From: Tako Oda
To: VOCALIST <vocalist>
Subject: Re: Paid Men-Only Choirs (WAS: Family and Juggling...)
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On Mon, 6 Dec 1999, Cynthia Vaughn wrote:
> The best-paid Men-only choirs (other than Chanticleer!) are the military
> choruses.

Thanks for your reply, Cynthia!

Sigh, I am a countertenor, so I'm limited to choirs that employ male
altos and sopranos... I suppose there are some mixed ensembles
specializing in early music that would want a countertenor, but for the
most part I'm probably looking at Anglican church choirs!

Alas, many of the best choirs using countertenors are based in the San
Francisco Bay Area... the part of the world I'm trying to move *from*!
The original title of this thread was "juggling family with career", so
I was thinking of a place I could work as a musician and still afford to
support my family. Mind you, I love it here, but it's getting to be so
expensive to live in this part of the world.

So if anyone knows of a place where gigs are a-plenty and the cost of
living is cheap, please let us know... and I'll meet you all there ;-)

-Tako