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The Singer's Audition & Career Handbook

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The Singer's Audition & Career Handbook

Description

The Singer’s Audition & Career Handbook is a comprehensive guide to the training, audition technique, and professional development essential for launching and sustaining a rewarding career in classical singing. Expanding on author Claudia Friedlander’s online collaboration with mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato and the Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall, the book brings together insights from nearly seventy prominent performers, educators, and opera industry professionals.


Whether you are a young singer preparing for conservatory auditions, a professional opera singer, or an avocational singer seeking to improve your technique and pursue local performance opportunities, this book will help you take inventory of your skills and achieve the next stages of your musical journey.

Table of Contents

Forward by Joyce DiDonato

Preface: Why Do You Sing?

Acknowledgments

Introduction: A Lifelong Journey

PART ONE: Learning the Craft

Chapter 1: The Complete Package
Chapter 2: Training Programs
Chapter 3: Technique
Chapter 4: Musicianship
Chapter 5: Languages and Diction
Chapter 6: Dramatic Interpretation
Chapter 7: Choosing Audition Repertoire
Chapter 8: Audition Preparation, Technique and Etiquette
Chapter 9: Performance Opportunities
Chapter 10: Investing in Your Training

PART TWO: The Apprenticeship Phase

Chapter 11: Resident Artist Programs
Chapter 12: Promotional Materials
Chapter 13: Public Master Classes
Chapter 14: Competitions
Chapter 15: Keeping Afloat

PART THREE: Going Pro

Chapter 16: From Contract to Closing Night: The Opera Singer at Work
Chapter 17: Crafting Your Public Persona
Chapter 18: Management
Chapter 19: Choose Your Own Adventure
Chapter 20: Running Your Business

Conclusion: A Lifetime of Song

Product details

Published 30 Oct 2019
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Pages 250
ISBN 9781538109908
Imprint Rowman & Littlefield
Illustrations 2 b/w illustrations; 2 b/w photos; 3 tables; 112 textboxes
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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