“Do you have a manager yet?” In opera, we’re often led to believe that management is the Holy Grail, the sign that you’ve “made it” as a singer. Yet, we’re all mystified by the process: How do you get a manager? What does a manager do? How do you know when you’re ready for management?…
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On today’s show we interview Jessica Fishenfeld, a soprano who isn’t afraid to make things happen! In addition to building her career in opera, she has a branded parallel career in personal training — JecaFit — where she helps clients to discover and achieve their own health and fitness goals. If that wasn’t enough, she…
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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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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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