There’s no getting around it: Self-promotion is hard. It’s not that we, as singers, don’t like talking about ourselves. Sometimes we probably do too much. Instead, what’s hard about self-promotion is talking about our work in a way that is… Continue Reading
Over the past year or so, I’ve seen more and more interest from colleagues to find blogs classical singers should follow in particular. It’s entirely possible I’ve just noticed it more due to my own work here. I like to… Continue Reading
If you’ve already taken a moment to explore this website, you may have stumbled upon Operaversity’s store. If you haven’t, go ahead and do that now. Don’t worry, I’ll wait! More familiar now? Great! So as you probably noticed in… Continue Reading
You know what I haven’t done in a while? A video blog post! As we get back into the audition season, back into self-promotion mode, it’s great to have free and easy tools to create promotional materials. Canva is a great… Continue Reading
“You must network! It’s all about connections! Network, network, network!” We singers get this advice all the time, but rarely receive any information about how to do this, or what it even means. Today, in the age of technology and… Continue Reading
I really should memorize that aria. I need to email that student back. I haven’t finished reading that article… But maybe I’ll just watch one more episode. Raise your hand if you’ve had a similar back-and-forth with yourself before.… Continue Reading
As classical singers, we constantly are looking for creative ways to learn a language quickly and affordably. Languages are important to our craft: we sing in different languages, we work in different countries, and our colleagues speak different languages. Yet… Continue Reading
I came upon an article the other day, shared by a fellow singer, which reported on the entire first-year class of seven MFA students at the University of Southern California leaving their program due to various grievances they had with… Continue Reading
Whether you are just learning your first role or seasoning your role-learning technique, this guide is intended to help you with learning an operatic role as efficiently and painlessly as possible. I hope that you will share with me any… Continue Reading
During my very first Sunday service at my very first church job, I came ready with properly-ordered music in hand, program open, and ready to go. Yet within the first five minutes, I found myself flipping frantically through my materials;… Continue Reading