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There were lots of good articles this past week! Perhaps there was some built up energy from the July 4 festivities. Pianist and scholar Robert Levin speaks at Curtis Commencement on May 16, 2009. If you click on nothing here, you must listen to this if you are a classical musician. It takes about Sometimes the posts listed here will be from non-music sources, and I think that’s just fine since we as singers need to develop all of ourselves to improve. The Healthy and Fit Algorithm from Zen Habits is a good reminder about the little steps it takes to remain healthy. Prospective, Upcoming, And Current The Weekly Gathering (named after a singing concept taught to me by my current teacher) will feature some of the better singing and music articles I’ve found around the web in the previous week. From Classical Singer Magazine: The Legacy of Richard Miller NPR’s Report on Better Breathing: Baby Steps to Better Breathing Vocal 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 Here. This is an article discussing the career of the ever present and commendable Placido Domingo. This guy is just amazing. This is an article that lists options for people who have recently lost their jobs and their health insurance along with it. Such information may be especially valuable for young singers who do not have a job with benefits but are too old to remain on their parent’s plan. Here. Music critic, pianist, and author is taking questions at the New York Times website. Several questions and answers have been published, and they have been thoughtful and thought-provoking. I encourage anyone interested in classical music to give this a few minutes to read over. City Opera is facing an enormous budget shortfall, and they have just hired a new general manager in the person of George Steel. This article discusses the challenges for the company and its new leader. Here. The New York Times music critic Anthony Tommasini wrote an article about singer’s looks in the opera. It compared and contrasted the leading ladies of Orfeo et Euridice and Lucia di Lammermoor Stephanie Blythe and Anna Netrbko respectively. It’s broader point is that looks and a pretty voice are not what makes a performance |
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