The family of six is lined up in front of microphones, ready to perform. The stage: their living room, complete with flowery curtains and family photos. The costumes: for the children, pajamas and bathrobes. The song: Bonnie Tyler’s...
source: The New York Times
If you’re like a lot of listeners, most of the time you’ve spent with music up until recently has been like gliding above the icebergs, taking in only what’s been made most obvious. Through a variety of forces,...
source: The Philadelphia Inquirer
Theri Pickens writes: "Sing out," my voice coach tells me. I thought I was loud, but she says I’m refusing to get loud. She tells me to do the exercise again.
If I feel like I’m getting nowhere, "that’s the point when you’re really learning," she...
source: Inside Higher Ed
2020 was by any measure a unique year in modern times. While the societal impact of the pandemic was, and continues to be, horrific, for the entertainment industries it was a year of plenty.
source: Music Industry Blog
For the first time in its 130-year history, Carnegie Hall will miss an entire season because of the pandemic.
Performances at Carnegie Hall’s three venues will be canceled from April 6 through July.
source: WLNY-TV
A few days ago, Kylie Estreich went to a theater in Sydney to see a Broadway show. In person. With hundreds of other people. She showed her ticket, went to her seat, and sat elbow-to-elbow with her masked mother on one side...
source: The Washington Post
The three of us have developed significant and enduring vocal symptoms (10+ months) after contracting COVID-19 infection early in 2020. None of us were hospitalized, and we have struggled for answers for this ongoing symptom. This lesser...
source: British Medical Journal Blog/Opinion
From Washington state to Florida, from California to Massachusetts, facilities are opening to help the growing number of Americans who suffer from COVID-19 symptoms many months after their diagnosis.
source: CNN
Jeff Lunden writes: Every year, as a set-up for the Tony Awards, we take you backstage to meet people who aren't even eligible. These are Broadway's essential workers – ushers, stage managers, costumers. But this year, the Tonys...
source: NPR
The pandemic has closed schools, offices, sports arenas and limited social interaction for millions of people — perhaps an even bigger struggle for young people more used to being active.
source: ABC News
The San Francisco Opera plans to present its first live performances in more than a year this spring with a new, slimmed-down adaptation of Rossini’s comedy “The Barber of Seville” and three vocal recitals featuring the company’s Adler Fellows.
source: San Francisco Chronicle
On Monday, March 15, a new operatic event will showcase U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s favorite arias on what would have been her 88th birthday.
source: Opera Philadelphia
President Joe Biden announced changes recently to target more federal pandemic assistance to the nation’s smallest businesses and ventures owned by women and people of color.
source: AP News
Check out the latest postings in the NATS Job Center. Employers: When positions become available, post to the NATS Job Center to find the most qualified candidates in the voice profession.
source: NATS
A new research survey is looking for contributions of multiracial artists in the contemporary commercial music (CCM) genres of country, hip-hop, and/or reggaetón. The study aims to investigate the historic and contemporary...
source: NATS