Classical singing requires the dedicated pursuit of vocal, musical, and dramatic prowess, as well as immersion in foreign language diction, performance practice, and ensemble skills. The multidisciplinary nature of singing makes it a deeply satisfying endeavor as well as an extremely demanding art form. The Singer's Audition and Career Handbook is a comprehensive guide to the training, audition technique, and professional development essential for launching and sustaining a career in classical singing. The book expands and makes permanent author Claudia Friedlander's development of an innovative online collaboration with mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato and The Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall. With interviews and contributions from nearly seventy prominent educators, performers, and opera industry professionals, Claudia Friedlander presents an invaluable guide that singer of every level will find themselves returning to year after year. Whether you are a young singer preparing conservatory auditions, a professional opera singer, or an avocational singer seeking to improve your technique and pursue local performance opportunities, this book will help you take inventory of your skills and begin the next stages of your vocal education and your musical journey.

About the Author
Claudia Friedlander is a voice teacher and fitness expert based in New York City. She has presented workshops on vocal fitness for The Voice Foundation and the Performing Arts Medicine Association, and was an invited panel discussant on health and wellness for OPERA America. Her students have performed on Broadway, and at leading opera houses including The Santa Fe Opera and the Metropolitan Opera. She is the author of the monthly column "Musings on Mechanics" for Classical Singer Magazine as well as a widely read and cited blog on vocal technique and fitness, The Liberated Voice. In 2008, she joined the faculty of the Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall, where her most recent project was the development, in collaboration with Joyce DiDonato, of The Singer's Audition Handbook, an interactive online career development guide for young singers.

Reviews
We need YOUR singular, authentic, unleashed voice in this mad world. This book is here to encourage you to find YOUR way, in YOUR time, with YOUR voice... and to make clear the practical path so you can walk it in all your unadulterated glory! (From the Foreword) -- Joyce DiDonato, multi Grammy Award-winning mezzo-soprano
Claudia Friedlander has created a relevant and comprehensive resource that provides helpful guidance to empower singers in the pursuit of the careers they create and envision for themselves today. A must-have resource for the library of every singer or teacher. -- Allen Henderson, executive director, National Association of Teachers of Singing; professor of voice, Georgia Southern University
I want to hand every aspiring singer this book. With a mass of information based on refined expertise and real-life experiences, this resource makes easier the daunting journey that singers embark upon when starting their career. This is exactly what the singing world of today needs. Brava! -- Lucas Meachem, Grammy Award-winning baritone



Book Information
ISBN 9781538109892
Author Claudia Friedlander
Format Paperback
Page Count 250
Imprint Rowman & Littlefield
Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
Weight(grams) 522g
Dimensions(mm) 251mm * 181mm * 15mm