Lifestyle – Diary of a Soprano

Frozen Tundra, NY

February 21, 2022

My Beauty Diary – Winter Skincare Picks That are super hydrating!

Let's talk hydration. Cold weather outside means dry heat inside which equals our skin needing extra moisture. For singers who travel a lot and spend much of their time on stage wearing heavy stage make-up, their skin needs more TLC as well. Even singers who don't travel abroad, but travel locally or often need extra hydration. But even if you're not a singer or stage/on-camera performer, if you live in an area where cold weather lives (or visits for several months), you still need to switch up[...]

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The Practice Room

Lifestyle, Music

February 16, 2022

My Practice Diary – Preparing for an Opera Audition & Dealing with Rejection

So, I did something recently that I haven't done in a very long time and that I wasn't sure I would ever do given my age and where I am in life. But something about turning 51 and the constant support and encouragement from my voice teacher and hubby motivated me to just do it! I auditioned for the female lead in an upcoming (local) production of Puccini's La bohème. At first, I wasn't sure if I even wanted to but after lots of "go for it's" from friends and family members, I decided to just d[...]

Lifestyle, Music

February 13, 2022

Favorite Black Operatic Sopranos

It's Black History Month. And though I never need a special time or reason to appreciate or honor the contributions that POC have made to this country (and the world), I thought this would be a good time to share with you some of the black opera singers (specifically sopranos, because I am one!) that I love and admire and that have inspired me in my own musical journey! Favorite Divas of the Past Kathleen Battle - "Ah! Mio Cor!" Hers was the voice that I listened to the most when I wa[...]

Lifestyle, Music

February 12, 2022

My Practice Diary – How I learn a Song

Welcome to today's practice diary entry! Today is going to be all about song learning, more specifically my process for learning an aria or art song (which may be different that how other singers do it). I'm also going to share my old process vs. my new, current process so you can see how very different they are. Ye Old Process When I was just a young singer in college (way back when in the 90's), I didn't get to pick my own repertoire, so my song learning method was basically 5 ste[...]

New York

Lifestyle, Music

February 12, 2022

Welcome to My Diary!

Hello, my friends! It’s been awhile!These past few months I have been taking the time to do much reflecting on what content I truly want to create, why I should create it, and what do I feel you as the reader can get out of all of it.The truth is, for so long I have felt like I’m being pulled in two separate directions – one that I want to go in, and one that I feel I’m expected to go in. It’s been exhausting and frustrating to say the least. I want to create content that resonates[...]