes of earning a college degree. But getting and staying fit really is paramount for singers whose instrument is their body. To help you get motivated, here’s a look at the benefits of yoga and physical activity for the voice.

For the singer who can’t wait to fulfill those mandatory choir credits or the one who dreads it, recent studies reveal some unexpected and profound benefits of choral singing.

The Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University has long had what is considered one of the top 10 vocal performance programs in the country. This year the school celebrates 70 years of its opera program. Read about the history of the program as well as its future and the great things to come.

A singer’s music education simply isn’t complete without mastering the once almost extinct skill of the vocal trill. First consider the history of this ornament, and then find six practical, hands-on methods for ensuring this is a tool in your own singer’s tool belt.

Tenor Neil Shicoff has graced the stages of all of the leading opera houses in major roles the world over. Now he is bringing all of that experience to a new role: teacher. His practical pedagogical approach includes sharing his own life lessons with his students. Shicoff shares many of those lessons here, including how he dealt with performance anxiety, what roles he wishes he would have waited to sing, why students need to remember that their teacher is working for them, and much more in this exclusive interview.

Accelerate your vocal progress by coupling classroom and studio knowledge with four practices that will help you create your own individual program.

As a new school year begins, consider the advice a seasoned singer would give himself at the start of his college career.

As the lazy days of summer end and the stress of the fall semester sinks in, take a few moments to view your new situation with a light-hearted perspective.

My memories of the college campus where I earned my two degrees stretch back far earlier than my years as an actual student there. My dad started teaching at Brigham

Superstar soprano, Deborah Voigt, is taking charge of life beyond the stage in a commanding way. A biography, a one-woman show, a teaching fellowship at Notre Dame, artistic director of