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From:  "Cynthia Donnell" <csdonnell@m...>
Date:  Wed Nov 20, 2002  3:05 am
Subject:  Re: [vocalist] Re: High School

Here at Virginia Commonwealth U. in Richmond, most auditioning singers have
NOT studied voice prior to freshman year in college. Some have had 3 or 4
lessons to help them prepare their audition pieces but those with formal
voice study continue to be rare. And I prefer it that way.
Cindy Donnell
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From: Martin Bell <MartinBell@r...>
To: vocalist-temporary@yahoogroups.com
<vocalist-temporary@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Monday, November 18, 2002 1:10 PM
Subject: [vocalist] Re: High School



Christine,
I think there is a marked difference in the percentage of female college
freshman who've had formal voice instruction and male freshman. You're
right, many, probably most, entering female voice students have studied(and
many of them singing rep their totally vocally, musically and emotionally
unprepared for. How many of us have had to explain to 18 year old sopranos
that maybe they should wait a while before attempting to sing SPINTO arias!)
The percentage of males entering who've had significant training is still
much much lower. I would imagine this is because many boy's voices are still
changing through out high school and that there's still a stigma against
boys singing, especially classical music.

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