Review: The Art of the Song Recital

Authors: Shirlee Emmons and Stanley Sonntag First Published in 1979, re-issued in 2002

If you have a song recital approaching, whether it be junior, senior, graduate or beyond (or before!), then please read The Art of the Song Recital. Since I discovered The Art of the Song Recital, I have consistently referred to

Medical Myths

I may pick up this book. The Well Blog on the New York Times just wrote a piece on Don’t Swallow Your Gum! Myths, Half-Truths and Outright Lies About Your Body and Health. The article itself is pretty funny, and it exposes some truths that we singers tend to hold as self evident as

Outliers: The Story of Success

I have just finished reading Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell, and it’s had a not-so-subtle effect on the way I think about my actions. It is not a perfect book, but the thoughts that it stimulates are important ones to consider.

In reading some reviews of the book, I have