From: Bob Kravitz
To: VOCALIST <vocalist>
Subject: Re: How much training before first audition?
Send reply to: VOCALIST <vocalist>

4 YEARS BEFORE I WAS ALLOWED TO PERFORM IN A CHORUS.....I WAS FRUSTRATED, BUT
IT WAS WELL WORTH TE WAIT>>>>>I SANG WITHOUT HAVING TO THINK ABOUT
IT.......THEN ANOTHER YEAR BEFORE I COULD AUDITION FOR SOLO PARTS.........WELL
WORTH IT.........Bobby, Philly.....

"Jennifer L. Fretwell" wrote:

> I would like to know how long some of the people on the list trained,took
> lessons, etc., before their first audition for a professional singing job.
> What was the first type of paying job that you auditioned for?
>
> I am particularly interested in hearing about people who did not major in a
> college/university music program because that is a very different situation
> from the one I am in. I started my vocal training a little late, like many
> singers on the list, and study voice with a private teacher on my own
> outside of a formal music program.
>
> Jennifer
> mezzo-soprano-at-mindspring.com