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The Wages of Dying: A Performance Guide to Jake Heggie’s From The Book of Nightmares by Kristen Marchiafava

The January/February issue of the Journal of Singing features an extensive article about the life and work of celebrated American composer Jake Heggie. “The Wages of Dying: A Performance Guide to Jake Heggie’s From The Book of Nightmares” by Kristen Marchiafava, is both a guide to this specific song cycle for soprano, cello, and piano, and an account of Heggie’s stylistic influences and compositional process by way of his most important works. Heggie fans should note the many quotations derived from multiple personal interviews between Heggie and Marchiafava, that appear exclusively in this article for the Journal of Singing.

JOS-080-3-2024-265.pdf (application/pdf, 3628.6 K) posted at 3:57 PM, January 5, 2024

The Yelp Effect: Harnessing the Power of Online Reviews to Grow Your Voice Studio

In our digital age, independent voice teachers recognize that a web presence is crucial to achieve visibility and to attract students. In the November/December issue of “Journal of Singing,” singing teacher Melissa Treinkman writes about “The Yelp Effect: Harnessing the Power of Online Reviews to Grow Your Voice Studio.” There are compelling reasons to utilize an online review site, and Treinkman details its pros and cons, as well as practical considerations in implementing a Yelp presence.

JOS-075-2-2018-191_-_The_Yelp_Effect_-_Treinkman.pdf (application/pdf, 401 K) posted at 12:27 PM, November 6, 2018

Theatrical Fog, Smoke, and Haze Effects

Singers often are required to perform in the presence of various artistic effects, including stage fogs and smoke, pyrotechnics, and others. Since some of these effects can result in voice problems, singers and teachers of singing need to be familiar with their potential impediments to performance. In her article, “Theatrical Fog, Smoke, and Haze Effects,” published in the May/June issue of Journal of Singing, singer, professional hygienist, and arts safety consultant Monona Rossol identifies the chemical makeup and exposure risks for stage smoke, fog, and haze, and provides cautions and guidelines for stage workers and audiences.

JOS_077_5_2021_645.pdf (application/pdf, 248.4 K) posted at 12:57 PM, June 3, 2021

This Isn’t the First New Normal: Finding Correlations Between the Tambora Climate Disaster and the Development of Lieder in 1815-15

A unique, fascinating article, “This Isn’t the First New Normal: Finding Correlations Between the Tambora Climate Disaster and the Development of Lieder in 1815-15,” authored by pianist, clinician, and repetiteur Christopher Foley and published in the May/June issue of the Journal of Singing, draws a parallel between the current pandemic and the eruption of Mount Tambora on the island of Sumbawa (Indonesia) in April, 1815. Foley shows how the effect that global disruption had on European musical life in the years following the disaster, especially on the ouevre of Beethoven and Schubert.

JOS_077_5_2021_711.pdf (application/pdf, 469.5 K) posted at 3:17 PM, July 12, 2021

Time Spent: The Forty-Hour Workweek

In his “The Independent Teacher” column of the May/June issue of Journal of Singing, Brian Manternach begins a series that considers “time spent” in the independent teaching studio. In his first installment, “Time Spent: The Forty-Hour Workweek,” he explores the origin of the 40-hour workweek, how it currently functions in our society, and how applicable it may be to studio teaching. He presents data on how the numbers of hours worked each week can impact worker effectiveness, how many weekly hours teachers tend to dedicate to their profession, and how traditional approaches to the workweek may not be the useful ways for teachers to spend their time.

JOS_078_5_2022_629.pdf (application/pdf, 179.7 K) posted at 9:18 AM, June 22, 2022

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