music – Diary of a Soprano

The Practice Room

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[...]

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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[...]

category one, Lifestyle, Music, Wellness

July 30, 2021

Music Lessons Now Available + Win a FREE 30-Minute Lesson!

Hello, my friends! Switching gears a bit from beauty to music. This will be a (somewhat) short post as I will go more into details on my music site. Many of you know that pre-COVID I was not only performing in recitals, but I was also teaching music as well. I really miss teaching and all of the joy that it brought, so now that I'm fully settled in my new home (we also moved during the early months of the pandemic!) and I have been working with an amazing new voice teacher myself, I tho[...]