A basic audition manual for singers 08/01/2015 A basic audition manual for singers Auditions are the most stressful part of one’s job as a singer, especially when one is starting out and is not so confident or experienced. I therefore thought it might be worthwhile to put some general information about it here, and a little advice, in the hope some singers will find it useful! Some things to remember Everybody hates auditions: The people on the audition panel would probably prefer to be elsewhere as well. Your audition will last from 10-15
A basic audition manual for singers Auditions are the most stressful part of one’s job as a singer, especially when one is starting out and is not so confident or experienced. I therefore thought it might be worthwhile to put some general information about it here, and a little advice, in the hope some singers will find it useful! Some things to remember Everybody hates auditions: The people on the audition panel would probably prefer to be elsewhere as well. Your audition will last from 10-15
Thoughts about teaching 06/11/2015 As the renowned singing teacher Vera Rózsa used to say, a great singing teacher needs not be a famous singer. But she or he needs to have trodden the boards of a real theatre. She/he needs to have had the experience and understanding of the demands the profession make upon a singer, in order to give to their students what they need. A true teacher needs to love people, to be interested in helping people, to have been a musician – not only a singer, i.e. to have played a musical instrument. To
As the renowned singing teacher Vera Rózsa used to say, a great singing teacher needs not be a famous singer. But she or he needs to have trodden the boards of a real theatre. She/he needs to have had the experience and understanding of the demands the profession make upon a singer, in order to give to their students what they need. A true teacher needs to love people, to be interested in helping people, to have been a musician – not only a singer, i.e. to have played a musical instrument. To
Voices from the past (in the picture the immortal Kathleen Ferrier) 05/16/2015 Voices from the past I feel that it is of great important for young singers now a day to be familiar with the great singers of the past. Not because of technical reasons (i.e. not because they sung better or worse technically) but because of their daring, their vocal colours and the beauty, and the truth and immediacy of the pre- digital-production age. I shall start with five of the greatest, and I hope those who do not know them already will grow to love them and be inspired by them as much
Voices from the past I feel that it is of great important for young singers now a day to be familiar with the great singers of the past. Not because of technical reasons (i.e. not because they sung better or worse technically) but because of their daring, their vocal colours and the beauty, and the truth and immediacy of the pre- digital-production age. I shall start with five of the greatest, and I hope those who do not know them already will grow to love them and be inspired by them as much
How I met beloved singing teacher , Vera Rózsa OBE 03/18/2015 "Singers divide into two kinds – those who love music and those who love their voice” Vera Rózsa OBE In May of this year it was my beloved teacher Vera Rózsa’s 100th birthday, would she have still been amongst us. Vera was born on the 16th of May 1914. This brings me back to the time and reason we first met. As a child growing up in the house of a dedicated and conscientious music teacher, from the very beginning of my life I was made a part of my mother’s quest to become the best teacher she
"Singers divide into two kinds – those who love music and those who love their voice” Vera Rózsa OBE In May of this year it was my beloved teacher Vera Rózsa’s 100th birthday, would she have still been amongst us. Vera was born on the 16th of May 1914. This brings me back to the time and reason we first met. As a child growing up in the house of a dedicated and conscientious music teacher, from the very beginning of my life I was made a part of my mother’s quest to become the best teacher she
