>From: "Jennifer L. Fretwell" <jfretwell@h...> > > > Technique first -- no > >performing, no auditioning, no study of any aspect of > >music other than technique. Five years at the least. > >Then begin to build other skills (whether it's "on the > >fly," in a contract or apprenticeship, or by moving on > >to grad school) necessary for a career. > > >Isabelle B. > > > >I don't feel so bad after hearing this... I have been studying privately >with a voice teacher for two years. I have yet to sing publicly. A lot of >people, particularly family members, have chided me for calling myself a >"singer" when I don't actually sing anywhere. I have always countered with >the reply that Maria Callas studied for three years before she ever >performed publicly. My voice teacher wants me start singing with am amateur >group in the fall, though. He feels that performing will help my voice to >grow at this point. > >
Unfortunately, in my case Porpora's method would run up against simple economics. I cannot afford to spend five years and lots of $$$ on something that won't give me even a little bit of $ in return.
(I'm upset about this because my sweet babboo is asking why I drive to Monterey every night for something that only pays "peanut money." He wants to know when I will start making REAL money.)
Besides, I am in beginning singing terms an "old lady." Who's gonna cast me as Leonora in "La Favorita" when I'm 50 and have done nothing except vocalises?
Elizabeth Finkler http://home.earthlink.net/~mightymezzo/default.htm mightymezzo@h...
"Singing is the lowest form of communication." --Homer Simpson
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