What makes someone an Opera Singer???

by admin on August 14, 2010

There has been a huge amount of buzz and hype about a young girl they are calling the next Susan Boyle… it comes in the form of a 10 year old Pittsburghican Jackie Evancho. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiFZcu9UsIk We find her singing “O mio babbino caro” from Puccini’s Gianni Schicci on America’s Got Talent… and well… she got talent. [...]

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5 minutes to better music

by admin on August 1, 2010

I have been thinking a lot lately about how to prepare and learn music. Everyone I talk to seems to have their own process. What seems to be the hardest thing is figuring out how to start and how to manage your time when working and studying a larger piece of music. So I am [...]

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Confidence Man

June 23, 2010

  This is one of the simplest confidence building hacks for your next audition/performance.  Lets face it, we all could use a little edge before the next audition couldn’t we?  Well this particular quick hack is gonna cost you. Cold hard cash.  A lot of it. On the plus side, it requires almost no work [...]

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Six ways to improve your sightreading

April 29, 2010

O ne of the most stressful parts of the NYSSMA process is sight reading. I have found that when my students lose points in their adjudication, most often it is because of poor sight reading. The best way to prepare is of course, practice, practice, and even more practice. However, in the heat of the [...]

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