RESOURCES
www.classicalsinger.com - Classical Singer Community - with a subscription you can receive timely audition notices from around the country and abroad.
www.nats.org - National Association of Teachers of Singing, which has a Student Association as well.
www.sibelius.com - purchase sheet music
www.music44.com - music books & sheet music, metronomes, music stands, etc.
www.halleonard.com - music publisher
www.jameyaebersold.com - jazz resource center and publisher
www.nhmea.org - New Hampshire Music Educators Association website - for all things All-State!
JAZZ
Billie Holiday – Jazz legend, “Lady Day”; I'll Be Seeing You – YouTube
Ella Fitzgerald – quintessential jazz vocalist, “First Lady of Song”; One Note Samba, YouTube
Al Jarreau – Jazz great; Take Five - YouTube
OPERA
Luciano Pavarotti – Legendary tenor – “King of the high C’s”; Nessun Dorma – YouTube
Beverly Sills – Internationally famous Operatic Lyric Soprano – "America's Queen of Opera", “Bubbles”; old tv taping of The Willow Song from opera Baby Doe; some interference in middle, but worth the listen on YouTube; vocal pyrotechnics from Beverly singing the role of Zerbinetta in Grossmächtige Prinzessin, from Ariadne auf Naxos (wiki), Listen on YouTube
Diana Damrau – World-renowned Opera Singer – a must-see, Diana singing Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen, the Queen of the Night aria from Mozart’s The Magic Flute: YouTube – first 2 minutes dialog – notice vowel modifications on high notes in aria.
Cecelia Bartoli – Internationally renowned mezzo-soprano – a true actress, full of drama and energy! Singing Canzonetta spagnuola by Rossini with wonderful clarity: Youtube
MUSICAL THEATRE
Kristin Chenowith – versatile broadway and tv star; Girl in 14G, 3 vocal styles: broadway belt (soprano), operatic, and jazz – YouTube
Faith Prince – broadway actress; Adelaide’s Lament, Character voice, example of high belt - YouTube
Stephanie D’Abruzzo – Broadway/Sesame Street/Improv actor; There’s a fine, fine line – great low belt example - YouTube
