Day Job. Parallel Career. Side Hustle. As creatives, we’ve all heard about them and probably have had one (or many). However, we can often be made to feel like we’re not serious about our art if we have to take a day job. A successful singer should be able to make a living only with…
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Sometimes our dreams can seem impossible to achieve. Sometimes we’re working hard to achieve them and we’re still feeling like we’re just running in place. So, how do we get off the treadmill and actually join the race? We pull back the curtain in today’s episode and reveal the nitty-gritty of our daily routines. Prepare…
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Not ones to feel defeated by rejection, Marcelle and Elise have a candid conversation about the problems with the current YAP application process and share their ideas for how it can be revised. Opera America’s Guide to Choosing a YAP Are you someone on the other side of the table (admin, artistic director, etc.)? We’d…
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Name: Matthew Maisano aka the incredible Drag Queen Balena Canto Voice Type: Baritone Correlating Career(s): Librarian by day, Drag Queen by night! Recent Performances: Ensemble (The Love of Three Oranges) with Opera Philadelphia, Multiple Performances as Balena Canto in Philadelphia, Senex (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum) with Natchez Festival of…
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Audition season can be an exciting time of year, but it also comes with a lot of rejection. And let’s face it, while rejection in any form sucks, somehow form-letter rejections (aka PFOs) double suck. 😩 So let’s get down and dirty about REJECTION: (00:50) What is a PFO anyway? (02:25) The many forms of…
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Kristen Seikaly is a blogger, content writer, and creative writer. She also happens to be an ex-opera singer. She’s got a MM from Westminster Choir College in Voice Performance and Pedagogy and has performed in venues such as the Kimmel Center and Academy of Music, and has participated in operatic productions with companies such as…
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Kristen Seikaly is a blogger, content writer, and creative writer. She also happens to be an ex-opera singer. She’s got a MM from Westminster Choir College in Voice Performance and Pedagogy and has performed in venues such as the Kimmel Center and Academy of Music, and has participated in operatic productions with companies such as…
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If you’ve sung in the Philadelphia area, odds are you’ve worked with Amelia Wilber. She’s a soprano and she’s sung with many of the Philly area companies and choruses: The Philadelphia Symphonic Choir, OperaDelaware, The Princeton Singers, Delaware Valley Opera Company, to name a few. Amelia is also a kind, insightful, thoughtful person and being…
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The hardest part of audition season can be making those pesky pre-screening recordings! How good does the audio have to be? Do they need to see my shoes? Should I spend hundreds of dollars on them? Short answers: good enough that it sounds like you; yes, if they’re fab; and NO. On this episode, we…
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If you’re an opera singer, then you have probably heard of Eugenia Forteza. She’s the founder and editor of 360° of Opera, the social media account focused on highlighting every aspect of opera, from behind the scenes, to singers in rehearsal, to the grand stage itself. 360° of Opera is a voice for the community…
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