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Re-energizing your own career path
[Editor’s note: During a recent conversation with amazing soprano Karen Hogle Brown (pictured right), we learned that Karen spent a good chunk of her summer this year attending OperaWorks‘ summer...
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On the fly
Vocal focus from CCMN* SOUTHERN CA VOCAL EVENTS Lauri D. Goldenhersh’s Weekly Highlights My head is full of beautiful operatic moments. Just coming out of four incredible days teaching for the...
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Everybody knows the name
Vocal focus from CCMN* SOUTHERN CA VOCAL EVENTS Lauri D. Goldenhersh’s Weekly Highlights Fiiiiii-ga-roooooo! Even people who have never heard an opera know Figaro’s name, thanks to Bugs Bunny and...
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Guess what’s next
Vocal focus from CCMN* SOUTHERN CA VOCAL EVENTS Lauri D. Goldenhersh’s Weekly Highlights Choral liquidity, a battle for social justice, and a career made new. The week ahead has some unusual surprises...
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Vocal focus from CCMN* Southern CA Vocal Events Lauri D. Goldenhersh’s Weekly Highlights What a week! We’re blessed with many operas and concerts this week, so choosing your schedule will be especially...
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Report from the trenches: ‘The Discord Altar’ is bringing audiences to tears
Arts for Social Awareness Project’s first production is a must-see 5 chances left to catch the new opera in NoHo It’s new. It’s improvised. And it’s an experience you won’t forget. The Discord Altar...
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Summer stages bursting with song
Vocal focus from CCMN* Southern CA Vocal Events Lauri D. Goldenhersh’s Weekly Highlights For hot fun in the summertime, there’s a surprising amount of opera going on, much to our delight: Last week’s...
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CCMN: new/old mashups, OperaWorks salon, and (Choral) Fantasy times two
Vocal focus from CCMN* Southern CA Vocal Events Lauri D. Goldenhersh’s Weekly Highlights Huge weekend ahead… …the week before Halloween is always a monster! One thing’s for sure: thou shalt not stay...
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Opera and Beethoven warm up SoCal
Vocal focus from CCMN* Southern CA Vocal Events Lauri D. Goldenhersh’s Weekly Highlights Susannah, Carlisle Floyd’s now-classic American opera, is a thought-provoking tale of small towns, innocence...
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Surviving being Liked (or not)
For the last week or so, something odd has been happening: the Like count on our Facebook page has gone up by one, and down by one, and up by one, and down by one — several times. It could be that the...
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How they bounce in Japan
In the wake of yesterday’s post about resilience, let’s take a multicultural view of the art of bending without breaking: “Fall seven times and stand up light.” — Japanese proverb Resilience: Facing...
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Awash in choral color
Vocal focus from CCMN* Southern CA Vocal Events Lauri D. Goldenhersh’s Weekly Highlights Great choral music is like a well-textured painting, and can range in scale from exquisite miniatures to grand...
View ArticleSinging the beat all the way to your toes
Do you dance? It’s surprising to hear from classical singers and instrumentalists how little time they spend dancing. A recent conversation may have shed some light, as one of our Listers explained,...
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NEA grant for Hear Now Festival
Big kudos today for one of LA finest contemporary music endeavors! Hear Now Music Festival, an annual weekend of concerts featuring wonders of innovation and top-notch performers from SoCal and beyond....
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Two grant awards for Vox Femina bring help & funding
Vox Femina is facing their 20th Anniversary season… and getting a little help from their funding friends, with two grants awarded last month that will help the excellent choral organization grow even...
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A friend’s remembrance, and memorial details for countertenor Brian Asawa
Beloved world-renowned countertenor Brian Asawa was a vibrant part of the vocal world at large. When he passed away in April, it was a shock to that global community, and tributes have been posted all...
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Big vocals, on any scale
Vocal focus from CCMN* Southern CA Vocal Events Lauri D. Goldenhersh’s Weekly Highlights With Memorial Day coming up, I’ll be covering the next two weeks in this column, and there’s plenty to keep...
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A “pill” you can hear
We talk about the benefits of laughter. We certainly talk about all of the things music can do for us. But this sums it up: the right dosage, at the right time, can change a day or a week. Diligent...
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Opera vs. the Super Bowl: Notes from San Diego Opera’s ‘Great Scott’
For their final opera production for Spring 2016, San Diego Opera presented Great Scott by Jake Heggie. San Diego has co-produced this opera with Dallas Opera, who presented the world premiere in...
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New rates and membership options available as of July 1, 2016
We’re implementing some changes, starting just a month from now, so this is your official heads-up! As of July 1, 2016, we’re officially rolling out new membership options and increasing our basic...
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