In a message dated 01-06-18 09:13:50 EDT, you write:
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> The vocal music scene here is peculiar. Lots of opportunity, but also an
> excessive amount of "cliquishness". One sees the same two dozen or so
> singers in every opera and operetta at the local level in the
> D.C./Baltimore area. Also, I've also discovered that while D.C. seems
> VERY open to hiring Baltimore singers, the Baltimore scene is much more
> closed and parochial. The result is that we in D.C. have to compete with
> both D.C. and Baltimore singers, but Baltimore opera companies aren't
> similarly open.
>
> The oratorio scene here is similarly insular and "incestuous". It's
> impossible to even get many conductors around here to listen to you in
> audition. I think they find a lot of their singers through university
> programs with which they are connected, or by word of mouth.
> ,,,,,
> If you want to be a choral singer, on the other hand, the opportunities
> are vast. Unless you want to be paid.
>
sounds like Boston!
merry
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